Day 586: Beads, Bicycles, and Floating Point Math Errors

In between homeschool subjects, B worked on a new beading project:

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M found somewhat less constructive ways to spend his time:

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This afternoon, we had a bicycle repair clinic focused on flat tire repair.  Each of us had a flat tire to work on:

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At 5pm or so, I set out to ride from the RV to the town of Jerome, which involved a roughly 1500 foot climb.  I arrived 15 minutes before sunset:

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On the way down, I was treated to sunset on the red rocks in the distance:

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Trish and B went out on a Tour de Simcha training ride:

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Tonight, M’s assertion that “close is good enough” is a valid concept in mathematics led to a discussion of the Pentium FDIV bug.  Ironic that this conversation would happen on Day 586, no?  Of course it is.  So ironic.

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Day 585: Homeschooling Near Sedona
Day 587: Tuzigoot and Jerome

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