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RIP John Horton Conway

…should think in terms of numbers represented by their decimal expansions, which are in effect sums of ever smaller numbers, although in the case of a whol number, the numbers

Numbers

The interviewee says that blacks are disproportionately imprisoned in the United States; notes that though blacks only make up 13% of the general population, they make up 40% of the…

Medicare 2085 and not as scary numbers

The Trustees Report intermediate projection for Medicare costs in 2085 is about 11% of payroll. This is on a bigger payroll than Social Security because currently the Medicare tax is…