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Month: May 2022

Short Takes

  • khoitsma
  • General, List, Personal
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How big is 52 factorial?

Short Takes was last updated on August 21, 2025

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Poetry 1 May 2022

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Pipe Stress Calculus May 2022

  • khoitsma
  • Calculus, Concept, Engineering, Mathematics, Petrochemical Design
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In structural engineering and in pipe stress, is it possible to optimize designs using current software?

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Refining — 100th Anniversary of HP magazine May 2022

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A rich and interesting history

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Excel — Taming of the Shapes with PyXLL May 2022

  • khoitsma
  • Concept, Excel, Python, PyXLL, Video
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Using PyXLL, I have programmed automatic shapes in Excel. That is, I built a function that draws an arbitrary shape in a user spreadsheet: the shape is defined by a range of coordinates; as the coordinates are edited, a new shape can be drawn.

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