Topic: math

Blogger Ms Bitchcakes does some simple nutrition math to realize that Starbucks can't possibly be telling the truth on their peach tart nutrition information. Do you think the chain's peach tarts are only 120 calories? (hint, one gram of fat is 9 calories) Follow her adventures to find out what the real caloric count is. What other foods been notably wrong with their nutritional...

Thanks to a very thoughtful comment by Fools Gold in an earlier post, I'm again really wondering about the math of the VC biz. Venture Capital for startups appears to be a game that is generally misunderstood by most as a sort of insider mafia "cash machine" for the rich when I think the evidence would support the idea that startups are a losing bet on average and are for the most part the...

Every so often I come across some math in an article or story, and more often than not I have some doubt about their results, so I want to check it. This means punching the numbers into a calculator and comparing the results. Since we have all these fancy schmancy computers, I was thinking it would be helpful if someone could come up with a calculator that you could embed in your web page that...