One of the things I lamented a lot growing up was an inability to find anyone else to do Game Boy link cable games with. I had a few games which would work with the setup, but very few of my friends had Game Boys themselves and when my younger…

Just a warning: if you are playing Wordle and don’t want any hints, this is not the Medium entry for you. Also, I am not a mathematician or statistician, so everything is just based on my knowledge of cryptanalysis and nothing more. One other thing to note is that the…

Recently, a game called Wordle has exploded in popularity with its simple five-letter guessing game. I’ve been playing it for a few weeks but have also been musing over how to automate this all using my knowledge of classical cryptography. So let’s dive in! Patterns in the English language While English is a very complicated…

Back in March, I wrote about harassment on Twitch towards individual streamers via its chat function. Then, a few months ago, I followed up with a small piece on them admitting to using machine learning when they filed a lawsuit against known bot users on their service. Finally, in late…

God. I hated and enjoyed the stories and wrong opinions which came out on October 4th, 2021, as Facebook and all of its associated services effectively “disappeared” from the Internet for a half-day. …

I have written extensively about the problems Twitch has with harassment via user interactions, so it should come as no surprise that I have been keeping myself informed of the the activities that eventually lead to A Day Off Twitch, where many streamers protested against the company’s milquetoast response to…

As you may be aware, those in British Columbia are joining other jurisdictions in issuing “vaccine passports”, which is basically a verification system to show your vaccination status. …

If you have not read my previous piece on Scott Road being the worst SkyTrain station, I suggest giving it a read first as it will help give better context to this article as well! …

If you have not read my previous piece on Scott Road being the worst SkyTrain station, I suggest giving it a read first as it will help give better context to the data here. From late-June until the end of July, I ran a tournament to decide which of the…