Archive - Jaime's Musings

Julius Caesar's Political Masterstroke

Political Gridlock, Collusion, and Unchecked Ambition

Feb 8, 2022 •

July 2021

How the Allies Cracked the German Enigma Machine

Bletchley Park, Alan Turing, and Predecessors to the Modern Computer

Jul 1, 2021 •

June 2021

What is an NFT?

And why should you care?

Jun 17, 2021 •

May 2021

Missing the (Graphical) Forest for the (Statistical) Trees

Anscombe's Quartet and the Value of Visualization

May 27, 2021 •

April 2021

The Vignére Cipher

The safest way to communicate in secret for over 300 years.

Apr 8, 2021 •

March 2021

The Value of Thinking Outside the Box

Roman ingenuity, the birth of marines, and the largest naval battle in history.

Mar 30, 2021 •

Pyyrhus of Epirus

Unnecesary Ambition and Struggling for Naught

Mar 2, 2021 •

February 2021

What would you like to see me write about?

Ancient history?

Feb 23, 2021 •

The Story of Marcus Atilius Regulus

Roman Virtue and Dubious Historicity

Feb 18, 2021 •

The 5 Books That Most Informed My Worldview

Phantom Limbs, Geographic Prisoners, and the World's Tallest Tree

Feb 9, 2021 •

January 2021

The Math Problem That Describes All of Society

Altruism, Selfishness, and Global Warming

Jan 26, 2021 •

Doing Things You Aren't Good At (Yet)

Growth Happens Outside Your Comfort Zone

Jan 19, 2021 •

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