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Andrew Maynard
Personal blog · 2020science.orgsciencewriting
Andrew Maynard writes 2020 SCIENCE ARCHIVE, a personal blog at 2020science.org about science and writing. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Andrew Maynard's 2020science.org posts as sources on the TI-84 calculator's classroom monopoly, nanotubes that make the blackest material, and diet and food-access studies. Comments only cite or link them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
An archive of posts by Andrew Maynard on the blog 2020 Science between 2007 and 2019
What Hacker News says?
Something is seriously off with the study you cited. This image leads me to believe that the scenarios they are comparing are not remotely close in calories, which would invalidate their conclusion: https://2020science.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Diet-and-... Additionally, the study is using the USDA guidelines in their model scenarios. Those guidelines are heavily influenced by food lobbyists and are not entirel…
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Diet-and-energy.jpg
on “Microfarms come to South L.A. frontyards, bringing fresh produce to food deserts”Submitted Jumping the gap between a US and UK high school education as a story · 35 points
HN discussionIn some districts it is because they require students to purchase them even if they are not used or are only used for simple arithmetic [1]. [1] http://2020science.org/2010/07/11/texas-instruments-graphing...
Comment linking /2010/07/11/texas-instruments-graphing-calculators-essential-math-teaching-aid-or-a-scam/
on “The unstoppable TI-84 Plus: How an outdated calculator still holds a monopoly”The title is fine, a little ambiguity isn't a bad thing. If you ever find yourself surrounded by Crows, Magpies, Parrots, and Corellas (and Cockatoos in general), you might start thinking about both attributes. Jet black crows have that intensity that Douglas Adams wrote about: * https://2020science.org/2014/07/14/nanotubes-create-blackest...
Comment linking /2014/07/14/nanotubes-create-blackest-black-douglas-adams-proud/
on “Ranking the Most Brilliant Birds with Math and Data”
