In a previous post, I dealt with word ladders, the puzzle genre invented by Lewis Carroll. As you might recall, you are given two words, with steps in between, as in a ladder. For example, there are ...

One of the first sentences I was ever paid to write was “Try out lighter lip stick colors, like peach or coral.” Fresh out of college in the mid 2010s, I’d scored a copy job for a how-to website. An ...

What makes a ladder fall the way it does? Let’s unpack the physics behind Veritasium's famous falling ladder problem and understand the forces at play! #Veritasium #PhysicsOfLadders #FallingObjects ...

Nikola Jokić's triple-double production and overall stability keep him perched at No. 1 as the Top 5 holds steady. Shaun Powell Nikola Jokić has 174 career triple-doubles and should pass Oscar ...

I'm trying to do some measurements to test the accuracy of the model in the following scenario. I mounted my camera on a mounting bracket ~2m above the ground and tilted it forward with a certain ...

Microsoft Word has long supported an auto-save feature, but only if you use the app with OneDrive. But it looks like the next Windows version of the app, which is part of the Office/Microsoft 365 ...

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students. But students often struggle when they see a combination of ...

Catastrophizing is fixating on the worst possible outcome of a situation, even if unlikely. The author shares personal experiences with catastrophizing, particularly regarding a recent health ...

Abstract: This work extends a matrix-based numerical methodology to cover fully canonical generalized Chevyshev (GC) transfer functions by reconfiguring canonical filter topologies into dangling ...

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