Tanner Swett

Grand Rapids, MI

I do cool things. Any pronouns.

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There are 2,001 doors leading to 2,001 hallways. How quickly can you find the way out?

story strategy asked May 27, 2020 at 1:40

puzzling.stackexchange.com

36 votes

Generalizing the notion of Farey neighbors to the algebraic numbers

polynomials nt.number-theory asked May 10, 2010 at 19:27

mathoverflow.net

34 votes

What's an astronomical event which happened about 10,000 years ago, which humans could have noticed?

astronomy time-keeping asked Dec 20, 2018 at 19:59

worldbuilding.stackexchange.com

29 votes

Is there a known Turing machine which halts if and only if the Collatz conjecture has a counterexample?

nt.number-theory computability-theory open-problems collatz-conjecture asked Aug 24, 2018 at 17:11

mathoverflow.net

28 votes

At a non-towered airport in the US, what should I do if I hear a medevac flight waiting to take off while I'm turning base?

emergency usa phraseology traffic-pattern non-towered-airport asked Dec 3, 2017 at 0:15

aviation.stackexchange.com

26 votes

Why don't we say "We're going eating"?

grammaticality phrases asked Sep 10, 2018 at 17:09

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26 votes

vim says "No mouse support", but only when I run git commit

git vim asked Aug 8, 2012 at 18:31

stackoverflow.com

24 votes

Tell me how many there are, in Polish

code-golf string natural-language asked Jun 8, 2022 at 16:49

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20 votes

Do extremely high-voltage power lines emit positrons?

quantum-mechanics electrostatics electricity electric-fields antimatter asked Sep 21, 2020 at 18:12

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20 votes

Why will my friend have to grow his beard out?

wordplay english asked Nov 7, 2018 at 1:34

puzzling.stackexchange.com

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Did Euler make the elementary mistake √-2 √-3 = √6?

skeptics.stackexchange.com

152

How can I tell my boss that my productivity is low due to a conflict with a coworker, without blaming the coworker?

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125

What would be reasons NOT to invest in a small company that has great leadership, talented workers and an amazing product?

money.stackexchange.com

What allows us to use imaginary numbers?

math.stackexchange.com

Under copyleft, why distinguish between "free as in free speech" and "free as in free beer"?

opensource.stackexchange.com

As an outsider, how do I get academics to discuss my idea with me?

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Parachute equivalent when there is no ground

worldbuilding.stackexchange.com

What is a topological space good for?

math.stackexchange.com

What does the word "just" mean in this context?

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Is it possible to get all possible sums with the same probability if I throw two unfair dice together?

math.stackexchange.com

Write bytes to a file natively in PowerShell

stackoverflow.com

If we were able to prove that the universe is infinite, wouldn't that statistically prove that there is no other forms of life?

physics.stackexchange.com

Why do people claim that it's hard to outperform the S&P 500? It has only increased in value by ~1.5x in the past 5 years

money.stackexchange.com

Find the perimeter (seemingly unsolvable problem)

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Four color theorem disproof?

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Do all aircraft carry depleted uranium as counterweights?

aviation.stackexchange.com

Why am I getting a strange double quote (“) in Open Office instead of the ordinary one (")?

writing.stackexchange.com

Is there a known non-euclidean geometry where two concentric circles of different radii can intersect? (as in the novel "The Universe Between")

math.stackexchange.com

Why is more music written in sharp keys than flat keys?

music.stackexchange.com

Do higher dimensions have axes?

math.stackexchange.com

Is there a rule that prohibits us from using 2 possessives in a row?

ell.stackexchange.com

Am I compensated by the electricity company for electricity that exits my home on the neutral wire?

electronics.stackexchange.com

Why can a circle be described by an equation but not by a function?

math.stackexchange.com

Irrational numbers in reality

math.stackexchange.com

How to non-verbally communicate that I am listening?

interpersonal.stackexchange.com

How can I get a player to accept that they should stop trying to pull stunts without thinking them through first?

rpg.stackexchange.com

What does the phrase, a person (who) is “a pair of khaki pants inside a Manila envelope” mean?

english.stackexchange.com

I want a "true" proof by contradiction of an implication P => Q

matheducators.stackexchange.com

Can I use "You can" rather than "Could you" in restaurants?

ell.stackexchange.com

Is power proportional to V or V^2?

electronics.stackexchange.com