math

Measuring the Economics of Skyrim

Recently, I’ve started on a new play-through of Skyrim, the excellent 2011 game that is the most recent single player...

More Numbers on Starbucks

In a previous post, I calculated that in a year, Starbucks uses around 2.916 and 2.946 billion cups in their retail...

How Many Murderers Will You Walk Past?

Note: the below is an exercise in Fermi estimation, which is a great way of making accurate, if not precise,...