If you could force people to stand and sit on a subway car when you decided they should, what algorithm would enable everyone to optimize the amount of time they get to sit down on a subway car? I guess…by ensuring everyone gets an equal percentage of time sitting based on their total ride time. [...]
All posts for the month December, 2012
How to optimize subway seating
Posted by Shubha on December 17, 2012
http://shubhabala.com/archives/2605
Americans believing crazy weather is due to end-of-world
There goes the hope that Hurricane Sandy and other crazy weather events will finally wake people up to climate change… A new study shows 4 in 10 U.S. residents say recent extreme weather events, like Superstorm Sandy, is evidence the world is coming to an end. The survey, conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute [...]
Posted by Shubha on December 15, 2012
http://shubhabala.com/archives/2599
Meaningful Dates
I don’t know how I missed this one before… So why are the first of most months really important except poor February 1? Also I wonder how to scale the numbers are… like is September 18th and basically the 11th of every month really THAT less important than every other date? Also why are [...]
Posted by Shubha on December 12, 2012
http://shubhabala.com/archives/2596
Ui
Have you ever noticed there’s a “u” in us but no “i”? I think us should be changed to ui
Posted by Shubha on December 10, 2012
http://shubhabala.com/archives/2592