Precisional Predicament: Floating point inaccuracies and Latent Bugs

Dissecting a pertinacious bug caused by classic precision errors.

Optimal Guessing Strategies for Cine2Nerdle

Cine2Nerdle is a fun competitive game, where players take turns to name movies which are linked by a crew member. Sometimes, when stumped, players will attempt movies they deem having high probability of sharing some crew, but what are the actually optimal blind guesses?

Coffee, Cholesterol and Chemicals - To Filter or not to Filter

Are potential chemicals from paper filters preferable to cholesterol raising compounds in unfiltered coffee?

The Mean Faces of Danish Parliament Members

Creating composite faces of Danish MPs to see if they reveal visual differences between left and right-leaning politicians

Prediction markets: The Academy Awards

I attempt to find another good opportunity for placing a bet by calculating the probability that any movie will win 6 or more Oscars at the 94th Academy Awards.

The Bechdel Test and Gender Based Movie Ratings - Does Representation Actually Influence Women's Movie Ratings?

Using IMDb’s gender-segmented ratings data, I analyze whether women actually rate movies passing the Bechdel Test higher. The findings challenge common assumptions about representation and audience preferences.

Prediction markets: Large earthquakes

Polymarket sometimes have markets on whether earthquakes of a certain magnitude will happen before a certain date. I calculate the probability of this happening to see if there is an opportunity for placing a good bet.