#4 - Farthings, Fizz and Food Boards

01/16/18 • 80 min

Odds and Evenings

The boys solve money, stare at bubbles and get a bit confused on a problem involving a Lazy Susan.

Odds and Evenings

Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com

Topics discussed

Change and the Coin Problem
Beer Bubbles
The Blind Waiter Problem

Show Notes

Legal Tender
The Coin Problem
Mersenne Primes
The Blind Waiter Problem Part 1 and Part 2

Credits

Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords

Edited by Alex
Trivia about coins supplied by Alaric

Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323

The boys solve money, stare at bubbles and get a bit confused on a problem involving a Lazy Susan.

Odds and Evenings

Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com

Topics discussed

Change and the Coin Problem
Beer Bubbles
The Blind Waiter Problem

Show Notes

Legal Tender
The Coin Problem
Mersenne Primes
The Blind Waiter Problem Part 1 and Part 2

Credits

Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords

Edited by Alex
Trivia about coins supplied by Alaric

Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323

Previous Episode

#3 - Rationality, Reddit and Recurrence

The boys follow up on the Christmas episode. Also, four more things, some of which actually get answered.

Odds and Evenings

Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com

Topics discussed

Rationality of g
Top Posts of All Time
Game of Life Towers
Online Now Status

Show Notes

Reddit top posts of all time
Introduction to Game of Life
Game of Life in Game of Life

Credits

Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords

Edited by Alex
Soul of the show generated by Alaric

Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323

Next Episode

#5 - Factors, Figures and Words With Friends

The boys think about designing better Scrabble then don't. Also they geek out over this one book for like half the episode.

Odds and Evenings

Twitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings
Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.com

Topics discussed

The Number of Factors Sequence
Scrabble Boards
Gödel, Escher, Bach

Show Notes

Scrabble Trivia
Words With Friends and Scrabble Boards
Gödel, Escher, Bach PDF

Credits

Hosted By
Alaric - http://alaricstephen.com
Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords

Edited by Alex
Scrabble anecdotes supplied by Alaric

Theme music by David Russell - https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323

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