mdkras

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   by mdkras 10y ago

   This is great. It is very cool to see this link in the "way" back in 2007: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 .
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   by mdkras 12y ago

   I think number 10 is 1/4 of the can is full of soda, so 3 ozs of soda. There's a link here with the problem http://people.missouristate.edu/lesreid/Adv71.html .
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   by mdkras 12y ago

   it's quite good within the city limits, but it drops off very quickly when the suburbs are included. These numbers included the suburbs.
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   by mdkras 12y ago

   Good point - I found this a confusing analysis without digging much into what it was saying - Urbana and Athens were high on the list...why? Do they have public bus systems that students use extensively? If so, that would tend to give a fal
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   by mdkras 12y ago

   #2 is called this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon%27s_needle . This is also mentioned in Jordan Ellenberg's book How Not to Be Wrong, and has a similar passage with your explanation above. I mention the book
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   by mdkras 12y ago

   Yeah - It seems strange that the early parts of the article try to paint him as one who has failed but still overcome adversity. It is challenging to argue that at any point he wasn't very, very successful. It would seem more appropria
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   by mdkras 12y ago

   San Juan, while a slightly different dynamic, is also a fun Puerto Rico-like game that works well with two players.