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I did a sudoku puzzle for the first time in a long time this weekend, and it got me thinking about a few questions around the number of possible puzzles, etc. The rules of Sudoku are pretty simple. For a 9 x 9 grid, fill it in so each row includes the digits 1 –Continue reading “Fun with Sudoku pt 1”

You can find the text here. The main question is “how did contemporary notation develop.” Wolfram’s sprints through the history, making a few important distinctions. Numerals begin being represented around 25,000 years ago in unary — notches on a bone. Eventually, around the 1800s BC (think: Hammurabi), the Babylonians develop a base-60 positional notation. ThisContinue reading “Quick Notes on Wolfram’s “Mathematic Notation: Past and Future””

For a little bit I’ve been interested in how people do equivalent things with largely different systems. For instance, when we add in roman numerals and arabic numerals, we’re representing the same thing: 1 thing and another thing is two things. The algorithm we use, and presumably the way we think of it, are hugelyContinue reading “Addition with Roman Numerals”

I’ve been thinking about what type of jobs I want to have in the future. With a few days of the 80,000 Hours podcast pumped into my ears, I’ve had a surge in focus around both being more purposeful with my field. It’s easy to keep my ambition limited to “the next rung” or “someContinue reading “How do I want to spend my time?”

It’s been a goal since college to make writing a greater part of my routine. There’s been periods of journaling, publication-plotting, and another failed blog. So for this iteration, the goal is a bit simpler — all I have to do is post every day. That’s it. The post can be empty! So how amContinue reading “An Attempt at Writing Consistently”