The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Kristen Stewart is weighing in on the Method acting debate. “The Chronology of Water” director recently told the New York Times that acting is by nature “quite embarrassing and unmasculine,” and that ...

No more struggling with sleeve plackets! This beginner-friendly method shows you the fastest and most efficient way to sew clean, professional-looking plackets in no time. Ohio sheriff takes defiant ...

The Critical Path Method, known under its acronym CPM, is a way of optimizing the sequence of scheduled activities, or tasks, in a project. This is a management tool designed to ensure a project's ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

Invest in distressed properties, rehab them for equity, then rent for passive income using the BRRRR method. Ensure total purchase and rehab costs do not exceed 70% of the after repair value (ARV) to ...

Introduction: In unsupervised learning, data clustering is essential. However, many current algorithms have issues like early convergence, inadequate local search capabilities, and trouble processing ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.