Dear Mathletes: Looking for Algebraic Expressions of Concepts

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math ftw, equation describing universal pessimistic presumptive reports (over-the-top beeminder nerdery)

Repeating an anecdote from our internal mailing list, since it’s relevant to the weight loss question Jake Hofman brought up. (Oh, ha, and I hadn’t even noticed till now that Jake is a prime example of the claim below about physicists!) … This is why physicists are better programmers than computer scientists are. Math FTW! The amount of grief and future debugging we just saved ourselves by spending 20 minutes drawing graphs and writing equations on paper: kinda staggering. Here’s the answer …