A4 paper is annoying (I have proof) Noel Friedrich 2025-12-30 | A4 paper is defined in whole millimetres. I explore and prove some resulting difficulties while stumbling into a weird packing problem.Published version of paper: doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FUN.2026.18Gallery of Papel:https://noel-friedrich.de/papel/FORP Website:https://noel-friedrich.de/forp/GitHub Page containing code and more material:github.com/noel-friedrich/paper-packingGood Algorithm Paper:tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1057/jors.2008.141Other 3d Website Video:youtu.be/r8bN0VGOZ_Q00:00 A4 is weird01:25 FORP Website02:55 Proof Strategies05:25 Weight-Finding07:50 Gallery of Papel09:00 Closing Remarks
Did the norwegian goalkeeper really hit the camera cable? #coding #worldcup #mathematics #norway Noel Friedrich 2026-07-12 | In a World Cup match between Norway and England, the norwegian goalkeeper supposidely hit a camera cable. In this short video, I investigate whether could be true using the power of some fun linear algebra.
mathematically, whos going to win the world cup? Noel Friedrich 2026-06-28 | I made a simple mathematical model to predict the knockout phase of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It might not be very accurate, but it's good at giving an intuition for counter-intuitive tournament probabilities.Model Website Link: https://www.noel-friedrich.de/wc-predictionModel Website Code (GitHub): github.com/noel-friedrich/wc-predictor00:00 Intro00:51 How the Model works01:44 Fun Maths Puzzle02:02 Model Predictions04:40 Closing Remarks
walking randomly for 10 hours Noel Friedrich 2026-05-04 | I walked around for 10 hours, throwing a dice at every intersection to decide where to go next. But how far did I get? Let's look at the Maths, the graphs and some simulations :)Simulated Rrandom walks in Zürich heatmap: https://www.noel-friedrich.de/randomwalk/heatmap/Random walk simulation: https://www.noel-friedrich.de/randomwalk/Streetview Warp Maker made by Peter Elmers: streetwarp.com00:00 Random walk start00:38 Guess how far!01:12 Walk continuation01:51 Mini Maths Intermezzo03:03 Walking clips04:51 Random Simulations05:51 Walk ending06:35 Post-walk analysis08:55 going home
Happy International Beavers Day! #beaver #bieber Noel Friedrich 2026-04-07 | See more details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_beaver
I encoded Bad Apple!! into chaos Noel Friedrich 2026-03-17 | I found a way to encode images into the Baker Map, so I made Bad Apple but on the Baker's Map. In the video, I explain what the Baker Map is, how it works and how we can encode images.Simulation Website: https://www.noel-friedrich.de/dynamic-systems/baker-map/"" showing the binary: https://www.noel-friedrich.de/dynamic-systems/baker-map/?binaryBad Apple video credits:Music: original melody by ZUN (Touhou Project), arranged by Masayoshi Minoshima (Alstroemeria Records), lyrics by Haruka, vocals by nomico.Video: youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8 by Anira (あにら).00:00 What is the Baker's Map?02:00 The Binary Trick04:04 Bad Apple
Why are crunchy leaves so satisfying? #mathematics #satisfying Noel Friedrich 2025-11-03 | Why are crunchy leaves so satisfying? No idea, but let me tell you about colours of noise!Regarding ADHD & pink noise; some studies suggest that there is a small but statistically significant performance gain when listening to pink noise. See doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.12.014 for a meta-analysis.
what does #karaoke have to do with #mathematics ? Noel Friedrich 2025-09-04 | People often say: "I hate Maths!" - but often disregard that Maths is everywhere! Even in Karaoke! If you ask this highly specific question about Karaoke machines, that is.
What does #poetry have to do with #mathematics ? (part 2) Noel Friedrich 2025-09-02 | In this episode of "The Maths behind ...", I try to connect poetry to mathematics by introducing mathematical questions about poetry.
What does #poetry have to do with #mathematics ? (part 1) Noel Friedrich 2025-09-02 | In this episode of "The Maths behind ...", I try to connect poetry to mathematics by introducing mathematical questions about poetry.
