The Math of Penny’s Game
In this video, Simon explains the math behind predictions in Penny’s Game and draws a predictions diagram. Inspired by a Numberphile video.
Author: Geeks out of the Box
This is a blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. We write this blog together, share their projects and thoughts on their journey towards self-dicovery. They’re growing up in a supportive non-coercive learning environment. We deeply believe in interest-based, self-paced education and have had to move countries to make this possible as a family.
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We are a family from Amsterdam who moved to Antwerp because homeschooling is illegal in The Netherlands.
This blog started as https://antwerpenhomeschooling.wordpress.com in March 2016. Over the years, most of our entries have gravitated towards exploring together with Simon as he has developed an insatiable passion for programming, math and science. His sister Neva is treading on his heals. We changed or name to Geeks of the Box in May 2021.
Simon’s Decision Tree Library
Simon has just created a decision tree library, called “Decision”, that is helpful in building decision trees/forests (Machine Learning). He has also tried performing unit tests for the first time, … Continue reading Simon’s Decision Tree Library
Flipping Coins
Simon created this coin flip simulation in the form of a game that runs until you get 10 heads in a row. In the video, he explains what the chance … Continue reading Flipping Coins
Why we should all stop using 32 bit computers
Inspired by a Numberphile video, Simon talks about Unix time and how it’s calculated on 32 bit computers and why there will be a date when the time ends on … Continue reading Why we should all stop using 32 bit computers
Pseudo-Randomness
Simon has filmed this video without my help. This was completely upon his own initiative. He used OBS to record the tutorial, uploaded it to YouTube and added some end … Continue reading Pseudo-Randomness
From Platonic Solids to Archimedean Solids
Simon explains how to to turn Platonic Solids into Archimedean Solids, using truncation and rectification. Simon explains how to convert Platonic Solids to Archimedean Solids and builds a Rhombicosidodecahedron … Continue reading From Platonic Solids to Archimedean Solids
Tiling shapes to build dodecagon and octagon
Some outside fun: Simon uses a regular hexagon, equilateral triangles and squares to build a regular dodecagon, and right angled isoceles triangles (with sides equal to 1 and the hypotenuse … Continue reading Tiling shapes to build dodecagon and octagon
Music of Pi in Processing
Simon wrote a program in Processing that plays the music of Pi. The idea to assign every integer a sound frequency belongs to the Numberphile channel, but Simon came up … Continue reading Music of Pi in Processing
For the love of math
Simon saw an interesting example on Numberphile and came up with a more general formula for a case when a number can never be prime. Later someone noticed in the … Continue reading For the love of math
Random Number Generator Graphing Probability
This random number generator Simon built in Processing simultaneously graphs the probability of the values as you “throw the dice”. This is Simon’s own code and what’s more, he … Continue reading Random Number Generator Graphing Probability
Simon’s Sine Wave Tool
Simon came up with a tool (a circle where you install a pencil) to draw curved lines. He explains how the curved line actually draws the absolute value of the … Continue reading Simon’s Sine Wave Tool
Live Stream #8: Games on a grid in Processing
Simon’s live stream last night was a blast. Simon worked on two games on a grid: 15s Puzzle and Connect Four, both in Processing (Java). He had already made the … Continue reading Live Stream #8: Games on a grid in Processing
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