The Arrow of Time
Apologies for taking so long to follow up on the probability post. I was floored by its engagement on Hacker News, with over 200 thoughtful comments! I’ve revised the post to incorporate all your feedback.
Aram’s Lair of Mad Science
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Why is the Universe Quantum?
Quantum mechanics is such a bizarre theory. In the iconic thought experiment, Schrödinger’s cat couldn’t decide whether to be dead or alive until it was looked at. It’s natural to ask ourselves: why is the Universe like this? Must it be so, or could a classical universe equally well support life as we know it?
Is probability real? (Part 1)
Today, I want to address an issue with statements involving chance. To demonstrate, let’s first consider a statement that doesn’t involve chance:
How fickle should a forecaster be?
Suppose one day, I say to you that there’s a 20% chance of rain next weekend. Or that there’s a 20% chance of Donald Trump being elected for another term as President of the United States. Upon reading about some scandal the next day, I revise my prediction to 85%. By nighttime the matter settles, so I announce my updated prediction of 5%. In the end, it doesn’t rain (or Joe Biden defeats the…
How to cut your cake and eat it too
A classic challenge goes as follows: in the absence of precise measurements, how would you divide a cake between two diners so that both agree they got a fair share? The cake, naturally, is a metaphor: it can stand for any bundle of goods that should be divided between parties.
What’s a Color Made of?
As highly visual creatures, we understand the world largely in terms of what we see. The colors in a scene, their presence and interactions, have the power to delight, disgust, and inform.
Announcing the Algorithm Cookbook
I built a reference cookbook of algorithms and data structures for contest problem solvers. It’s written in the Rust programming language, as I believe it’s ideally suited to the task. For more info, please check out the repository at github.com/EbTech/rust-algorithms.
Out of Hiding
Woo finally, site launch! 1 Pleased to meet y’all fancy people :) Helped in part by today’s 40℃ heat wave.