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Knowledge Spillover: The Boon And The Bane Of Technological Progress

Published on October 19, 2024 by Hemanth

A cartoon showing knowledge spillover happening between two stick figures; they seem happy. However, knowledge spillover appears to be not possible with a third stick figure, who appears very sad.
Network effects are complex!
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The Portal Dilemma: The Case Of The Teleporting Cube

Published on September 15, 2024 by Hemanth

Portal Dilemma - There is an entrance portal on the face of a moving piston that leads to an exit portal on the face of an inclined surface. As the piston moves fast downward, it moves toward a flat platform with a cube. You could imagine that as the piston moves downward with the entrance portal on its surface, the cube gets teleported out of the exit portal on the inclined surface. Given this setting, the question is if the cube comes out with zero velocity or with the velocity of the piston.
"PLOP" or "WHOOSH"?
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6174: The Most Useless Fascinating Number I Have Come Across

Published on September 1, 2024 by Hemanth

6174: The Most Useless Fascinating Number I Have Come Across
A deep dive into Kaprekar numbers!
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The Evolution and Mechanics of the 100-Metre Sprint

Published on August 12, 2024 by Hemanth

A stick figure of a 100 metre sprinter starting off the blocks with a burst of energy.
A technical analysis of the pinnacle of sports!
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Replacing Workers with AI Is a Big Mistake

Published on August 1, 2024 by Hemanth

A cartoon hamster that is running inside a whee says "I am powering the AI revolution".
Many organisations apparently did not get the memo!
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Man Vs. Probability: Why We Often Get It Wrong?

Published on July 23, 2024 by Hemanth

A slender stick-figure man on the left is looking smug thinking "I am good at making decisions". On his right, right behind him without him noticing, is a muscular demon-like tall figure towering the man with a club held on it shoulder. This demon-like juggernaut is labelled "Probability".
How psychological factors influence our perception of likelihoods.
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Science Fiction Has Lost Its Way

Published on July 19, 2024 by Hemanth

Stick figures depicting other generes seem to be preoccupied with a rock on the ground, while a stick figure depicting science fiction seems to be flying above them using a jet pack while wearing a crown. The science fiction stick figure says "Hey Y'all, check out my fancy jet pack!"
Science lovers deserve better than this!
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Puzzle Time: The Struggling Classroom

Published on July 13, 2024 by Hemanth

Puzzle Time: The Struggling Classroom - A stick-figure based cartoon where a teacher is standing in front of a class room board, where the following information is laid out: M -> 85%, P -> 75%, G -> 80%, and B -> 70%. Besides these scores is the big letter "F". In front of the board are three students who seem depressed. The little girl in the centre seems to be crying.
A simple probability-based challenge!
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My Journey From Hating To Loving Chemistry

Published on July 5, 2024 by Hemanth

A pie-chart titled "Things I learned in organic chemistry", showing the following four legends: Blue: "Interesting compounds", black: "The secrets of the universe", green: "powerful reactions", and pink: "How to draw hexgons". The pie chart ironically contains only pink hinting that the author only learned how to draw hexagons from organic chemistry.
I never understood why chemical reactions occur - until now!
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How To Debunk Fake Math Proofs?

Published on May 12, 2024 by Hemanth

How To Debunk Fake Math Proofs? - a = b; a*a = a*b; a*a - b*b = a*b - b*b; (a+b)*(a-b) = b*(a-b); a+b = b; 2b = b; 2 = 1
You spot one, you spot them all!
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