It’s inconceivable that a blog titled “Hashed Potatoes” never had a post about hashes for the past few years. That changes now. Potatoes neither; but another time, perhaps? Suppose you have a registration system, and you want to set up a hashing scheme to generate a unique ID for each user. You want this IDContinue reading “Estimating Hash Collision Rates”
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The Mathematics of Music
What makes a piece of music sound good? What makes the pitches that we use work? What makes something consonant or dissonant? These are some interesting questions that I will explore in this post. In my earlier post on The Physics of Sound, I discussed about understanding sound as a wave, and how loudness, pitchContinue reading “The Mathematics of Music”
The Physics of Sound
This is the first out of two posts delving into the physics and mathematics behind what makes music work. In this post, I will discuss the nature of what sound is, and where it gets it properties from. Let’s start by asking the rudimentary question, “what is sound?” Sound is Moving Air Let’s try aContinue reading “The Physics of Sound”
The Moods of Music Modes
The concept of modes in music have been a remarkable idea and compositional tool in music theory. While basic tonal concepts (major & minor) are on their own plenty efficacious in eliciting various emotional responses, I couldn’t help after a while but feel that they were rather limited, and I sought to read into otherContinue reading “The Moods of Music Modes”
Retailer Locality Simulation
Problem Statement & Motivation In this first problem exploration, I will be using this video by TED-Ed as reference: This video introduces the concept of Hotelling’s law; a game theory law which explains why two retailers selling the same product tend to set up shop close to each other. I was motivated to make thisContinue reading “Retailer Locality Simulation”
The Sauce
Hey there friend, I’m GK and I hail from the small island of Singapore. I love being with people, learning and discovering more about what makes us think and feel the way we do, and providing help wherever possible. I do also enjoy delving into deconstructing systems and processes, concrete to abstract alike, as wellContinue reading “The Sauce”
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