Monthly Archives: October 2015

Eyes on the road

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Travis
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Say what?

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Travis

Context-free quotes from the Butterfly: It’s like The Sound of Music, but with zombies. I didn’t know that she wouldn’t like being poked in her eyes or ears with a pencil. Those two cars are exactly alike, except that one is … Continue reading →

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Face offed

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Travis

The current season of Face Off has ended, and while I shall miss the victor Nora Hewitt and her awesome make-ups, the contestant I shall miss the most will be Stevie Calabrese, who I can only assume invented Post-It notes … Continue reading →

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Clues that you probably aren’t doing your Real Analysis homework correctly

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Travis

1. You include the phrase “If we stop and think about this abstractly for a minute.” 2. You invent new verbs you feel need to be encased in quotation marks, e.g. The set A is “functioned” to the set B. … Continue reading →

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See you later, alligator

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Travis

Perhaps you’ve heard about the infamous “crocodile problem” from the Scottish “Higher Maths Exam” (which I gather is something like the AP Exam, but administered in a delightful brogue). It’s a basic optimization problem that nevertheless stumped so many test … Continue reading →

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