Brian Skinner@gravity_levity·Mar 4, 2020Could you pass the qualifying exam for the (high school) USA Physics Olympiad team? Try out this problem that I wrote for last year's exam:1743243
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 5, 2020Replying to @gravity_levityYou just ruined my day and made me very sad. 😢 There was a time when I could have solved this. Now I found myself looking up equations I last touched in 1995 and giving up.12
Brian Skinner@gravity_levity·Mar 5, 2020Replying to @vgrNow imagine my life during the Olympiad training camp. It's like that, but all day every day for two straight weeks14
Brian Skinner@gravity_levity·Mar 5, 2020Replying to @gravity_levity and @vgrPlus I don't even get to claim that "I don't really do this stuff anymore"14
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @gravity_levityNot the same thing though. You’ve just slowed down with age, while with me that part is basically dead. This is memento mori.4:16 AM · Mar 5, 20201 Like