I made a Zulip login and it seems to work well via the web or the app. So if someone wants to make a Zulip (space? channel? thingie?) for metamath discussion, I'd give that a try.
If there is no interest, I'm not hugely worried, just that I'm all for trying to talk about metamath in whatever way might be helpful. On February 22, 2020 4:58:41 PM PST, Raph Levien <[email protected]> wrote: >Perhaps somewhat off-topic, but Zulip seems to already be a tool of >choice, >is the primary chat space for both Lean and Coq. We have one set up for >xi >and druid (xi.zulipchat.com) I find it very good. It's open to all with >a >github account, and we haven't had a single case of a spammy or abusive >signup, out of 932 so far. > >It is free for open source projects, and I'm happy to put in a word of >recommendation. (I loosely know the developers) > >Btw Kevin's impassioned rant is also very interesting. I seriously >wonder >whether dependent type theory is the best foundation for "real >mathematics" >though strongly appreciate the lure of it. Some of the discussion on HN >is >interesting but it seemed to go off the rails thanks to one "designated >asshole" - what do presidential election choices and amphetamines have >to >do with the topic of making formalized mathematics accessible to larger >groups of mathematicians? > >Raph > >On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 7:10 PM Jim Kingdon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is a great call to arms (both the original blog post, and your >> response, David). >> >> I don't think I have a lot of suggestions other than "keep >formalizing >> things, building up as many fields of mathematics as we can". Well, >and >> working to improve tools and all the other things we do. There is a >large >> amount of critical mass involved in making these tools (and their >proof >> databases) big enough and capable enough to "do mathematics" in a >fuller >> sense. With each proof or tool improvement we get one step closer, >and I >> like to think that my own efforts have their small contribution to >make in >> bridging the gap between the world of constructive mathematics (which >often >> uses type theory) and textbook understanding (which most often is set >> theory with excluded middle). But it is just one piece in a very >large >> world. >> >> As for communication tools and whether mailing lists are too old >school, I >> hope we've made one step forward by getting on github (at least, >speaking >> for myself I'm not sure I would have made it over the hump of >becoming a >> contributor without github). If I set up a Slack workspace, would >anyone >> join it? (Slack is a chat room platform often used within companies >but >> also sometimes in community contexts, with a decent free tier). Or >perhaps >> there already is a slack workspace for math stuff and I just don't >know >> about it? >> >> On February 22, 2020 1:02:12 PM PST, "David A. Wheeler" < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Fyi, There is an interesting essay about math formulas ation here: >>> >>> >https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2020/02/09/where-is-the-fashionable-mathematics/ >>> >>> There is a discussion about it here: >>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22390486 >>> --- David A.Wheeler >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups >> "Metamath" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/metamath/5489D299-C6C9-400A-B29B-18D0CCA47022%40panix.com >> ><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/metamath/5489D299-C6C9-400A-B29B-18D0CCA47022%40panix.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Metamath" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/metamath/CADBEgNM5iHTwQxqu6wmhcFiXm8Q6rg98-Q_DF8ZfKiYmGg%3Dz%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metamath" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/metamath/9AC0F0D5-014D-426C-88FC-090A5E6EF626%40panix.com.
