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A data-driven exploration of how political lean correlates with quality of life metrics across the United States.

What is the optimal amount to spend on a computer? How often should its components be upgraded? We review historical data and build a plausible model of computer performance over time.

How much of a pay cut is in-office work compared to remote? All else being equal, maybe a bit more than you’d expect.

Take a DIY approach to calculating rough retirement timelines. No need for fancy services – roll your own, either for a secondary sanity check or out of curiosity!

A retirement calculator that estimates your retirement timeline, required annual savings, and assesses your progress toward retirement goals.

An experiment in using randomized cellular automata to generate QR codes that remain valid on every frame.

A 22-year-old college graduate that saves $300/month will have more in retirement than a worker who starts saving $1,100/month at 40 years old. Let’s talk about it.

A discussion of password strength, brute-force attacks, and the physical limits of the universe.

Some brief tips and discussion on how to make tiny QR codes with a focus on web URLs.

A general introduction to hiding information in plain sight, its uses in the real-world, and how it works in digital mediums.