DailyDirt: Is It Really That Hard To Cut A Cake?
Life is filled with small problems. Some more important than others. Mathematicians have attempted to solve some of these conundrums, and apparently one somewhat popular task is cutting things up. Here...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Waiting In Line Isn't Fun
Queuing theory is a subset of applied math that looks into the behavior of waiting in line and algorithms that optimize various aspects of this particular kind of resource allocation. Retailers of all...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Celebrating Valentine's Day… Or Not
Some folks say romance is dead, but maybe it’s just in a deep meditative trance. In any case, it’s almost that time of year again when chocolates and flowers and possibly awkward marriage proposals are...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Trust In Math
We’ll know things are really going wrong when government authorities are trying to innovate their way around math. (And maybe we’re already headed that way with backdoors to encryption.) Hopefully,...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Cheering For Mathletes
It’s a no-brainer that math is a critically important subject. Okay, a lot of people probably don’t remember much calculus from high school — or how to do “long division” — but the exposure to advanced...
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Math Is Not A Crime
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View ArticleAussie Prime Minister Says The Laws Of Math Don't Apply In Australia When It...
Oh boy. It’s no secret that the Australian government — led by George Brandis (who has made it abundantly clear he has no clue what a VPN is or what metadata is) — is pushing strongly for mandated...
View ArticleStories Claiming DNC Hack Was 'Inside Job' Rely Heavily On A Stupid...
While we wait for the Mueller investigation to clearly illustrate if and how Russia meddled in the last election, there’s no shortage of opinions regarding how deep this particular rabbit hole goes....
View ArticleUSPTO Suggests That AI Algorithms Are Patentable, Leading To A Whole Host Of...
The world is slowly but surely marching towards newer and better forms of artificial intelligence, with some of the world’s most prominent technology companies and governments heavily investing in it....
View ArticleStupid Patent Of The Month: A Patent On Using Mathematical Proofs
In some fields, software bugs are more than the proverbial pain in the neck. When software has to ensure that an airplane lands safely, or that a pacemaker keeps operating, there’s no room for error....
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