Programming languages, like written languages, have their own “grammar”. Granted, this grammar is not grammar in a traditional sense. Rather, it is a set of rules in order to make your code readable to other programmers. Imagine a world in which a programmer could write his/her code in any style…

It is easy to get stuck in a comfortable routine. You wake up, shower, eat breakfast, go to work, eat lunch, leave work, go home, eat dinner, and spend your limited hours of free time however you please (although those limited hours of free time are usually consumed by other…

Reading is something that we (as humans) do every day. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a reliable statistic for how many words the average person reads in a day. But, if I had to guess, I would estimate that the average 18–24 year old reads around 100,000 words a…

Life, like most things, has its ebbs and flows. Some weeks, you might feel like everything in your life is in order and you have got it all figured out. The next week, though, might end up being the worst week of your life. This chaos of life can sometimes…

Playing board games is one of my favorite things to do, especially those that require in-depth strategic thinking. Some board games, though, leave their outcomes up to chance (i.e., rolling a dice). If I had to choose, I would say that my all-time favorite board game is Risk, which incorporates…

Nowadays, trying to find what you are looking for on the internet can be an extremely frustrating process. Is it because I am getting older? I hope not. In my opinion, the difficulty of finding a specific piece of information on the internet can be attributed to just how much…

The word expression can mean a lot of different things. In math, it is defined as a finite combination of symbols that is well-formed according to rules that depend on the context. In people, it is defined as one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin…

Making mistakes is a part of life, and it took me a long time to realize that. Although mistakes (in the moment) might make you feel like the dumbest person in the world, they often teach invaluable lessons. Most importantly, mistakes teach you what not to do. Fail an exam…