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Jan 5, 2025 - #87
The upside of AI hallucinations
deep-thoughts
Jan 4, 2025 - #86
Measuring Confidence
math
Dec 24, 2024 - #85
Book Report: Lessons from 'The Opposite of Spoiled'
book-reportparenting
Nov 10, 2024 - #84
Subtracting times
math
Oct 26, 2024 - #83
Book Report: Lessons from 'Silbings without rivalry'
book-reportparenting
Sep 4, 2024 - #82
Extending tetration to rational heights (a failed attempt)
math
Aug 1, 2024 - #81
Let's build an operator
mathexercise
Jul 31, 2024 - #80
Guess the function
mathexercise
Jun 26, 2023 - #79
The case for evolution
science
Jun 4, 2023 - #78
Radioactive Clocks
mathscience
May 20, 2023 - #77
More flexible is not always better
deep-thoughtscoding
May 15, 2023 - #76
Mean, Median, and Mode as bets
mathstats
Apr 26, 2023 - #75
Noisy Elo II
chessmath
Feb 5, 2023 - #74
How to DNS
how-tocodingweb
Jan 24, 2023 - #73
What is entropy?
physics
Jan 20, 2023 - #72
Book Report: Atomic Habits
book-report
Jan 9, 2023 - #71
ngrok: How to test on mobile in 10 seconds
how-tocodingmobile
Jan 6, 2023 - #70
Too much magic?
coding
Nov 26, 2022 - #69
Noisy IQ Tests
mathdata-science
Nov 22, 2022 - #68
OKRs
managementbook-report
Nov 12, 2022 - #67
Checkmate is confusing
chess
Nov 6, 2022 - #66
Probability and the problem of the single case
mathphilosophy
Oct 17, 2022 - #65
Which state is the "most square"?
math
Jul 26, 2022 - #64
The Coriolis Force
whyphysicsmath
Jul 19, 2022 - #63
Why was Special Relativity invented?
whyphysicsmath
Jul 10, 2022 - #62
Why do things sink or float?
whyphysicsmath
Apr 26, 2022 - #61
Why do astronauts float?
whymath
Oct 22, 2021 - #60
The Two Envelopes Problem
math
Oct 21, 2021 - #59
The Joy of Discovering Math
math
Sep 26, 2021 - #58
G13. Godel's Proof (sketch)
mathgodelg-series
Jul 18, 2021 - #57
G12. Understanding Godel's First Incompleteness Theorem - A Summary
mathgodelg-series
Jul 14, 2021 - #56
G11. Primitive Recursive Functions
mathgodelg-series
Jul 13, 2021 - #55
G10. Expressibility and Capturability
mathgodelg-series
Jul 12, 2021 - #54
G9. First vs. Second Order Logic
mathgodelg-series
Jul 11, 2021 - #53
G8. Relations (in Logic, not in Love)
mathgodelg-series
Jul 10, 2021 - #52
G7. Can insufficiently strong formal systems be both consistent and complete?
mathgodelg-series
Jul 8, 2021 - #51
G6. Inconsistent systems can prove anything
mathgodelg-series
Jul 7, 2021 - #50
G5. Soundness, Consistency, and Completeness
mathgodelg-series
Jul 6, 2021 - #49
G4. Propositional Logic
mathgodelg-series
Jul 5, 2021 - #48
G3. Why do we care about formal systems?
mathgodelg-series
Jul 3, 2021 - #47
G2. Meaning in a formal system
mathgodelg-series
Jul 2, 2021 - #46
G1. What is a formal system?
mathgodelg-series
Jul 1, 2021 - #45
G0. Understanding Godel's First Incompleteness Theorem - A Roadmap
mathgodelg-series
Jun 30, 2021 - #44
A more intuitive formulation of Bayes theorem
math
Apr 6, 2021 - #43
Polynomials are just numbers in base x
math
Mar 26, 2021 - #42
Why correlation is the key to quantum computing
mathphysicsQM
Mar 24, 2021 - #41
How to make an infinite Venn Diagram
math
Mar 20, 2021 - #40
Chess evaluations are weird
chess
Mar 13, 2021 - #39
Winning in chess
chess
Nov 20, 2020 - #38
Why is the sun stronger at noon?
whymathclimate
Nov 6, 2020 - #37
How to remove duplicates in iPhotos
how-topythoniPhotos
Nov 5, 2020 - #36
Pipenv
how-topythoncliff-notes
Oct 27, 2020 - #35
The Great Filter
philosophylogic
Oct 4, 2020 - #34
How to rate photos in iPhotos
how-toiPhotos
Sep 13, 2020 - #33
A coin puzzle
mathbrain-teasers
Sep 11, 2020 - #32
New Mac Setup Guide
how-to
Aug 4, 2020 - #31
Will the cosmic microwave background ever disappear?
physicsfav
Jul 27, 2020 - #30
A wonderful chess puzzle
chess
Jan 21, 2020 - #29
Different infinities, and why it matters
mathgodel
Jan 1, 2020 - #28
How to remember linear regression
mathstatsseries
Jan 1, 2020 - #27
Introducing the stats series
introducingstatsseries
Nov 27, 2019 - #26
Fractional Derivatives
matheigenvectorsseriesfav
Nov 25, 2019 - #25
Rule of 72
math
Nov 22, 2019 - #24
N-spheres
math
Oct 29, 2019 - #23
The Metric Tensor
math
Oct 28, 2019 - #22
What is a Tensor?
math
Oct 17, 2019 - #21
Pythagorean Proof
mathproof
Jul 12, 2019 - #20
Using the Simulation Hypothesis Against Itself
mathlogicphilosophy
Jun 27, 2019 - #19
Deriving the Taylor Series
math
Jun 26, 2019 - #18
Deriving the Maclaurin Series
math
Apr 26, 2019 - #17
Ayumu
game
Mar 23, 2019 - #16
Eigenvectors II: Steady state
matheigenvectorsseries
Mar 9, 2019 - #15
Understanding eigenvectors with Fibonacci
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Jan 5, 2019 - #14
Sierpinski Triangle
mathfractalsart
Dec 22, 2018 - #13
Sheep and Wolf
game
Dec 10, 2018 - #12
Euclid's Theorem
mathproof
Dec 4, 2018 - #11
"Paradoxes" from Godel's Proof (the book) and GEB
mathgodel
Nov 29, 2018 - #10
Noisy Elo
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Nov 18, 2018 - #9
How good is Elo for predicting chess?
chessdata-science
Nov 17, 2018 - #8
An impossibly good problem
mathbrain-teasers
Nov 17, 2018 - #7
How many games until I beat Magnus?
chess
Nov 17, 2018 - #6
Through Two Doors at Once
physicsQMcliff-notes
Nov 6, 2018 - #5
IRAs: Round 3. This time, with pictures.
taxesiraseries
Oct 26, 2018 - #4
Isn't a Roth (vs. Traditional) IRA usually a bad idea?
taxesiraseries
Oct 22, 2018 - #3
How much does contributing to an IRA really save?
taxesiraseries
Oct 19, 2018 - #2
An intuitive explanation of the Monty Hall problem
math
Oct 15, 2018 - #1
The Distribution Monad
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