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How big is 52 factorial?

Short Takes was last updated on August 21, 2025

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Bow Out Aug 2025

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Automated Foundation Rebar Drawing Aug 2025

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Automated Foundation Rebar Drawing Aug 2025

automated drawing

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Close Encounters in Batting Averages July 2025

  • khoitsma
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In 1945 in the American League, George “Snuffy” Stirnweiss (NYY) edged out Tony Cuccinello (CHW) for the league batting championship.


The difference in their batting averages was 0.0000866 (about 90 millionths) !

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2D Engineering Interpolation Jun 2025

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2D Engineering Interpolation — Jun 2025

typical table highlighted

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Lessons Learned (structural engineering) Apr 2025

  • khoitsma
  • Engineering, Observation
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Lessons Learned Apr 2025 …

Overview
Documentation
Folders
Site photos
Plan
Staffing
Paper and Pencil
Patterns
Templates
Spreadsheets
Checking
Multiple solutions
Rapid response
Incremental release
Good and fast
Flex

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Marimo Notebook Mar 2025

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  • Marimo.io, Plotly, Plots, Python
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This may be unbelievable — It’s a live Python (language) notebook !

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