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Aug 26, 2025

Should you donate to "earn" tax relief?

Donate money to reduce tax: do you actually pay less?

Aug 22, 2025

AES(AES(AES(...))): What happens if you keep encrypting?

What value do you end up?

Aug 16, 2025

Why low interest ≠ low cost?

When 0% interest isn’t.

Aug 14, 2025

How do mortgage calculators work?

Mortgage maths with huge consequences.

Apr 26, 2021

Hornet punching

How hornets can fly through walls in Half-Life.

Mar 12, 2021

Stamina in Counter-Strike 1.6

You run slower and jump lower when you’re tired in CS1.6!

Mar 6, 2021

Bounding box of a corpse

Why do dead bodies block you in Half-Life?

Mar 1, 2021

Wrench in Opposing Force

Opposing Force’s crowbar.

Feb 13, 2021

Why only human grunts duplicate ammo drops

If only we get to do this with other NPCs…