Jan 25, 2023
Using AI Tools in Class
AI tools, such as ChatGPT and AI-based art generation, are becoming increasingly widely available and accessible to the general public. With the advancement of technology, these tools are no longer limited to…
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Dec 21, 2022
Abolish the Debt Ceiling
The debt ceiling is a statutory limit on the amount of debt that the U.S. government is allowed to incur. It was initially adopted to ensure that the government would not overspend…
Sep 18, 2022
The Value of Mathematical Knowledge
A few years ago, I was teaching public finance. My students, generally, while grad students, probably had not had microeconomics. And if they have, it really didn't stick. So I spend the…
Jul 22, 2022
Origami—Wabi-Sabi on Paper
Origami goes far beyond kids making paper fortune tellers. In recent years, origami has become a focal point for teaching mathematics. Origami has also been used for understanding biological and chemical principles,…
Jun 18, 2022
Introducing the London Frog
A week or so ago, Chase asked me about getting some vanilla syrup. He had seen on the menu at Roggenart a drink called the "London Fog" and was interested in trying…
May 9, 2022
WS2818B SPI Controller for ATtiny85
Last year, I was working with a set of LEDs that are kind of dead common WS2818B LED assemblies. These are available on Amazon, Aliexpress, and pretty much any other electronics retailer.…
Jan 31, 2022
Beatrix and I Built a Computer
A while back, Ducky asked me if we could build a computer together. A normal parent would probably swing by Amazon and buy a keyboard, mouse, monitor, case, motherboard, and so on.…
Nov 23, 2021
Teaching STEM Online
Speaking of papers, Mina Sedaghatjou led a group of us across Europe, Canada, and the United States in a project on teaching STEM online. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, suddenly,…
Nov 18, 2021
Seeing the Future: Predicting Irregular Leadership Changes
Our new article "Crystal Cube: Forecasting Disruptive Events" is now available, gold open access, in Applied Artificial Intelligence . Here's the abstract: Disruptive events within a country can have global repercussions, creating…
Aug 5, 2021
Other Treaties Relating to Space
I've talked before about the Outer Space Treaty and the framework it provides for creating subsequent agreements. This type of work is not unfamiliar within international law. Often, broad themes are laid…
Aug 3, 2021
Working with the m4 Macro Language
I recently ran into a problem where I needed to generate a lot of configuration files with slightly different parameters included. This was all being fed into a simulation so we could…