I sometimes wonder what’s worse, the pandemic of the virus, or the pandemic of the misinformation. Last night on Twitter, John Lilic and I got into a…
The path less traveled.
I sometimes wonder what’s worse, the pandemic of the virus, or the pandemic of the misinformation. Last night on Twitter, John Lilic and I got into a…
This is the story of the RF engineering course I took at university, that first taught me the importance of understanding things from first principles.
This article documents my getting into DeFi, and participating in the launch of mStable’s MTA auction. It’s written in “Tweet Storm” format, since that seems to be the trend.
Having participated in so many discussions on social media about COVID-19, I wanted to collect my thoughts into a concise post I can refer people to.
In trying to find a way to explain that one can be concerned about the state of the nation, from a completely non-partisan position, Sam…
This video from California Dr. Erickson has gone viral, and is being held up by everyone wishing to argue that the approach the US took…
This is the second in a series of articles that explore cryptocurrency futures trading, available on platforms like Bitmex and Deribit. The first, and introduction to Bitcoin futures…
This is the first in a series of articles in which I explore cryptocurrency futures trading, available on platforms like Bitmex and Deribit. I’ve recently been learning about…
In the midst of this possibly one-in-a-lifetime shock, I’ve been very interested in thinking about and imagining what life will look like moving forward. As…
Ray Dalio of Bridgwater Associates made a virtual TED appearance to discuss the context and consequences of this current COVID19 crisis. I’ve tried to paraphrase…
In this article, I’m going to make the case for considering to allocate a small amount of your savings to Bitcoin. I’ll do that by…
Seeing so many fragmented discussions about how and when we move on from COVID-19, I wanted to try to capture the considerations in a single,…
In 2020, I learned about the macro economist Raoul Pal through a number of podcasts, and his pessimistic view of the global macro situation resonated…
Having becoming the youngest chess Grand Master in Spanish history, the local newspaper Sur in English (Diario Sur) recently released an in-depth report about Lance,…
Recently, my MacBook Pro, running Mac OS X Mojave, got into a state in which the Finder wasn’t uploading or download files to and from…
When sourcing work at Upwork, we tend to look for staff who are located in Europe, so that we have the chance to work in…
A challenged I’ve always faced in running Keyboard Maestro on multiple Macs, is the maintenance of macros that are common to all, i.e. when updating…
Apple recently introduced in the Numbers spreadsheet the ability to pull live stock prices from the internet, making it now possible to track portfolio performance.…
One of the best, and most spot-on, comics from xkcd:
In episode 45 of his “Waking Up” podcast, I loved this piece by Sam Harris on identity politics, and wanted to capture it here for…
Over the past four years, we’ve been to chess tournaments around the world, and a common thread has been that tournaments outside Spain are generally…
I’m the owner of a Gmail address that bears my name, in the form [email protected] Many others who share my name, have addresses that are…
On December 1, the Canadian company formerly known as BitGold, sent an email to their customers, announcing a change that fundamentally affects how their customers…
The first business email address I used, [email protected], now almost twenty years old, is the source of 95% of the spam I receive. I no…
When I signup for an online service, I like to use an email address that’s unique to that service, i.e. something like [email protected] Email for…