Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (September 21, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for September 21, 2023 :</p>
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Terry Tao's generals
Summary: Terry Tao took his generals My exam with examiners Stein, Kleinermann, and Rudnick. They focused on harmonic analysis and singular integrals, with Tao providing examples and discussing theorems. Though his harmonic analysis was deemed unsatisfactory, the examiners decided to pass him. The 2-hour exam didn't cover real or complex analysis due to time constraints and weather conditions.
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Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000)
Summary: A man complained to Pontiac that his car wouldn't start after buying vanilla ice cream, but worked fine with other flavors. An engineer investigated and discovered that buying vanilla took less time, as it was at the front of the store. The shorter time caused vapor lock in the engine, preventing it from starting. The issue wasn't the ice cream flavor, but the time it took to buy it. Moral: even bizarre problems can be real.