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A Gentleman and a Scala
Personal blog · jliszka.github.iomathprogrammingscience
A Gentleman and a Scala is a personal blog at jliszka.github.io about math, programming and science. Since 2013, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Exact numeric nth derivatives”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link A Gentleman and a Scala's traffic post to explain how traffic flows. It argues a lane can pass only about one car every two seconds, so spacing cars cannot end jams.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Exact numeric nth derivatives3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-10-24
- How traffic actually works2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-10-01
- Painless, effective peer reviews2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-07
What Hacker News says?
FWIW I tried this out, seeing what happens when there are varying average car lengths on the road. http://jliszka.github.io/assets/img/traffic/speed-vs-occupan... http://localhost:4000/assets/img/traffic/flow-vs-occupancy-2... Also added as an update to the article.
Comment linking /assets/img/traffic/speed-vs-occupancy-2.png
on “How traffic actually works”Submitted How traffic actually works as a story · 263 points
HN discussionThat really isn't the case in high traffic areas: http://jliszka.github.io/2013/10/01/how-traffic-actually-wor...
Comment linking /2013/10/01/how-traffic-actually-works.html
on “Can a single car break a traffic jam?”Submitted Exact numeric nth derivatives as a story · 164 points
HN discussionEvery time people try to say we can eliminate traffic if we just leave space in between cars, I think of this great article: http://jliszka.github.io/2013/10/01/how-traffic-actually-wor... TL;DR there is an effective maximum number of cars that can pass through a given point of roadway (about 1 car per 2 seconds per lane). No amount of space-leaving is going to chance that.
Comment linking /2013/10/01/how-traffic-actually-works.html
on “Can a single car break a traffic jam?”Submitted More backwards functions: Unevaluating polynomials as a story · 47 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Exact numeric nth derivatives as a story · 2 points
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