Everyday science · Framer
Why Your Phone Makes Mountains Look Tiny
Three diagrams and a simple experiment show what changes when you step back and zoom, and what changes when you only crop.
Numbers · Everyday science · Practical AI
Small questions.
Careful answers.
Why does a mountain look smaller in a photo? How much of a price increase undoes a discount? I write about the questions that are easy to ask and worth slowing down to answer.
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A 20% drop needs more than a 20% recovery.
Follow a $100 price through a sale and a price increase, then use the calculator to try a different drop.
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What an eight-hour average leaves out
Two workweeks share a mean and a median. Only one breaks a ten-hour daily limit. Try the same check on your own comparison.
Everyday numbers · Scribd
Both Groups Improved. The Overall Rate Fell.
A support desk improves at both kinds of request while its overall success rate falls. Compare like with like to see what changed.
Practical AI · Essay
When an AI should ask instead of answer.
Give a missing detail two plausible values. If they lead to different recommendations, you’ve found the question worth asking.
Practical AI · Mataroa
The One-Minute Check Before You Trust an AI Summary
See how an AI summary of a pottery-class email drops a fee, a rule, and an unconfirmed date. Check the detail your next step depends on.
Everyday science · Essay
A fan cools you. Does it cool the room?
Follow the heat from your skin into the room and see what an open window changes.