If you can’t shuffle chips with one hand, then use as much jargon as possible to intimidate your opponents Chop — To split the pot during a tie. It’s usually a two-way chop but three-way chops and beyond are possible. Kicker —The tie breaker when two people both have the…

This article is for you if you’re interested in understanding the science behind natural phenomena. First, I’ll discuss how higher elevations result in lower atmospheric air pressure, and how lower atmospheric air pressure means less moisture, or water vapor, in the air. Then, I’ll talk about how lower air pressure…

The discussion and video solutions I found for Leetcode Linked List Cycle II either glossed over the math that explained why the solution worked, or had a bunch of equations that didn’t make intuitive sense to me. So I asked my friend Carles, an AI scientist who enjoys working on…

Originally posted on February 1st, 2020. MY LASIK EXPERIENCE I wrote this article for people who are seriously considering LASIK, which I highly recommend, and want to know exactly what to expect. As a result, this is a detailed account of my experience, including my rationale for going through with it. …

This article is for if you want to be able to pass in the string value “Hello, <em>world</em>!” in React, and have the styling tags convert into actual styling, instead of showing up as text. Here’s a sample use case: You have an ‘About the Team’ page and a modular…

Github has a name squatter policy, which basically means that you’re not allowed to sit on a username without plans to actually use your account. My friend Yefim (pronounced yehfeem) was the one who told me about this, as well as directed me to this article by Lucis that was…

Back before I had a personal website, I was overwhelmed with where to start. There were so many terms I didn’t understand, and so many services to choose from. The purpose of this article is to share how I set up my personal site as well as the tech stack…

Originally posted on Wordpress on February 12, 2020. This article is for anyone interesting in learning how to ride a motorcycle, or in using the Motorcyclist Training Course (MTC) toward the driving portion of their California motorcycle license test. - On February 8th, a week after my LASIK surgery, I…

Scenario: After a user signs up, I want to redirect to the Login page but with their email address already populated into the form. Author’s Note: I couldn’t figure out how to login and redirect to the Profile page after creating an account. I got it to work on my…