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TIL that QC is in the top 10 all-time contributors to the Math Stack Exchange (top .02%), having answered nearly 5,000 of other peoples' questions about advanced math and physics (and reaching over 10 million people). It's a really, seriously impressive level of contribution.

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jul 17, 2021

most of that was about procrastinating on grad school 😅 but i guess it was an unusually productive form of procrastination

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Lucy Keer

@drossbucket

Jul 18, 2021

Yeah recognised your name from reading answers on there/MO from a long time back, was weird to come across you here in such a different context!

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jul 18, 2021

I Have Worn Many Hats

Lucy Keer

@drossbucket

Jul 18, 2021

haha you gained a new one for sure the last few days

Lucy Keer

@drossbucket

Jul 18, 2021

I do wonder though... do you still have any interest in 'research distillation' type stuff? Because it's an unusual skill. Annoying that infrastructure is so shit for it compared to standard research

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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@drossbucket

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@lisatomic5

it's hard for me to imagine technical work of any kind i could actually feel motivated to do these days. *maybe* something something "neuroscientific underpinnings of meditation" (but "neuroscience" is not really the right category) type deals

5:42 AM · Jul 18, 2021Twitter Web App

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Yeah, that makes sense, it's obvious your interests have changed a good deal