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I’m a Caveman That Learned Calculus | Smart Nonsense #349

Jun 22, 202523 min
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Timestamps:




(0:00) Intro

(0:34) Dylan's GrubHub credit card hacks

(0:58) Why I should cancel my Amex Platinum card

(2:58) Winning three championships (I'm kind of a big deal)

(3:42) Soccer vs. Hockey shifts: a chaotic debate

(4:59) Dylan the "banshee" on the soccer field

(7:39) Obsessing over tennis game design

(9:06) Tennis scoring is secretly brilliant

(11:00) Why football's Hail Mary is peak game design

(12:53) KO comebacks and Black Swan KOs

(14:50) How hockey fixed its boring overtime

(17:01) Are penalty kicks better than shootouts?

(17:48) Making our game fairer than the SAT

(19:57) Why Desmos's UI/UX is so bad

(21:35) The mystery of the "y=x" graph

(22:37) My buddy's to-do list app paradox




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