I tried finding the loneliest place using Maths (and failed) Noel Friedrich 2025-06-27 | I tried finding the loneliest location in Germany: the point that's furthest from any house. I explain the Maths behind the calculation, scream as loud as I can and fail.Interactive Voronoi Diagram:https://www.noel-friedrich.de/terminal/gui/voronoi/Mentioned Study that used the better data:sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618310661?fr=RR-2&ref=pdf_download&rr=95674eb98962039d00:00 Introduction00:45 How do we calculate the furthest?02:20 Pretty Algorithms!04:30 (wrong) Results05:30 Going there!06:20 The plot twist07:00 The mistake
fixing mrbeasts progress bars in 5 more ways Noel Friedrich 2025-06-05 | I present 5 warping-methods to visualize how 'wrong' the progress bars in MrBeasts ad segments are. I explain how each method works and demonstrate how it looks.Thanks to all people who suggested different approaches!Link to Code:gist.github.com/noel-friedrich/b78631292a769dd9a7418fc55653c63600:00 Intro00:51 Hydraulic Press Filter01:36 Constant Warp02:48 Photocopier03:34 Horizontal Warp04:15 Sharpness Madness05:16 All side by side
I warped MrBeasts Progress Bars to fix them #shorts #mrbeast #programming Noel Friedrich 2025-06-02 | MrBeast uses nonlinear progress bars in his ad segments, so I decided to fix that for him. I used some code to warp the video in time so that the progress bar moves in a linear fashion. I thought it'd be funny.
i fixed mrbeasts progress bars by warping the video Noel Friedrich 2025-05-31 | After watching a video about nonlinear progress bars by matt parker, i decided to help mr beast out by warping his video such that the progress bar is correct.MrBeast Video:youtube.com/watch?v=l-nMKJ5J3UcMatt Parkers Video:youtube.com/watch?v=uc0OU1yJD-cCode used to warp the video:gist.github.com/noel-friedrich/70e1f7cfa67a4b4d95f0ed45324a9d9800:00 Intro01:58 Warped Video02:41 Outro
What old people dont get about the Metaverse Noel Friedrich 2025-05-30 | I think that the Metaverse is the future. Join me on a tour of a working Metaverse: Minecraft!Thanks to KlSchlitzohr and people of the streets :)00:00 Intro01:22 Minecraft and Skyblock03:15 What is real?04:19 The bad sides07:33 The Future09:00 Outlook
ChatGPT doesnt remember things it didnt say! Noel Friedrich 2025-03-23 | ChatGPT and other LLM's don't remember anything except from the messages you and it sent. It doesn't have another form of memory (except when you're using a special mode like "thinking", where the website just hides text it "thinks" for a bit).
visiting all tram stops in zürich as fast as possible using maths Noel Friedrich 2025-03-13 | I want to visit all 203 tram stops in Zürich as fast as possible. I also explore fun math and algorithms to optimize my route. How fast can I reach them all?Ant Colony Optimization Website:https://www.noel-friedrich.de/aco/The code behind the route optimization and animations:github.com/noel-friedrich/zh-tram-tdtspChapters:00:00 Intro00:53 TSP Explanation02:18 Missed a tram03:07 Ant Colony Optimization!04:38 Tram Journey Update05:29 Linear Programming07:34 TSP as an LP10:38 Tram Update!11:12 TSP? More like TDTSP!13:32 Final Tram Update15:07 Outro
what a great day to add annoying little click animations to your browser... #chrome #programming Noel Friedrich 2025-01-09 | I made this fun browser extension called "Satisfying Clicks": it's in the Chrome Web Store and available on Google Chrome, Edge, Brave and all other Chromium-based browsers!
added the force to my game called multigolf (see linked video) #programming #starwars #gaming Noel Friedrich 2025-01-08 | ...
