Post #1402933
2026-03-26 23:04 UTC
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mathematicians-are-boycotting-their-biggest-conference/
the mathematicians appear to have a bigger backbone than the computer scientists
Replies (4)
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@ionchy@types.pl 2026-03-26 23:13
granted this is a conference that only happens every four years and is actually international and not just US+EU, so no one's careers are depending on it and a boycott wouldn't predominantly negatively affect people already in the US, but
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@cford@toot.thoughtworks.com 2026-03-27 16:08
@marick @ionchy Maybe it's the vertical axis that doesn't go through (0,0).
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@cford@toot.thoughtworks.com 2026-03-28 08:41
@marick @ionchy That would make especial sense as "a sine" rather than "the sign".
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@ionchy@types.pl 2026-03-27 19:41
@worik wait it isn't for me did you try like a private tab