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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Liberty Corner: Hemibel Thinking
“successful application of operations research usually results in improvements by factors of 3 or 10 or more….In our first study of any operation we are looking for these large factors of possible improvement….They can be discovered if the [variables] are … Continue reading
The Google Way of Science
The Google Way of Science: “Perhaps understanding and answers are overrated. ‘The problem with computers,’ Pablo Picasso is rumored to have said, ‘is that they only give you answers.’ These huge data-driven correlative systems will give us lots of answers … Continue reading
Coudal Partners
First a note about substituting ingredients or tools. Don’t. This method has been exhaustively tested and retested for excellence and the smallest variation can result in catastrophic and unintended consequences. See the ‘butterfly flaps its wings and causes hurricane’ metaphor … Continue reading
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I Love Typography: The Rather Difficult Font Game: The Hall of Fame
A total of 11020 scores submitted so far. The average score is 23 out of 34 points.
Queen Jane Approximately
“‘Hemibel thinking’: (half of a an ‘order of magintude’ [factor of 10]). Look for hemibel improvements or difference. Any greater accuracy doesn’t really help. Hemibel ratios: log10(a/b) * 2.”
Fibonacci numbers (Python) – LiteratePrograms
Recursion with memoization
Geometric mean
The geometric mean of n numbers x1, x2, …, xn is the nth root of their product.