Speedy Hammer Will the giant hammer be going fast enough when it hits the big elf door? Posted on November 13, 2022 Tags: conservation-of-energy optimization vectors
Neurotic Halloween How close can you get to perfect candy disbursement? Posted on October 29, 2022 Tags: expectation dynamic-programming optimality
Loteria lightning One solitary soul won Mexican bingo, what are the chances? Posted on October 29, 2022 Tags: counting
Birthday collisions How many people in this room have stolen your birthday? Posted on October 15, 2022 Tags: approximation recursion combinatorics
Sock wash Will you be able to fit all your lonely socks on the chair? Posted on October 9, 2022 Tags: recursion scaling
Letters from the sea How many letters are you going to have to read? Posted on September 25, 2022 Tags: expectation scaling translation
Too many anigrams How many generations of humanity will pass before anigrams has a repeat? Posted on September 19, 2022 Tags: data-structures barcoding
Traffic groups How many will go as fast as they want if everyone goes as fast as they want? Posted on August 29, 2022 Tags: occlusion counting ensemble
Morning walkabout Will the friendly ant have an unusual experience? Posted on July 26, 2022 Tags: recursion counting waiting-time coarse-graining jane-street