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muragekibicho ◴[] No.42695415[source]
Introduction : Finite Field Assembly is a programming language that lets you emulate GPUs on CPUs

It's a CUDA alternative that uses finite field theory to convert GPU kernels to prime number fields.

Finite Field is the primary data structure : FF-asm is a CUDA alternative designed for computations over finite fields.

Recursive computing support : not cache-aware vectorization, not parallelization, but performing a calculation inside a calculation inside another calculation.

Extension of C89 - runs everywhere gcc is available. Context : I'm getting my math PhD and I built this language around my area of expertise, Number Theory and Finite Fields.

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almostgotcaught ◴[] No.42744891[source]
> I'm getting my math PhD and I built this language around my area of expertise, Number Theory and Finite Fields.

Your LinkedIn says you're an undergrad that took a gap year 10 months ago (before completing your senior year) to do sales for a real estate company.

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pizza ◴[] No.42745020[source]
Why bother doing a witch hunt and leaving out that they did Stats at Yale..
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almostgotcaught ◴[] No.42745062[source]
Because why does it matter? Are you suggesting undergrad stats at Yale is comparable to a PhD in number theory?
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pizza ◴[] No.42745391[source]
I guess it's not clear to me why it's even interesting to talk about their LinkedIn or their PhD in the first place? It's not like not having a PhD will make the work any more true or not. Wouldn't it be more interesting to discuss the merits of the post? There's really little point in trying to say that their LinkedIn has different info than the comment therefore the submission is invalid.

But, suppose I did actually hold that belief for some reason, then it would seem fairly intellectually dishonest to withhold relevant info in my pointed inquisition wherein I just characterize them as someone lacking mathematical experience at all, let alone from a world class university. But maybe that's just me!

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1. almostgotcaught ◴[] No.42746301[source]
> I guess it's not clear to me why it's even interesting to talk about their LinkedIn or their PhD in the first place?

Am I taking crazy pills? I didn't bring it up, the guy himself, here at the top of this very thread branch, wrote specifically explicitly that he's a PhD student working on number theory.

> Wouldn't it be more interesting to discuss the merits of the post?

There is no merit, nothing to discuss. I linked the corresponding GitHub below so you can judge for yourself.