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Saturday, October 19, 2019

Published October 19, 2019 by theboat with 1 comment

How Does Wind Speed Affect Homerun Chances?

Does wind make much of a difference for baseball flight? Should you expect more homeruns in the summer?

baseball, physics, sports

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Published October 15, 2019 by theboat with 1 comment

Can Hints Make a Binary Search Faster?

You need to guess a number between 1 and 100. You are told if your guess is too high or too low. Does it help if you are also told when your guess is within 5 of the answer?

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Published October 10, 2019 by theboat with 0 comment

Learn to Eat Vegetables and Improve Your Diet

I grew up eating no vegetables, lots of hot dogs, and lots of sweets. Over the past decade or so, I've achieved what I think is a healthy diet. This is hard for people, so I thought it might help someone if I explained how I personally did it.

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Friday, September 27, 2019

Published September 27, 2019 by theboat with 1 comment

How Long Do Jobs Take If Randomly Assigned to Threads?

A seemingly simple probability problem came up at work today and I ended up simulating it because it got hard...

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Published September 24, 2019 by theboat with 0 comment

Is Jim Harbaugh Doing Worse Than Average at Michigan?

I've heard a lot over the past couple of years about Harbaugh underperforming at Michigan...

football, sports

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Saturday, September 14, 2019

Published September 14, 2019 by theboat with 0 comment

Which Baseball Player Had the Most Impressive Single-Season Batting Average?

Was Ted Williams' 1941 batting average really that remarkable?

baseball, sports

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Friday, August 30, 2019

Published August 30, 2019 by theboat with 184 comments

Which NFL Franchise is Best?

I was curious how NFL franchises have performed over time and if they have streaks of good then bad or if it's all kind of random.

football, sports

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Published August 20, 2019 by theboat with 15 comments

What Are the Most Common Scores in Baseball?

Is a 5-4 win or a 1-0 win more common? What margin of victories happen most often in baseball? Does baseball have a home field advantage?

baseball, sports

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Friday, August 16, 2019

Published August 16, 2019 by theboat with 0 comment

Do Cities With Many Immigrants Have More Crime?

I played with stats from large cities in the US to see if anything correlates well with crime rates.

crime rates vs immigrant population

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Saturday, July 27, 2019

Published July 27, 2019 by theboat with 64 comments

Why Does It Seem like Stocks Are at an All-Time High?

It often feels like stocks are at an all-time high, but there's an obvious reason for this...stocks are often near their all-time high.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Published July 23, 2019 by theboat with 0 comment

Where Do the Best Students Go to School?

It seems like most of the top schools are in the northeast, so I tried visualizing it to see the distribution.

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Saturday, June 29, 2019

Published June 29, 2019 by theboat with 1 comment

Why Do We Let Amazon Pay No Federal Taxes?

I see people mention Amazon or Netflix or whoever paying no federal tax often as if it's a terrible thing for society. Is it though?

finance, math, politics

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Saturday, June 1, 2019

Published June 01, 2019 by theboat with 1 comment

SI Notation and Custom Tick Marks in Matplotlib

How do you get SI notation and other custom tick marks in matplotlib?

python, software

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