PinnedNicholas ObertinILLUMINATIONThe Psychology of Mass Manipulation and Persuasion… And how to avoid becoming a mindless follower·9 min read·Jul 6, 2023--41--41
PinnedNicholas ObertinILLUMINATIONWhy Humans Suck At Critical ThinkingAnd how you can improve your objective reasoning skills·10 min read·Jun 3, 2023--16--16
PinnedNicholas ObertinBetter ProgrammingHere’s How the CPU Handles If Statements and BranchingKnow why if statements are disliked and how they actually work. Spoiler: they aren’t that bad·7 min read·Dec 7, 2021--1--1
Nicholas ObertinILLUMINATIONA System to Verify Content Authenticity in the Age of Generative AITo combat deep fakes, impersonation, and copyright infringement.·7 min read·Jan 12, 2024----
Nicholas ObertinPython in Plain EnglishHow Python Achieves Infinitely Large NumbersA deep dive into Python integer objects to uncover how they work internally·6 min read·Jan 12, 2024----
Nicholas ObertinPython in Plain EnglishUnderstand the Power of Python’s Built-in sum()A deep dive into Python internals to uncover how sum() is implemented.·9 min read·Jan 3, 2024--4--4
Nicholas ObertinILLUMINATIONThe End Of Fingerprint Authentication?Exploring the flaws of biometric authentication and their place in modern cybersecurity·7 min read·Dec 7, 2023----
Nicholas ObertinTowards Data Science5 Code Optimization Techniques To Speed Up Your ProgramsMake your code more efficient and professional with these language-agnostic methods·7 min read·Nov 29, 2023--2--2
Nicholas ObertinILLUMINATIONHow To Get People To Open Up And Build Stronger RelationshipsPsychological and neurochemical tips to improve social bonding·6 min read·Nov 16, 2023----
Nicholas ObertinTowards Data ScienceInitialize Rust Constants at Runtime with lazy_staticDefine non-constant static variables with lazy initialization·4 min read·Aug 5, 2023----