"A single, otherwise unremarkable public high school in Florida has won 13 out of the most recent 14 National Math Championships, a staggeringly successful dynasty for an otherwise average school. It’s accomplished this through treating math competition as any other sport, identifying talent as early as elementary school and developing them over the course of … Continue reading How a Public School in Florida Built America’s Greatest Math Team
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Which Computational Universe Do We Live In?
"In 1995, Russell Impagliazzo of the University of California, San Diego broke down the question of hardness into a set of sub-questions that computer scientists could tackle one piece at a time. To summarize the state of knowledge in this area, he described five possible worlds — fancifully named Algorithmica, Heuristica, Pessiland, Minicrypt and Cryptomania — with ascending levels … Continue reading Which Computational Universe Do We Live In?
Safe Withdrawal Rate for Early Retirees & What It Means for Retirement
* The 4% rule is actually very safe for a 30-year retirement * A withdrawal rate of 3.5% can be considered the floor, no matter how long the retirement time horizon-"Safe Withdrawal Rate for Early Retirees", MadFientist.com. October 19. 2015. I thought this was interesting because it gives you a target for retirement. According to … Continue reading Safe Withdrawal Rate for Early Retirees & What It Means for Retirement
Cryptography from the Ground Up
"One of the most interesting and useful things computers can do for us is cryptography. We can hide messages, validate identities, and even build entire trustless distributed systems. Cryptography not only defines our modern world, but is a big part of how we will build the world of the future.However, unless you want to dedicate … Continue reading Cryptography from the Ground Up
OKIDO Magazine
"OKIDO’s philosophy is a simple one: every child is a creative scientist.The OKIDO world immerses young children in a spectrum of playful activities and media, all intelligently designed by science and education experts. Whether watching the TV show ‘Messy goes to OKIDO’, engaging in family events and school workshops, or reading high quality publications and products, … Continue reading OKIDO Magazine
Math: Ambiguity & Order of Operations
"The real answer, the one I believe any mathematician, physicist, engineer, other number-cruncher would tell you is to make sure your expressions aren’t ambiguous. There’s no extra charge for another set of parentheses. Just toss them in. If you want the answer to be 16, write (8÷2)(2+2). If you want it to be 1, write … Continue reading Math: Ambiguity & Order of Operations
Greg Egan and the Permutation Problem
"Then on September 26 of this year, the mathematician John Baez of the University of California, Riverside, posted on Twitter about Houston’s 2014 finding, as part of a series of tweets about apparent mathematical patterns that fail. His tweet caught the eye of Egan, who was a mathematics major decades ago, before he launched an … Continue reading Greg Egan and the Permutation Problem
Multiplication by Hand: Technique for Factors 5-9
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CS Unplugged
"Computer science without the computer." https://csunplugged.org/en/ Website aimed at teaching computer science principles to children 5-14 years old.
Better Thought Technology
"Technological innovation, in the conventional sense, won’t help us slow the publishing process back down. Slowing down requires better thought technology. It requires a willingness to draft for the sake of drafting. It requires throwing away most of what we think because most of our thoughts don’t deserve to be read by others. Most of … Continue reading Better Thought Technology
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