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Not just typos

Published on October 25, 2022October 24, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Wrong answers in the books

We’re puzzled by problems with certain books that should be authoritative.

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Better but harder

Published on October 18, 2022October 17, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Simple becomes difficult

We ponder how the same scientific task gets harder with time.

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Making paradoxers

Published on October 11, 2022October 13, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Deliberate deception

Paradoxers can be made, as well as born.

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Quick learners

Published on October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Following the syllabus

How quickly do we need to teach a subject?

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Monoglot music

Published on September 27, 2022September 26, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Not about sukiyaki

What does an old song say about its times?

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Updates

Published on September 20, 2022September 19, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Light and peppers

We report on things inevitable and unpredictable.

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Snoopy and the Red Baron

Published on September 6, 2022September 5, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Incongruity in retrospect

We remember something that didn’t seem strange at the time, but does now.

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Programmable (III)

Published on August 30, 2022August 26, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The right problem

Why do we only teach the easy problems?

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Programmable (II)

Published on August 23, 2022August 22, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Victory of the geeks

We note one time when the computer-engineers won over the marketers.

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Programmable (I)

Published on August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

But not programmed

Some capabilities are never used.  Well, hardly ever.

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