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What does SPF on a sunscreen mean?
What does SPF on a sunscreen mean?
Understanding sunscreen protection and how the math might be calculated!
Raghav Mittal
Mar 1
What to do if your iPhone gets stolen
What to do if your iPhone gets stolen
Steps to reduce the impact of a stolen device, who to call, and which passwords to reset
Raghav Mittal
Jan 10
Incredibly silly house rules for Catan
Incredibly silly house rules for Catan
How to make Settlers of Catan annoyingly fun
Raghav Mittal
Sep 21, 2023
Where do all the dead birds go?
Where do all the dead birds go?
The Secret Lives of departed birds
Raghav Mittal
Aug 31, 2023
Post-travel insignificant-ness
Post-travel insignificant-ness
Raghav Mittal
Jan 17, 2023
Not talking about every single detail
Not talking about every single detail
Our obsessive desire to be perfect in everything we do
Raghav Mittal
Dec 6, 2022
On the busyness of life
On the busyness of life
To enjoy each moment as it comes, however it comes
Raghav Mittal
Sep 14, 2022
Getting Off Facebook
Getting Off Facebook
+ a handy template
Raghav Mittal
Apr 15, 2021
Why are scam emails so poorly written?
Why are scam emails so poorly written?
Typos, tuypos, and more typose
Raghav Mittal
Mar 5, 2021
Why is Gold precious?
Why is Gold precious?
Like seriously, there doesn’t seem to be anything inherently valuable about gold at first glance…
Raghav Mittal
Nov 8, 2020
The Ad Hominem Fallacy
The Ad Hominem Fallacy
And how to not be annoying in arguments (Part II)
Raghav Mittal
Oct 17, 2020
The Straw Man Fallacy
The Straw Man Fallacy
And how to not be annoying in arguments (Part I)
Raghav Mittal
Oct 13, 2020
Why the 1 for 36 Book Exchange is a massive Pyramid Scheme
Why the 1 for 36 Book Exchange is a massive Pyramid Scheme
And how a bunch of people will eventually lose out
Raghav Mittal
Oct 7, 2020
Vending Machines vs Sharks — what’s deadlier?
Vending Machines vs Sharks — what’s deadlier?
An exploration of whether vending machines are truly 4 times more fatal than sharks
Raghav Mittal
Sep 27, 2020
How many people are in space at any point in time?
How many people are in space at any point in time?
Why the only humans in space are the ones on the ISS, and a short timeline of human spaceflight ‘first times’
Raghav Mittal
Sep 14, 2020
What is an ELO Rating?
What is an ELO Rating?
The mathematics behind it, and its association with chess, video games, FaceMash and Tinder
Raghav Mittal
Sep 11, 2020
5 Useful skills to learn in less than a day
5 Useful skills to learn in less than a day
Youtube is honestly a great resource
Raghav Mittal
Sep 7, 2020
How random can card-shuffling even be?
How random can card-shuffling even be?
And why there are more orderings of a 52 card deck than the number of days the universe has been around.
Raghav Mittal
Aug 31, 2020
What is the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon?
What is the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon?
An explanation of how you start noticing something all the time
Raghav Mittal
Aug 31, 2020
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