James Cleveland-Tran
@jclevelandtran.com
Math Educator, Writer, Wonderer #MTBoS, he/him/his
Into making math games and political change
Into making math games and political change
Be sure to eat some breakfast beans at La Binerie.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Be sure to eat some breakfast beans at La Binerie.
Also, as if reactionary trash can’t come in book form.
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Also, as if reactionary trash can’t come in book form.
Although when a good sentence is its own paragraph that usually lets it punch above its weight.
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Although when a good sentence is its own paragraph that usually lets it punch above its weight.
How do you feel about paragraphs that are just one sentence?
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
How do you feel about paragraphs that are just one sentence?
The reaction reminds me of the Kahneman study where people preferred keeping their hand in cold water longer overall time if it warmed up at the end. The improved ending lets most people ignore the worse start.
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The reaction reminds me of the Kahneman study where people preferred keeping their hand in cold water longer overall time if it warmed up at the end. The improved ending lets most people ignore the worse start.
15×36 -> 30×18 -> 60×9 -> 540
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
15×36 -> 30×18 -> 60×9 -> 540
Pretty much. So taking the “have a child” action one turn gives you more workers in subsequent turns.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Pretty much. So taking the “have a child” action one turn gives you more workers in subsequent turns.
Oh sure, I’ve played Agricola, I know how it works.
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Oh sure, I’ve played Agricola, I know how it works.
Certainly if it’s relevant, which it isn’t always. Often this is a gatekeepy “I’m making a reference and only want people who already get it to know.”
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Certainly if it’s relevant, which it isn’t always. Often this is a gatekeepy “I’m making a reference and only want people who already get it to know.”
I wouldn’t say all squares are the same but they are very similar.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I wouldn’t say all squares are the same but they are very similar.
Some I’ve read that are fairly utopian:
The Seep, Chana Porter
A Half-Built Garden, Ruthana Emrys
Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite (yes, it’s a murder mystery, but in a fairly utopian society)
The Long Earth series, Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
The Seep, Chana Porter
A Half-Built Garden, Ruthana Emrys
Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite (yes, it’s a murder mystery, but in a fairly utopian society)
The Long Earth series, Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Some I’ve read that are fairly utopian:
The Seep, Chana Porter
A Half-Built Garden, Ruthana Emrys
Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite (yes, it’s a murder mystery, but in a fairly utopian society)
The Long Earth series, Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
The Seep, Chana Porter
A Half-Built Garden, Ruthana Emrys
Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite (yes, it’s a murder mystery, but in a fairly utopian society)
The Long Earth series, Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
That was my first thought, but the “we” in “we survived this” is doing a lot of work for this one.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
That was my first thought, but the “we” in “we survived this” is doing a lot of work for this one.
Interesting exercise here to come up with alt text that describes the image without saying how many eggs there are, but still making it possible ti determine just from the alt text.
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Interesting exercise here to come up with alt text that describes the image without saying how many eggs there are, but still making it possible ti determine just from the alt text.
The maps I’m looking at show those as 11697.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The maps I’m looking at show those as 11697.
I had the same thought.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I had the same thought.
It worked for the ancient Greeks, right?
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It worked for the ancient Greeks, right?
The thing about being edgy is you gotta know where the edge is, and then don’t cross it.
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The thing about being edgy is you gotta know where the edge is, and then don’t cross it.
I’m glad(?) I was able to guess from just this description.
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m glad(?) I was able to guess from just this description.
I'm still iffy about probabilities involving infinite spaces, but my diagram to think about it is this, and I think the white space is greater than the red space (if you keep going), which would make concave more likely?
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm still iffy about probabilities involving infinite spaces, but my diagram to think about it is this, and I think the white space is greater than the red space (if you keep going), which would make concave more likely?