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Giscus Comment Test

Testing, 4 5 6
test
I’ve decided to use giscus …
2023-12-10

 

The Mathematics Behind Password Safety

Let’s get cracking
cryptography
math
passwords
I recently wrote a gentle intro on password safety (including password management tool recommendations) for the 32-Bit Café’s guide on staying safe online. Since that article’s more geared for a non-technical audience, I didn’t want to overwhelm any potential readers with technical jargon or mathematical equations.…
2023-12-08

Tweaking Color Schemes for Accessibility with Genetic Algorithms

Time to show some true colors
ai
color
julia
optimization
programming
If you’re a fan of customizing Linux setups as much as I am, you’ve probably noticed that my website’s color palette is based on Gruvbox. It’s a popular terminal color scheme that I like for its retro aesthetic and unified palette for six different related color schemes: two “modes” (dark & light) and three…
2023-11-20

 

Migrating to Quarto from Hugo

RIP to the clock boy but I’m different
thoughts
If you haven’t visited my website in a while, you’re probably wondering why it looks a little different. The…
2023-11-03

Solving MathDoku with Mixed-Integer Programming

KenKen™ is Hebrew for YesYes
julia
math
optimization
programming
puzzle
MathDoku (also known as KenKen™, KenDoku™, CalcuDoku, and SquareLogic)…
2023-10-28

 

Web Development is Harder than I Thought

I am not immune to the Dunning-Kruger Effect
thoughts
Despite how much I use the internet in my daily life, this website is pretty much the only experience that I have…
2023-10-14

The Middle Squares Method: The First PRNG

And also why you shouldn’t use it
cryptography
interactive
programming
python
rng
Computers are great at many things, but one thing that they cannot do is generate random numbers on their own. However, computers can fake generating random numbers by using a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG). Unlike true RNGs, PRNGs use algorithms to create seemingly random numbers from an…
2023-10-01

 

Programming the Look-and-Say Sequence in Racket

Trust the natural recursion with a recursive sequence
math
programming
racket
Racket is an interesting programming language that I learned in my first year of…
2023-09-20

Parking Lot Test Results. Parked Cars: 3523, p-value: 0.500. 3523 small green squares with side length 1 are arranged on top of a large gray square with side lengths 100.

Testing RNGs with the Parking Lot Test

Cars are for squares
cryptography
interactive
programming
python
rng
A random number generator (RNG) is a device or process that should produce unpredictable results. We rely on them in…
2023-09-08

 

Hello World!

Testing, 1, 2, 3!
test
If you are reading this with the right theme, my website is working properly. Pardon my dust while I get things set up.
2023-08-19
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