fun facts

Mario meets Pareto.

Mario meets Pareto. “Between you and me, if you want to win, never allow Koopa to sit in your kart!” The article uses Mario Kart 8 to explain the Pareto frontier: filter out builds that are strictly worse on every […]

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Beard transplant review.

Beard transplant review. “The procedure cost around $10,000, which is obviously a lot of money. But for me, it was worth every cent.” One guy explains how a beard transplant changed the way he’s viewed (or at least the way […]

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RecipeTables.

RecipeTables. “A prep-table notation invented by Michael Chu at Cooking for Engineers: ingredients down the left, each step a merged cell spanning exactly what it combines. The whole recipe reads in one look — no scrolling back and forth between […]

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NearbyWiki.

NearbyWiki. “Wikipedia places nearby” is a map that shows you interesting places nearby listed on Wikipedia. ~ learn more

fun facts

NearbyWiki.

NearbyWiki. “Wikipedia places nearby” is a map that shows you interesting places nearby listed on Wikipedia. ~ learn more

teaching the kids

Sit with not-knowing.

Sit with not-knowing. “The faster [the students] go, the fewer the opportunities for hesitation, judgment, or uncertainty.” Gert Biesta argues schools should protect that slow, resistant space, especially now that AI can rush students to a polished answer before they […]

under the microscope

130% solar cells, kind of.

130% solar cells, kind of. “The result is a measurable quantum yield of around 130%.” Not exactly 130% energy efficiency as the article title implies, it is 1.3 charge carriers harvested per photon, which is still pretty cool.. ~ learn […]