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We were surprised that the unassembled area didn't depend on the number of puzzle pieces. The intuition is this: if you have a small number of large pieces, the gaps between pieces are big, but this is multiplied by a small total number of pieces, and vice versa for small pieces.

So there you have it: you'll need a puzzle table just under twice as big as your assembled puzzle in order to not resort to the box lid or that random side table. Grab a puzzle and impress your relatives this holiday season with your predictive powers!

#AboutToday #BoardGame #Brettspiel

It is that time in discrete math when I share this video once again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4gTV4r0zRs

@highergeometer @monsoon0 I second emphasizing the history and progressive nature of math. Here's a wonderful quotation from Alfred North Whitehead's 'An Introduction to Mathematics'
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41568

@drkatemarvel wrote a somewhat hopeful op-ed

Click the link, not the preview to bypass the paywall.

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/opinion/climate-change-report-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1._Uw.wyb0.-_l7RGdzmKEW

Was doing a joke about a modern Jacob and Esau but I think the reference is too obscure?

who called it "legend of zelda speedrunning" and not "link-time optimization"

#Django is the Superman framework

1. Comes from a small town in Kansas
2. First job was for a newspaper
3. Works for a perfectionist boss with a perpetual deadline

Eldest has been pumpkin carving for ages. Came bouncing in to show me this

Love his William Holman Hunt allegorical painting for Turing's 1936 paper in which he invents the universal computer, which runs on a single infinitely long piece of tape. I believe the two figures bowing at his feet are the muses of logic and engineering.

Wik'o'lantern magnifique, gravé à la gouge de lino !
Cc @bbecquet
Via @Pyb

Here are four ways I’ve found to solve an nxnxn cube to embed a trefoil knot. Five layers is the smallest cube I’ve been able to put this knot on. On a 9cube, I’ve found solutions that use 2 colors of thread, 2 faces, and a solution that leaves the reverse side solved as solid colors.