Cameron

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@cappucher

(Former) contractor @HarmonicMath & amateur mathematician. Likes capitalism and e/acc. Enjoyer of Prokofiev. 🇺🇸

Palo Alto, CA Joined May 2021

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Cameron @cappucher 5d

Thanks! It was fun working on it, and thanks always to @skominers. Not related to Jeff.

Alex Rampell Verified account @arampell 5d

Very proud of my son @cappucher for working for months (with his AI collaborator) to, for the first time ever, prove the asymptotic for E.P. Stein numbers (in the put-or-take-a-square game)
And thanks to @skominers for advice and counsel along the way!

arxiv.org/abs/2611.05898
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Cameron @cappucher Oct 26

Interesting bio from a 17 year old Dario
- multiple time USAMO qualifier, 2nd at BAMO, Physics olympiad camper, Sumac
- Calc BC as a freshman, Real Analysis, Abstract algebra in high school (back in late 90s/early 2000s, where acceleration was much rarer)
- sub 5 mile time!
brutal IQ mog

Cameron @cappucher Sep 29

Imagine if people were worried about X rays due to their potential radioactive side effects and forced engineers to “pace the frontier” until they were completely confident nothing bad would ever happen. There would be countless tumors, strokes, etc that could have been prevented but wouldn’t because of neurotic EAs

Alex Rampell Verified account @arampell Sep 29

The correct take on “pacing the frontier” from my son @cappucher and why effective altruists are neither effective nor altruistic. Accelerate!

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Cameron @cappucher Sep 23

I’m a senior at Harker, and I can personally say that it is an academic powerhouse, albeit an intense pressure cooker as well.

Our average SAT is 1525, 94% of students score 4s and 5s on their AP exams, and we average around 10 USA(J)MO qualifiers a year. Last year — and I expect this year to be even better — 12% of student (25 kids, and 6 alone to Caltech!) went to HYPSM + Caltech.

This does not come without its downsides. Some people I’ve met have been the most vapid cheaters I’ve ever talked to. Some people are the most brilliant, thoughtful individuals I’ve met. But it is an environment unlike any other.

Sheel Mohnot Verified account @pitdesi Sep 22

Bay area schools with the most National Merit Semifinalists & the share of senior class that qualified.

South Bay is absolutely dominant, there are many schools where >10% of the class qualified

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Cameron @cappucher Sep 13

A side effect of DEI for competitive undergrad admissions is that it actually usually helps white people. My high school is 75% Asian and practices pro-white affirmative action. As a result, most the Asian kids are significantly more academic and qualified than the majority of white students. The vast majority of Putnam fellows and USAMO winners are Indian or Chinese, and discriminating against them won’t change that.

Bo French Verified account @bofrench Sep 13

I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.

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