September 2009
2 posts
Where a is the (constant) processing time per person, b is the time per item, x1 is the number of people in line 1, y1 is the number of items in line 1, x2 is the number of people in line 2, and y2 is the items of people in line 2.
a(x1) + b(y1) < a(x2) + b(y2)
a(4) + b(11) < a(1) + b(y2)
a(4) + b(11) - a(1) = b(y2)
a(3) + b(11) = b(y2)
3(a/b) + 11 = y2
3(a/b) = y2 - 11
That is, line 2 must...
Organizing Duplicate Tracks
Recently, I have begun the long and ardous process of organizing my massive music library in iTunes (currently at ~34 GB). As I do so, I run into the problem of duplicate tracks: the same track, from multiple albums. When albums were consumed in physical media, this made sense: the same track from different albums would never be listened to concurrently.
Now, when all the music is presented...
April 2009
1 post
“As to the Court’s invocation of the Lemon test: like some ghoul in a...”
– Justice Scalia
February 2009
2 posts
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Awakening Playlist
Waking up to a blaring alarm has to be the stupidest idea in the world. It’s the mechanical equivilant of asking someone to yell at you constantly. To alleviate this, I built a little playlist for myself. It autostarts at 6:00 (which is precisely 4 sleep cycles from midnight), with the help of Awaken on my Mac.
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
You Give Me Fever – Peggy Lee
Messah. Chorus:...
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