the title and subtitle come from my favorite scene of bojack horseman some of my friends prefer the alternate saying “it never gets easier, you just get stronger”. i think…
one of the things i’m working on outside of class this semester is a zero-knowledge cryptography project with 0xparc, a crypto research organization. i got involved with 0xparc because it’s…
tw: mentions of substance abuse, various diseases, death i have been much more productive over the past few weeks than i usually am. of course there are many reasons for…
spoilers for the movie arrival (and by extension, the novella story of your life) i. people who haven’t been in relationships tend to think the hardest part is initiation. as…
last semester, aside from doing work for the classes i was enrolled in, i also read through all the course materials for a few other classes i was interested in…
i hate when people ghost me, especially over text or email. not when it happens once or twice, or when they have good reasons for doing it, like if they’re…
Right before an exam at MIT, I usually spend ten minutes walking down Mass Ave, from Random Hall to wherever the exam will be held. A lot of times, it’s…
A cornerstone of 6.046, MIT’s infamous algorithms class, is navigating around a variety of limitations (algorithm runtime, computer memory, accuracy) and understanding the compromises settled for in attaining this workaround.…
6.046, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, is one of the most challenging classes I’ve ever taken. It’s a natural followup to MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms class, and dives into the…
Warning: Before reading this post, be aware that it contains extremely strong language. It was the only way I could write it honestly, the only way I could bring words…
In the tale that is my Junior Spring Semester, two exciting and terrifying themes have emerged. The first is projects; I’m taking two project-based classes (among others), whose projects span…
Pre-frosh have descended into campus, making the rest of us feel very very old. They will spend the next several days learning about MIT, departments, resources and culture. It turns…
I’ve always wanted to learn to play the piano, “always” being a brief two-month period in fifth grade and the culmination of every wistful moment I’ve encountered someone in MIT…
The following takes place between 4PM and 5PM in the hemispheres of a cranky blogger. ! =[w ‘63- ;355[4t[rs 5/][ t0[ /ss[rt934 t0/t t0[ t[;049;/6 s9][ 3= })T w/s4’t…
I’m in my room, clacking away on my laptop, my fingers slowly defrosting, bits of ice forced into my intestines (by Cambridge’s spooky weather) slowly melting, and I feel pretty…
My high school academic life was by no means a cruise through pleasant waters. It had its several current peaks and rocky outbursts, challenges I found myself learning to deal…