Several Improbable Research persons (I am one of them) are at CERN for a few days. We sometimes dine in CERN’s main cafeteria, and are delighted at the goodness of the food and the general atmosphere — and equally delighted at the kindness, friendliness, and relaxed cheeriness of the people who work at the cafeteria. It’s […]
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Modeling monks and a cafeteria (hydrology)
Tom Pagano explains “how to model monks going in and out of a cafeteria and how it is like a hydrological model“: The classic analogy for hydrology models is that soils hold and release water like a series of leaky buckets. But instead, let’s start by discussing how to model a cafeteria/mess hall/canteen for hungry meditating monks…. […]