[German] Das erste deutsche perfekte Pangramm? Noel Friedrich 2024-12-29 | Ich habe die letzten sechs Wochen nach guten, echten Pangrammen gesucht. Und ich habe eins gefunden: Max (zwölf quält hypend: "Grüß Jobs, Vic!". Im Video zeige ich wie und warum ich danach gesucht habe.Website zum Pangramm finden:https://noel-friedrich.de/pangrammar/Pangramm-Wikipedia:de.wikipedia.org/wiki/PangrammDas beste Erklärvideo zu P vs NP:youtube.com/watch?v=YX40hbAHx3sVIDEO-TIMELINE00:00 Intro00:24 Wieso Pangramme suchen?01:40 Wie sucht man Pangramme?04:00 Graphentheorie!05:22 P vs NP06:45 Wortgruppen-Optimierung07:35 Die tolle Website!08:51 Kringeliger Sketch10:15 Ende
Oops, I accidentally made a Bitcoin miner (How Bitcoin works) Noel Friedrich 2024-10-11 | I once added a feature to my website where you could enter your name, and it would rate our friendship on a scale from 0 to 10. While optimizing the program for computation and privacy, I accidentally created a Bitcoin miner. In this talk, I explain how Bitcoin and hash functions work, and how they helped me solve the friendship-rating problem on my site.This is a recording of a talk I gave at ZUCCMAP (Zürich Undergraduate Colloquiumin Computational Science, Mathematics And Physics) at ETH Zürich.Friendship Score Website:https://www.noel-friedrich.de/terminal/gui/f/Terminal Website:https://www.noel-friedrich.de/terminal/ZUCCMAP Website:https://zucmap.ethz.ch/
[German] Wie zählt man Leute auf Demonstrationen? Noel Friedrich 2024-09-20 | Wie zählt man eigentlich Leute auf Demonstrationen? Keine Ahnung, aber ich hab es trotzdem mal probiert. Ich bin ich durch Deutschland gereist, bin auf Experten gestoßen und stelle fest, dass das gar nicht so leicht ist.Weblinks:~ Forschungsgruppe Durchgezählt ~Website/Blog: durchgezaehlt.orgX-Account: https://x.com/durchgezaehlt/~ Website zum Leute zählen von Hacker-Noel ~noel-friedrich.github.io/crowdcounting~ GitHub Repo mit Website-Code und Python-Graph-Analyse ~github.com/noel-friedrich/crowdcountingMusic Credits:Banjo Short von Audionautix unterliegt der Lizenz Creative-Commons-Lizenz "Namensnennung 4.0". creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Künstler: http://audionautix.com00:00 Intro00:42 Leipzig und Stephan Poppe03:30 Hacker Noels Auszählung05:05 Leipzig Interviews05:50 Teilnehmerdefinition07:06 Leipzig 198908:06 Bremen Videos08:45 Graphen!10:26 Wie zählen Veranstalter?10:55 Hand-Zählung12:15 Bremen Skandal13:47 Bedeutung von Demozahlen15:30 Burgdorf CSD17:11 Peine Demo17:40 Bluetooth-Zählung20:36 Ausblick & Tschüss
See my Video about multigolf, a minigolf game I made! #programming #running Noel Friedrich 2024-06-11 | ...
look I made multi.golf Noel Friedrich 2024-05-28 | This is a showcase of multigolf, a new multi-screen multiplayer minigolf game that I've been working on for a while now. In the video, I show what it is, how it works and how people can play multigolf.PLAY HERE: https://multi.golfQuestions here: https://multi.golf/contact/Github Repo: github.com/noel-friedrich/multigolf200:00 Intro00:32 Tutorial Time00:42 Finding Friends00:48 multi.golf01:00 Start Game01:09 Connecting Screens01:19 Course Construction01:41 Placing Objects02:15 Playing Tournament02:38 Scores02:46 Outro
Play Tic Tac Toe against this video! Noel Friedrich 2024-02-11 | Can you beat me at Tic Tac Toe? Find out by playing against this video! You can enter moves by entering the timestamps shown!Source code that was used to create this video (Github repository):github.com/noel-friedrich/tictactoe-video00:00 Intro00:25 Game
The Library of Léon Noel Friedrich 2024-01-05 | In this video, I describe the making of the Library of Léon, an online 3d library that contains every possible book and some fun features.The Library of Léon:https://noel-friedrich.de/lol/The GitHub:github.com/noel-friedrich/lolThe Library of Babel (by Jonathan Basile):libraryofbabel.infoThe Library of Babel - Full Short Story:https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Borges-The-Library-of-Babel.pdfThe Library of Babel (by Jorge Luis Borges) - Wikipedia:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel00:00 Intro01:06 Random Books01:45 Searching Books02:36 Non Euclidean Floors03:07 Room Maths06:20 Comments07:07 Visualization08:08 Book Generation08:47 Mobile Mode09:09 The Twist09:30 Credits and Outro
