danwahl.github.io · making things (better)
2017-08-26
What's in a name?
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Using popular voting methods to determine the name of a new design cooperative.
2017-03-20
Chicago's (Ongoing) Lead Crisis
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Estimating the health impact of leaded water on Chicago's kids, and the cost effectiveness of filtration.
2017-02-13
A Pipe Dream
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Let's get the lead out, Chicago.
2017-01-29
Do you believe in global warming?
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An interactive Bayesian tool for augmenting intuition about climate change.
2017-01-20
A Modest Proposal
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Or how I learned to stop worrying and love Obamacare.
2017-01-14
Family Giving
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An experiment in altruistic diversification.
2016-12-21
Web Speech Hearing Aid
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A speech-to-text hearing aid for talking to your older relatives.
2016-12-17
Gamma Light
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Building a thing because of a podcast.
2016-12-11
Stochastic Altruism 2016
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Updated stochastic altruism calculations for 2016 year-end giving.
2016-11-29
FairVote Simulation
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A simulation of ranked preference voting with 2016 presidential election data.
2016-11-28
Solar Fan
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A solar powered fan, light, and phone charger for your bedside table (and also maybe fighting malaria).
2016-09-08
Divvy Voronoi Diagram
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An improved (and somewhat usable!) Divvy station map.
2016-09-05
Stochastic Altruism
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An analysis of GiveWell's cost effectiveness model using techniques from modern portfolio theory.
