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But What is Light?

It took a genius to figure it out

9 min readOct 3, 2021

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But What is Light?

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We Now Know 62.8 Trillion Digits of Pi.

But should we even care?

7 min readAug 24, 2021

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We Now Know 62.8 Trillion Digits of Pi.

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The Optical Trickery of Spinning Wheels

An intuitive approach to understanding aliasing

7 min readMar 2, 2023

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The Optical Trickery of Spinning Wheels

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Why You Need Math To Wire Lights

Two way switching explained

5 min readSep 25, 2021

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Why You Need Math To Wire Lights

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Why a Spinning Donut is Pure Math

An in-depth look at the math and code behind a spinning donut (Python)

16 min readSep 4, 2021

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Why a Spinning Donut is Pure Math

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Computing Digits of Pi With Polygons

How Archimedes approximated pi

10 min readAug 26, 2021

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Computing Digits of Pi With Polygons

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Age of Awareness

5 Minutes, That’s How Long it Takes to Learn Chess

All you need to know to start playing

5 min readAug 19, 2021

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5 Minutes, That’s How Long it Takes to Learn Chess

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The Least Squares Method

The math behind linear regressions

12 min readAug 13, 2021

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The Least Squares Method

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How to write LaTeX in Atom

Setup Atom as your LaTeX editor

6 min readJul 18, 2021

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How to write LaTeX in Atom

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5 Things That Will Drastically Improve Your Typing Speed

How I improved my typing speed by 100%

3 min readMay 18, 2021

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5 Things That Will Drastically Improve Your Typing Speed

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Maarten De Baecke

Maarten De Baecke

I am currently studying engineering. In my free time, I like to write about science, math, and data science. Or, who knows, something completely different.

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