Comments on: [JOB POSTING] Math Adviser @ Caine’s Arcade

By: Kelly Holman

Kelly Holman — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:09:00 +0000

I find it ironic that the guy who made the video started a scholarship fund for Caine. Nice gesture, but at the rate he’s going, he can either earn enough to pay for college, or win a scholarship.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:06:41 +0000

Aaaaand … cue the forged fun passes.

By: John Berray

John Berray — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:03:07 +0000

As soon as I heard Caine’s pricing scheme, I thought, this dad is rad! He obviously allowed it and did not interfere. What an opportunity for learning and growth. How many parents out there might snuff out such a wild idea and crush a kid’s creative spark?

By: Belinda Thompson

Belinda Thompson — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:12:56 +0000

I laughed. I cried. I was reminded to notice how smart kids are. I immediately thought of a bunch of questions to ask Caine.

Then, I thought that absolutely nothing should be changed about Caine’s Arcade until Caine becomes dissatisfied with it. Caine doesn’t need me to advise him. I need Caine to advise me.

By: Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:43:40 +0000

Pay and benefits minimal. Working environment…..priceless!

By: Michelle Walker

Michelle Walker — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:30:35 +0000

Oh, wow! This kid has me speechless with his creativity! :)

By: Bowen Kerins

Bowen Kerins — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:01:58 +0000

Caine doesn’t actually think the check-mark is totally unpredictable. He figured out that it’s deterministic: it always gives the same answer for the same input. I’ll bet he also knows the check-mark for the next fun pass is a little bit more than the last one.

What I’m really curious about is whether or not Caine just skips over the square numbers when he builds the Fun Passes, because clearly those numbers are less secure than the others.

By the way, this is an absolutely great way to introduce logarithms to students: let them beat on the LOG button, recording information until they figure out some rules. “Hey, log 4 is twice log 2. So log 6 must be three times log 2… no…” Then, once they think they know the rules, ask them to “be the calculator” by using the answers they know to come up with things like log 15, log 36, log 50…

By: Paul Salomon

Paul Salomon — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:07:47 +0000

Can we just throw in here, that Caine’s check-mark thing is supremely brilliant. In fact, I don’t think it’s ever failed! Inaccuracies aside, he has a personal attachment to that mechanism, and when it comes up for him again, he will have a well established understanding to reference.

By: Chris Sears

Chris Sears — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:47:08 +0000

Cardboard Skee Ball! I wish I thought of that. Now I know what I’m doing this weekend.