My Programming Journey in 10 Projects Noel Friedrich 2023-10-29 | In this video, I showcase 10 projects that I built throughout my self-taught programming journey. PROJECT LINKS:My terminal website: https://noel-friedrich.de/terminal/Perli (Game App): https://noel-friedrich.de/perli/AntiCookieBox (Chrome Plugin): https://noel-friedrich.de/anticookiebox/CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro00:16 TicTacToe01:18 Cgal02:19 Block Evolution03:29 3d-Viewer04:05 Convert05:08 Skingender06:10 AntiCookieBox07:20 Presi-Lettre08:08 Perli08:39 Website09:48 Outro
[German] Ich suche Max Giesingers Wohnort anhand der Lyrics von 80 Millionen Noel Friedrich 2023-08-30 | In diesem Video versuche ich Max Giesinger's Herkunfts-Ort herauszufinden. Dazu nutze ich die ersten 3 Zeilen seines Bangers "80 Millionen", in denen er behauptet, dass in seinem Ort 1000 Menschen leben, im Ort daneben 2000 und 300.000 in der nächsten Großstadt. Schaffe ich es, Max aufzuspüren??00:00 Hallo00:21 Anfang der Suche01:35 Parallelisierung02:01 Mehr Suche03:53 Ergebnisse05:00 Überprüfung05:44 Ende
[German] Ich suche Angela Merkel auf Wikipedia Noel Friedrich 2023-08-22 | In diesem Video versuche ich herauszufinden, wie weit Angela Merkel im Wikipedia Spiel von einem beliebigem anderen Artikel weg ist. Welcher Artikel ist am weitesten von ihr entfernt? Und wie groß ist Markus Söder?00:00 Begrüßung00:31 Erklärung Wikipedia Spiel01:28 Mein Plan01:44 Erklärung Algorithmus02:50 Einschub03:21 Arbeitsspeicher Problem04:27 Sortierte Listen Erklärung05:26 Code Showcase05:53 Die Ergebnisse06:24 Das Weg-Programm07:07 Ende Gelände
[German] Ich programmiere ein Flugzeug Spiel Noel Friedrich 2023-08-12 | Ich programmiere ein Flugzeug Spiel wow ist das nicht cool und wow das ist ja toll so so soWebsite-Link:https://noel-friedrich.de/flugzeug-spiel/Steuerung: Pfeiltasten (Rechts Links) und LeertasteShitcode auf Github:github.com/noel-friedrich/flugzeug-spiel00:00 Einleitung00:26 Erklärung Spiel01:10 Flugzeug malen01:32 Coding02:32 Gegner02:48 Erklärung Gegner03:59 Mehr Features04:35 Level05:26 Soundeffekte06:08 Gameplay08:30 Tschüss
[German] Neurale Netzwerke in Scratch (Baby-Programmiersprache)? Noel Friedrich 2023-04-18 | In diesem Video zeige ich den Erstellungsprozess eines Machine-Learning Systems in der "Scratch"-Programmierumgebung.-- Nützliche Links --Meine Website: https://www.noel-friedrich.de/terminal/Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/Das Scratch Projekt wurde leider irgendwie von Scratch gelöscht. Ich verstehe nicht ganz was passiert ist, nur dass man nun statt dem Machine Learning System einen tanzenden Dino unter dem Link findet.Musik: Duh Fuse - French Fuse00:00 Hallo00:28 Erklärung03:07 Scratch17:36 Ende
neural networks learn driving whoohhooooo Noel Friedrich 2023-03-25 | I programmed a simulation of 100 cars learning to drive using a genetic algorithm. Each generation learns from the previously best car.simulation is available on my website:https://noel-friedrich.de/terminal/use the command "neural-car 100" there to start the simulation with 100 cars!source code (github):github.com/noel-friedrich/terminal/blob/main/js/commands/neural-car.jsMusic used is from youtube library: Little Samba - Quincas Moreira
[ASMR] Fall asleep immediately - INSANE PENDULUM SIMULATION Noel Friedrich 2022-12-11 | Just a few virtual pendulums with varied lengths swinging to some happy music. After a few moments, your brain will begin to see some interesting patterns!Created with pure JS as part of a Website.00:00 Boring!00:29 Lines!00:33 Boring Again!00:49 Lines Again!00:55 Gone!01:10 Crazy!01:41 Cool!01:53 And boring.02:12 Cool Again!02:19 Boooring!02:30 Somethings coming...02:37 OMG!02:45 And booring!
Covid in Coville | Jugend Forscht Projektvideo Noel Friedrich 2022-05-15 | Ich trete am Jugend Forscht Bundeswettbewerb mit dem Projekt 'Covid in Coville' an. Dieses Video wurde für den Wettbewerb als zusammenfassendes Projektvideo erstellt.Weblink: https://noel-friedrich.de/coville
Making a learning AI in Scratch (Baby programming Language) Noel Friedrich 2021-02-18 | Well this wasn't easy.
