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No Layman Left Behind
Personal blog · nolaymanleftbehind.wordpress.commathscience
No Layman Left Behind is a personal blog at nolaymanleftbehind.wordpress.com about math and science. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Linear Algebra: What matrices are”. The last post was in 2011, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog to explain a technical distinction: probability 0 and impossibility are not the same thing. The only comment cites a post on that difference to correct a pedantic point.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Linear Algebra: What matrices are2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-08-29
What Hacker News says?
It's rather pedantic in this context, but "probability 0" and "impossible" actually aren't the same thing: http://nolaymanleftbehind.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/the-diffe...
Comment linking /2011/07/13/the-difference-between-impossible-and-zero-probability/
on “No, Diatoms Have Not Been Found in a Meteorite”Submitted Linear Algebra: What matrices are as a story · 262 points
HN discussionSubmitted Linear Algebra: What matrices are (2011) as a story · 8 points
HN discussion