The Humor Writers and the Too-Big Sofa

“What do numbers even mean, anyway?” said David. “I say we try it.” So, being idiots, we did.

The Human and the Cosmic

Rest in peace, Neil Armstrong – you who did what any human could name, and what none could fathom.

Math Experts Split the Check

Sure, but the numbers work out more cleanly if we don’t pay tax and tip. It’s a pretty small error term. Let’s not complicate things unnecessarily.

The Kaufman Decimals

You never know where conversations will turn with Jeff Kaufman. He goes barefoot, hates cucumbers, and donates fantastic chunks of his Google salary to charity.

0.999…. and the Debate that Repeats Forever

Adrian led a pack of disbelievers in the claim that 0.999… = 1. “You’re crazy, Orlin,” he said. “You’ve lost your grip on reality. Snap out of it.” With my sanity under challenge (for neither the first nor the last time), I pushed back by offering the standard proof of the fact.