Drawing with Straight Lines
What if we could only draw straight lines on a canvas? Could we be able to create art under such a constraint? A few weeks ago, I came across a very talented artist, Petros Vrellis, who created interesting art pieces by only using straight lines. Several others have tried to recreate this type of work, such as Christian Siegel and Shlonkin. I have been curious about understanding the underlying dynamics that work with this constraint. Therefore, in this post I implement an al
Forecasting Elections
Last week we had the presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The most surprising thing about the outcome is that the major poll-based forecast models were wrong. They all gave Clinton a greater than 71% chance of winning. To be fair, none of these models gave Trump a 0% chance of becoming president. And this is key, because it meant that Trump ALWAYS had a chance of succeeding; the same way anyone can beat a casino game even when the odds are unfavo
