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As a Linux system administrator, I am familiar with the definition of the term "daemon" as a process running on a system, usually backgrounded, that provides some sort of service, like a web server or file store. When I first started my career, I prounounced...

It seems like everyone is solving the daily Wordle puzzle these days, myself included. If you're not familiar with Wordle, it's a simple, fun, stress-free game. Your goal is to guess the secret 5-letter word within six tries. The rules are really quite...

Introduction As most of my readers know, I have a rather extensive yet easy-to-use web-based password generator. I've spent a lot of time doing password research (a couple ideas mine, most not), and have implemented most of these into the project. These...

Introduction I can't believe that it's been almost 3 years since my last blog post. Interestingly enough, that was on a deterministic card shuffle that I decided to call "Ouroboros". Well, this post is also about a deterministic algorithm with a deck...

Introduction For the most part, I don't play a lot of table games, and I don't play party games. But occasionally, I'll sit down with my family and play a board game or card game. When we play a card game though, I get teased by how I shuffle the deck...