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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gift giving is arguably one of the most joyous and stressful parts of the holiday season. Figuring out who you need to shop for and how much you should spend on everyone on your list is enough to make ...

Python program to solve problems using the simplex method, with options for graphical mode and dual method, addressing both maximization and minimization problems.

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 ...

The 5-4-3-2-1 grocery shopping method simplifies grocery shopping while still prioritizing whole foods. It can be modified to fit different dietary needs if necessary. Sometimes, going to the grocery ...

In Rev. Proc. 2025-23, the IRS on Monday provided a comprehensive, updated list of changes in tax accounting methods to which the automatic change procedures in Rev. Proc. 2015-13, as subsequently ...

A new wave of state consumer privacy laws focused on limiting data collection is creating anxiety among businesses—and Maryland is leading the charge. The Maryland ...

Method references are a shorthand way to write lambda expressions that call a single method. Rather than implementing a method in a functional interface, a method reference simply points to an ...