Research & Explainers

Interactive explorations of math, algorithms, and data — built to be read in a browser.

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LLMs & Fiction

Fable 5 or Opus 4.8?

Ten Fable 5 stories and eight Opus 4.8 stories, all generated by the same prompt forge. Can you tell which model wrote which? A blind sample-by-sample quiz with a running accuracy score.

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Combinatorics & Topology

Hex Path Tiles — Loops, Knots & Scaling Laws

A random tiling model where three-way junctions spontaneously produce loops, fractal growth exponents, genuine trefoil knots, and an unsolvable combinatorial game — all from a single six-sided tile.

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Machine Learning & Geometry

Manifold Sculpting — A Visual Explainer

Step-by-step visual walkthrough of the Manifold Sculpting dimensionality reduction algorithm: how it unfolds high-dimensional data while preserving local neighborhood geometry.

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Statistics & Games

Importance Sampling — A Poker Explainer

How to estimate rare-event probabilities without running millions of hands: an interactive guide to importance sampling via the lens of poker hand evaluation.

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Data & Culture

Bible Baby Names: Woke ↔ Trad

An interactive spectrum of US baby names ranked from most liberal-coded to most conservative-coded, using first-name voter-registration data matched against biblical origin.

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Cryptography & Visualization

Continuous SHA-256 Visualizer

Watch the SHA-256 hash function avalanche effect in real time: flip a single input bit and see how every output bit cascades through the 64-round compression function.

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