Top all-time · #14274
Paul's blog
Personal blog · blog.paulhankin.netmathprogramming
Paul's blog is a personal blog at blog.paulhankin.net about math and programming. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “An integer formula for Fibonacci numbers (2015)”. The last post was in 2020, 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 this blog for its posts on integer formulas for Fibonacci numbers and a follow-up on the same subject. Comments cite these posts as the place to read more.
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.
Programming, Computer Science, Games and Other Things
Most-linked posts?
- /fibonacci2/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-23
- An integer formula for Fibonacci numbers (2015)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-23
What Hacker News says?
If you like programming puzzles, I also recommend trying to write the littlemancomputer programs listed on this blog entry: https://blog.paulhankin.net/littlemancomputer/ They are fun in the same way as TIS-100 is fun, and especially the last couple (generate primes, sort input) are interestingly difficult. Instructions and description of the machine on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_man_computer On…
Comment linking /lmc/lmc.html
on “Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?”Submitted An integer formula for Fibonacci numbers (2015) as a story · 93 points
HN discussionhttps://blog.paulhankin.net I don't think everyone should read it, because it's quite technical. There's articles on mathematics, game-theory, and computer science. The highlight (in my opinion) is a series of articles on Fibonacci numbers, with relatively novel content: https://blog.paulhankin.net/fibonacci/ , https://blog.paulhankin.net/fibonacci2/ , https://blog.paulhankin.net/fibonacci_doubling/ The first two in…
Comment linking /fibonacci_doubling/
on “Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?”Submitted An Integer Formula for Fibonacci Numbers (2015) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI commented elsewhere already, but I have a blog post where I go through some examples of applications of the Kelly Criterion, including two that are related to insurance: https://blog.paulhankin.net/kellycriterion/
Comment linking /kellycriterion/
on “The Kelly criterion: How to size bets (2019)”I have a blog-post on the Kelly Criterion, and some (I think interesting) realistic examples of its application in decision-making: https://blog.paulhankin.net/kellycriterion/
Comment linking /kellycriterion/
on “The Kelly criterion: How to size bets (2019)”Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11560122 and Paul Hankin has some more thoughts on the subject: https://blog.paulhankin.net/fibonacci2/
Comment linking /fibonacci2/
on “An integer formula for Fibonacci numbers (2015)”Thanks. There's a follow up at https://blog.paulhankin.net/fibonacci2/
Comment linking /fibonacci2/
on “Magical Fibonacci Formulae”