Follow-up to yesterday's prompt on problem statements: post a single comment with a number from 1 to 6 for every comment but yours in yesterday's thread, indicating how close you perceive everyone else's problem statement to be relative to yours. (And don't read other people's comments before you post yours; that's part of the fun here.) Here's what the numeric scale means: • 1: This is a rewording of my problem statement. • 2: This overlaps almost entirely with my problem statement. • 3: I care about this problem. • 4: This doesn't seem like a big problem. • 5: This is fine, I don't think it is a problem. • 6: This statement is alien to me, I don't understand it as a problem statement. Hopefully that makes sense and I haven't missed some major option.. In a day or two I'll collate the results in the attached table. (You're welcome to do so as well; just download the html file and open it in a browser tab, fill in and hit the 'save' button to save a local copy with your edits. Upload it here if you like, that can be an alternative way to give your votes.)

• Ivan Reese: 3,3,6 • Jasmine Otto: 3 • Jimmy Miller: 3 • Kartik Agaram: 2 • avon: 3 • Eli Mellen: 6 • Paul Tarvydas: 6 • Konrad Hinsen: 2 • Tom Larkworthy: 2 • Dany: 3 • Nilesh Trivedi: 6 • Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin: 3 • Jason Morris: 6 going on 3 • Guyren Howe: 6 • Duncan Cragg: 2

Ivan Reese: 4, 1, 2 Arvind Thyagarajan: 3.5 Jasmine Otto: 2.5 Jimmy Miller: 1 Kartik Agaram: 1–5 avon: 4 Eli Mellen: 0.9 Paul Tarvydas: mostly 6, but DPLs are a 2 Konrad Hinsen: 6 (but ironic) Tom Larkworthy: 4 i Dany: 1 + <3 Nilesh Trivedi: 5? Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin: 3 Jason Morris: >6 Guyren Howe: 6.0 Duncan Cragg: 3

Ivan Reese: 1, 6, 6 (edit) Arvind Thyagarajan: 4 Jasmine Otto: 2 Jimmy Miller: 1 (it doesn't say anything about your approach though) Kartik Agaram: 4 avon: 4 Eli Mellen: 6 Paul Tarvydas: 6 Konrad Hinsen: 3 Tom Larkworthy: 2 Nilesh Trivedi: 2 Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin: 4 Jason Morris: 5 Guyren Howe: 3 Duncan Cragg: 6

Ivan 2, 3, 4 Arvind 2 Jasmine 2 Jimmy 2 Kartik 2 Avon 1 Eli 2 Paul 4 Konrad 2 Tom: - Dany 3 Nilesh 2 Beni 1 Jason 2 Guyren 3 Duncan 3

• Ivan Reese: 6 • Arvind Thyagarajan: 2 • Jasmine Otto: 3 • Jimmy Miller: 3 • Kartik Agaram: 2 • avon: 3 • Eli Mellen: 6 • Paul Tarvydas: 5 • Tom Larkworthy: 3 • Dany: 5 • Nilesh Trivedi: 3 • Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin: 3 • Jason Morris: 5 • Guyren Howe: 5 • Duncan Cragg: 2

Ivan Reese: 3,3,3 Arvind Thyagarajan: 2 Jasmine Otto: 3 Jimmy Miller: 2 Kartik Agaram: 2 avon: --- Eli Mellen: 3 Paul Tarvydas: 6 Konrad Hinsen: 3 Tom Larkworthy: 2 Dany: 3 Nilesh Trivedi: 3 Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin: 2 Jason Morris: 2 Guyren Howe: 6 Duncan Cragg: 2

Ivan Reese: 4 Arvind Thyagarajan: 4 Jasmine Otto: 5 Kartik: 5 avon: 4 Eli Mellen: 6 Paul Tarvydas: 6 Konrad Hinsen: 4 Tom Larkworthy: 4 Dany: 6 Nilesh Trivedi: 6 Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin: 5 Jason Morris: 5 Guyren Howe: 6 Duncan Cragg: 4

A minor remark on the wording of 4 and 5: I have added a tacit "in the context of my work" to them. There are problem statements here, e.g. by @guitarvydas, whose background and motivation I can perfectly well understand, but which I don't see as important in my own work.

Ivan Reese: 3 Arvind Thyagarajan: 2 Jasmine Otto: 3 Jimmy Miller: 2 Kartik: 2 avon: 3 Eli Mellen: 3 Paul Tarvydas: 5 Konrad Hinsen: 3 Tom Larkworthy: 3 Dany: 5 Nilesh Trivedi: 3 Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin: 2 Jason Morris: 4 Guyren Howe: 3 Duncan Cragg: 2 John Christensen: 3

Ivan Reese 3, 3, 4 Arvind Thyagarajan 2 Jasmine Otto 4 Jimmy Miller 2 Kartik Agaram 2 Avon 2 Eli Mellen 5 Paul Tarvydas 3 Konrad Hinsen 2 Tom Larkworthy 4 Dany 3 Nilesh Trivedi 4 Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin 3 Jason Morris 2 Guyren Howe 3 John Christensen 3 Stefan Lesser 2 Mark Dewing 4

a collection of responses: https://kinopio.club/foc-problem-statements-cy_cNhWzNuga550F5cRg- (use browser controls to zoom and pan)