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Patrick Liscio

Personal blog · ballparkfigures.substack.commathprogramming

Patrick Liscio writes Ballpark Figures, a personal blog at ballparkfigures.substack.com about math and programming. Since 2026, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Yahtzee – Ballpark Figures”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-11, and you can follow it by feed.

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Companion to the Ballpark Figures YouTube channel (youtube.com/@BPKFigures). I throw math and algorithms at everyday problems, and things that don't make it into my videos may end up here.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Yahtzee – Ballpark Figures
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-28

What Hacker News says?

  1. jffry · 2026-08-23

    Submitted I Tried to Solve Hangman as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  2. cptroot · 2026-08-09

    Submitted Yahtzee – Ballpark Figures as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. muti · 2026-07-28

    Submitted Yahtzee Strategy as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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