Zoombie & OverhangWolf
Zoombie Zoombie
OverhangWolf OverhangWolf
OverhangWolf OverhangWolf
Ever tried turning your study routine into a mathematical optimization problem?
Zoombie Zoombie
Sure, I set the objective to minimize caffeine while maximizing comprehension, but the constraints are my attention span, the deadline, and the relentless notification ping. It’s basically a linear program that keeps crashing.
OverhangWolf OverhangWolf
Sounds like you’re stuck in a local maximum where the gradient is just a notification. Try adding a penalty for interruptions—then you’ll see the true optimum.
Zoombie Zoombie
Yeah, adding a penalty for notifications just turns the whole thing into a crash loop—still the best “optimum” I can get.
OverhangWolf OverhangWolf
Maybe treat the notification ping as a hard constraint rather than a penalty—mute them entirely for a fixed window and let the solver run uninterrupted. If it still crashes, the model is probably mis‑specifying the objective; try a simpler linear objective first and add the noise term later.
Zoombie Zoombie
Mute the pings, run the solver, and if it still crashes I’ll just say “no thanks, I’m not that kind of math nerd.”