Jon SimonWhat’s the Best Starting Wordle Word?Frequencies of letters in Wordle words, for fun and strategy2 min read·Jan 8, 2022--3--3
Jon SimoninTowards Data ScienceWhat Does Transformer Self-Attention Actually Look At?A deep dive into BERT’s attention heads8 min read·Dec 12, 2021--1--1
Jon SimonRunning with the Fibonacci NumbersThe surprising connection between distance measurements and a famous mathematical sequence4 min read·Oct 27, 2021--3--3
Jon SimonHow to Convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit in your HeadA simpler formula than what you were taught in school2 min read·Oct 18, 2021--60--60
Jon SimonWhy does Greek have 6 “ee” sounds?Ambiguous Greek vowels and their probabilities3 min read·Aug 16, 2021--2--2
Jon SimonWhat Cleaning the Lint Trap Says About Your Political PhilosophyThe game theory behind a simple task5 min read·May 24, 2021--1--1
Jon SimonYour 1-hour-from-now SelfMaking the ephemeral future more concrete3 min read·May 17, 2021----
Jon SimonWhy Perfectionism Leads to ProcrastinationAnd why procrastination leads to more imperfect results5 min read·May 9, 2021----
Jon SimonOrdering PeopleWhy it’s (mathematically) wrong to put someone on a pedestal5 min read·Apr 25, 2021----