Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer. --Fred Brooks, Jr.

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Intro to Number Bases and the Cambia.BaseN Package

Conversions of numbers between different bases or representations in different bases is often needed or useful in computing. This article will introduce you to alphabets, clear up some common misconceptions and discuss some of the issues one might encounter doing base conversions. We further define a new Cambia95 standard alphabet which we hope may be adopted elsewhere for conversion and encoding solutions. Continue...

Developer Tips and Tutorials Cambia.BaseN Math Package

Cambia.BaseN Documentation and Code Samples

Cambia.BaseN is a Nuget package for converting and representing numbers in different bases. This article provides numerous code sample to show you how to use the package. I think you'll see that it's pretty straight forward. Continue...

Developer Cambia.BaseN Math Package

Hacking The Monty Hall Problem

Thousands of people, including many PhDs, have been completely fooled by the Monty Hall problem. It is utterly counterintuitive and even when you hear an explanation it doesn't make any sense. I break it down here with pictures and go all the way back to the simple defintion of probability to make it clear. Continue...

Everyone Diversions Math

Online Random Number Tool

Generate lists of random numbers online. Choose from different types: boolean, int, decimal, date, time and more. Continue...

Developer Tools and Tables Math

Online Random Number Generator

Need random numbers? Learn more about our online generator of random numbers. Continue...

Developer Tools and Tables C# Math

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