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Ben Lahner

Boston’s Best Donut Shops Ranked (2024)

A local’s guide to Boston’s donut scene.

Jan 13

Boston’s Best Donut Shops Ranked (2024)

Jan 13

Ben Lahner

Curious George Discovers the Infinite Monkey Theorem

This is George. He wants to write a book. He ironically wants to call it, “Curious George Discovers the Infinite Monkey Theorem.” However…

Jan 1

Curious George Discovers the Infinite Monkey Theorem

Jan 1

Ben Lahner

The Fundamentals of Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Tutorial Without Internet or GPUs

Find the Fundamentals of Neural Networks tutorial on GitHub here!

Dec 18, 2023

The Fundamentals of Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Tutorial Without Internet or GPUs

Dec 18, 2023

Ben Lahner

What is the probability of flipping N consecutive heads in K coin flips?

We flip a coin with probability of success, p, and probability of failure, q (for a fair coin, p = q = 0.5). P(K) denotes the probability…

Dec 11, 2023

What is the probability of flipping N consecutive heads in K coin flips?

Dec 11, 2023

Ben Lahner

Artificial General Intelligence Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon. Here’s Why.

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) feels just around the corner with ChatGPT transforming our daily lives and new state-of-the-art…

Oct 16, 2023

A consious robot

Oct 16, 2023

Ben Lahner

Settling Disagreements with Trigonometry: Don’t Take Sides, Solve Them

“You think I can swim out to that island over there?” Let’s see.

Jun 26, 2023

Settling Disagreements with Trigonometry: Don’t Take Sides, Solve Them

Jun 26, 2023

Ben Lahner

A New Angle on the Legend of Cocaine Island

The legendary Carribean island of Culebra is chock-full of mysteries, and we were about to discover one more.

Jun 26, 2023

A New Angle on the Legend of Cocaine Island

Jun 26, 2023

Ben Lahner

Letting Bank Robbers Tour the Bank

Researchers tell everyone, cybercriminals included, exactly how your bank transfers, emails, and text messages are encrypted. In fact…

Jun 22, 2023

Tiles of paper scraps with cryptic writing

Jun 22, 2023

Ben Lahner

The Sportsball Bracket Generator: A Competitive March Madness Bracket Generator for Non-competitive…

Are you one of the millions of Americans pressured by family and friends to fill out this year’s March Madness bracket but just couldn’t…

Feb 18, 2023

A sportsball that looks like a mix of a basketball, baseball, football, and soccer ball.

Feb 18, 2023

Ben Lahner

18 Million Brackets Later, Here Are the Best — and Worst — Ways to Fill Out Your March Madness…

Every spring, tens of millions of people fill out a March Madness basketball bracket in hopes of being one of the select few to win…

Feb 18, 2023

Silhouettes of five basketball players

Feb 18, 2023

Ben Lahner

Ben Lahner

I enjoy tackling questions that appear impossible to answer. Current PhD student @MIT. Website: https://blahner.github.io/

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