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Cake day: January 22nd, 2024

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  • Thank you, that was very interesting. I was surprised at the definition of the basic open sets because they felt quite closed to my intuition, so the topology feels discrete to me. It’s definitely Hausdorff, I guess, but that’s no big deal. I’m guessing if you’re saying it uses a lot of the axioms, it uses the axiom of choice. It feels like that kind of arena, but I’m no set theorist. Having been taught by ring theorists, I always found the axiom of choice no big deal and totally uncontroversial, but I’m aware of the existence of mathematicians who feel otherwise, intuitionists (confusing name) and constructivists and the like. Do set theorists have a lot of debate about axioms, is it largely led by consensus, or deeply controversial, or just a case of making clear which you’re using and no one gets excited about it?


  • I criticised your offensive behaviour and that’s automatically ad hominem in your view? I think we disagree about what that word means, or you know full well and are still trolling. Why are you so intent to upset trans folks in this thread? Do you not feel they get enough hate already?





  • Lots of office buildings in the UK have air con, but I agree that it would be difficult to find a tradesman to install one unless your brother in law works at Wates or something.

    It could be a barn conversion air bnb, because what idiot in the UK would put that on a roof they were planning on living under? But the contract looks way too urban for that. Makes no sense.