Topic
mathematics
- Weekend Reading: Universe Sandbox, Mapping Math, and Japanese Companies
🌌 Universe Sandbox This is a physics simulator that replicates the physics of interstellar objects. You can simulate massive planetary collisions or supernovae in the Earth's solar system, in case you want to see wha…
- Weekend Reading: Neutrinos and Math, Waymo Progress, and Freemium in SaaS
🧮 Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math As long as you consider linear algebra and eigenvectors "basic math": They’d noticed that hard-to-compute terms called “eigenvectors,” describing, in this case,…
- Weekend Reading: tracejson, Euclid, and Designing at Scale
🛰 tracejson An extension to the GeoJSON format for storing GPS track data, including timestamps. GPX has been long in the tooth for a long time, but it works and is supported by everything. This approach could have s…
- Weekend Reading: Tissot's Indicatrix, National Park Fonts, and Starlink
🌐 Tissot's Indicatrix This is a neat interactive tool to visualize distortion due to map projection using Tissot's indicatrix, a mathematical model for calculating the amount of warp at different points: Nicolas Augu…