Newton was God’s gift to us, it’s plain to see. God brought him forth, and put him under the tree. keywords: poem, poetry, mathematics
Month: October 2019
one of the oldest algorithms: the Euclidean algorithm
Here’s the link to the Wikipedia article on it. keywords: mathematics, greatest common divisor
Smart Reply
A: The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. B: That’s right. The hand that rocks the ladle rules the world. keywords: power
QUIP
“He needs more than a blessing. He needs a kleenex.” keywords: sneezing
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A: Do you approve of cell phones for children? B: Only for those not in solitary. keywords: clubs for children, telephones
OBSERVATION
Some portion of the ‘trainings’ of ‘professional development’ consists simply of required readings – verified by a smoke test. keywords: actuality
types of error
1. clerical (e.g., transposition of digits) 2. arithmetic 3. algorithmic 4. logical 4.1 inferential 4.2 statistical 4.3 false positive / negative 4.4 fallacy (wrong perspective) keywords: corrections
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Physics is all about what happens when intervention is lacking. Engineering is all about intervention in light of knowledge of Physics. keywords: STEM
lorem ipsum
In the beginning, procedures are more important than concepts. This is because the relative importance of procedures and concepts is given by the splitter function. That is, if x is the amount of progress in the subject, then the fraction of attention that should be given to procedures is r(x)/x, and the fraction of attention … Continue reading lorem ipsum
elementary algebra
Quadratic equations involves much more material than linear equations. Linear equations is to quadratic equations as a plane going forward on the runway is to the plane whose wheels have just left the ground. Another comparison is that linear equations is to quadratic equations as a river is to the ocean. keywords: instruction, teaching, formulas, … Continue reading elementary algebra