Author Archives: Brian

I was recently reading the C99 rationale (because why the fuck not) and I was intrigued by some comments that certain features were retired in C89, so I started wondering what other weird features existed in pre-standard C. Naturally, I … Continue reading →

Whoa, it’s been a long time since my last update. (My previous post seems to have been received exceptionally poorly. I guess people don’t like negativity.) Part of the reason why I update less frequently now is that I spend … Continue reading →

I thought my Real Analysis exam was going to be the hardest one, but it turned out to be probably the easiest exam I have ever written in my entire undergrad. Several questions just asked for definitions or statements of … Continue reading →

I was bored, so I decided to LaTeX up the cheat sheet I brought to my PHY450 (relativistic electrodynamics) exam. It wasn’t actually cheating, of course; we were permitted to bring in a two-sided exam aid sheet. I originally used … Continue reading →

I learned electrodynamics, like most other undergraduate students of my generation, in SI units. They seemed like the natural choice, because we use SI units for everything else. But then I took PHY450, “Relativistic Electrodynamics”, where we use cgs-Gaussian units. … Continue reading →

Reasoning objectively is difficult because we are all biased by our own subjective experiences. There are two ways I can see to address this. The first is to consider others’ subjective experiences in addition to your own. This gives you … Continue reading →

I used to love organic chemistry. Especially synthesis problems, which I felt gave me a chance to exercise my creativity and problem-solving skills. When I was competing for a spot on the Canadian IChO team, organic chemistry was probably my … Continue reading →