This is the second post in my Sea Programming Language Series; see Sea #0. In this article, I will begin programming Sea based on the grammar we created last time. I will start by implementing the arithmetic operations for Sea in an interpreter and transpiler. …

As a favorite holiday for many children, Halloween is an opportunity to get free candy and to dress in a cool costume. Beyond that simplistic interpretation of the night, is there any value to be found in the tradition of Halloween? For many devout followers of religions, Halloween can be…

I’ve spent a lot of my life arguing with people. In the time I spent as an atheist, I especially spent my time arguing with theists. Using social media, it’s almost too easy to seek out those who disagree with you to enter an argument. As with all things, this…

It has recently dawned on me that the majority of modern programming languages are primarily in English. This will be a quick article discussing some ideas that come off the top of my head. I would also like to preface this by saying that we must be wary of inclusivity…

It seems that when someone in a political discussion claims to support science, what they mean is they support the scientific ideas that support their preconceived notions. Most politicians, as far as I can tell, do not actually hold a scientific viewpoint — they hold a semi-scientific viewpoint. They use…

I would like to begin by stating that this article will be almost entirely my opinion. Please do not take what I believe as a personal attack on your beliefs. For this discussion, believe whatever you wish. My goal is to simply get you to think introspectively about yourself. I…

The 20ᵗʰ century featured some of the worst atrocities of human history. In the Ottoman Empire, my Armenian ancestors were mostly wiped out. The Nazis killed most of Europe’s Jewish population, as well as numerous other groups. In the east, communism killed anywhere from 10 million to one hundred million…

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education. — Mark Twain For most of my life, I have hated reading and writing. In school, I had to struggle against immeasurable negative emotion to convince myself to complete homework. I would sometimes have significant breakdowns in this process; it felt as though…

This article is a response to the notion that Bitcoin has no intrinsic value. I will be assuming that you are decently familiar with Bitcoin; if you are not, I highly suggest you read the Bitcoin White Paper written by Satoshi Nakamoto. My argument is relatively simple; however, to increase…