Data Is Plural is a weekly newsletter (and seasonal podcast) of useful/curious datasets, published by Jeremy Singer-Vine. There have been 356 editions, dating from October 21, 2015 to December 20, 2023.
XKCD 1053 is relevant here. You and I knew it, but there are going to be lots of people who learn about it for the first time today, and that's a net positive.
HN still accepts new accounts. It's not an exclusive club for old people.
Even beyond that, stories have been repeating here since the beginning. Not everyone has the same life experiences, and not everyone checks HN at the same time.
I didn’t know about named ranges, and think it’s pretty cool. Of course, when I thought of places where I could apply them I realized that by the time I use enough Excel to use named ranges, I should probably switch to a real programming language.
They went to China, made tens of millions of dollars in profit, sold their businesses off at a fair margin, and now return to the USA to live what seems entirely likely to be the rest of their lives in all the comfort of whatever their millions of dollars can afford them.
No link offhand but I recommend mastering 2-in-one-hand juggling (zero in the other) three different ways: columns, clockwise, and anti-clockwise. Learn to do each of those patterns such that you forget which hand was ever dominant to begin with and then you're ready to try 4 throws and catches of 4 balls.
Another good exercise is to juggle 3 balls in the usual fashion (cascade) and make a decision to go directly into juggling 2-in-one-hand and hold the other ball steady. Then resume your cascade and try it again, but this time, use the other hand to juggle 2.
These exercises are fun and give you a sense of accomplishment in and of themselves, but they also really help lay the groundwork for a solid four ball pattern.
When finally learning to juggle 4, some people prefer a synchronous columns(1) pattern or an asynchronous fountain(2) pattern. For the best results, try each until you forget which one you ever had a preference for in the first place.
> I find it a bit amusing that the headline uses the term "Extreme Juggling". Not because it's too clickbaity, but I think the juggling community should have invented that name. "I'm going to an extreme juggling event."
The International Juggler's Association (IJA) has indeed hosted "extreme juggling" since 2006 or so. However, its description indicates it is not strictly an event where the goal is to juggle as many numbers as possible.
> Technical juggling skill has reached an all time high, but the most difficult (and most radical) tricks aren’t performed on stage. What if there was a place to show off these cutting edge tricks? This is a competition where jugglers on the cutting edge can shine.
A google search for "ija extreme juggling" yields lots of entertaining results.
> The hard reality of every juggler is just: Do a few simple three ball tricks and people will get excited, show them your five ball routine they will fall asleep.
I believe others have mentioned this already but there is a lot of daylight between "doing juggling moves" and "doing juggling moves while being simultaneously entertaining". A little showmanship goes a long way, in other words.
> if there was a place to show off these cutting edge tricks? This is a competition where jugglers on the cutting edge can shine.
There's the ejc :) http://www.ejc2018.org/
But when it's a trick that only lands 1/10, will you enjoy watching them fail for a while, possibly with a lenghty setup and stay interested in it? I think it's usually the jugglers not showing them because they're not consistent yet.
Results: As of now, it can only solve some linear equations. It did successfully solve one quadratic but it couldn't decide if the variable was r or e (the variable was x). It was largely unable to solve handwritten problems, even simple arithmetic.
note: This is a copy/paste of a comment I left on reddit /r/math and /r/windowsphone.
Truthfully I did not know what to expect with regards to hand written problems. Out of curiosity, I wrote my very neatest and gave it a try and it solved one of them.
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