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To All the Jobs I Had Before
Notes that I mostly write for myself, but you can read if you want.
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Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use
I estimated that I had used my mac for approximately 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year, for 7 years straight, for a total for whopping 16800 hours. I have written the first versions of most of the software components of my startup using this computer. And all this time, this machine worked without a…
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On the Loss of a Cofounder
Here’s the rough chronology: On April 22, 2015, Christian Brink and I, two tech entrepreneurs in our early thirties, incorporated the…
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These are called opportunities
Yesterday Apple updated three of their machines. During the announcement, it was revealed that the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro 13", and the Mac Mini would now be running on M1 SoCs. These "One more thing..." events usually comes with raving numbers and this one did not diverge from the tradition.
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Color blindness
Color blindness is an inaccurate term. Most color-blind people can see color, they just don't see the same colors as everyone else. There ha...
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My Mid-Career Job-Hunt: A Data Point for Job-Seeking Devs
I wrapped up my job search recently, and I’m happy to say that I’ll be joining a YC-backed startup called “Heap.” I thought I’d share a little bit about my job search in case the information may benefit other job-seeking devs. I’ll go over the pipeline of places I applied to and the result of each application. I’ll…
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Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches
I was personally useless for most of the Spring of 2020. There was a period of time, though, after the peak in coronavirus cases here in NYC and before the onslaught of police violence here in NYC that I managed to scrounge up the motivation to do something other than drink and maniacally refresh my Twitter feed. I…
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The human genome is full of viruses
Your body requires viruses, but viruses don’t always require a body
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The power of admitting ignorance
Upon re-reading Mathematical Apocrypha , a collection of tales dealing with great mathematicians as well as their quirks and foibles, I thought about my own interactions with some of The Elders of Mathematics (from here on abbreviated as THEM) and what I would add to such a book. While I have a few interesting and…
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The joys of owning an ‘OG’ email account
When you own a short email address at a popular email provider, you are bound to get gobs of spam, and more than a few alerts about random people trying to seize control over the account. If your account name is short and desirable enough, this kind of activity can make the account less reliable for day-to-day…
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On All That Fuckery
Compare and Choose the Best Medical Lawyers What are you looking for? Search Search Search More Filters Review Radius Search Miles Apply Filters Reset Filters Find Trusted Medical Malpractice & Birth Injury Lawyers Near You Finding the right legal representation is crucial when dealing with medical malpractice and…
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Letter to Myself in Late 2008
[I originally wrote and distributed this post to Y Combinator founders and have been encouraged to share it publicly, so here it is.]
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I Got My Attention Back (2017)
There are a thousand beautiful ways to start the day that don’t begin with looking at your phone. And yet so few of us choose to do so. Technology is commanding our attention in infinite, insurmountable loops. A country trip off-grid helped me escape.
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Why some governments appear not to be acting on the Covid-19 threat
The post conclusions contain speculation on my part. By now, you've heard of the Corona virus, otherwise known as SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19.
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The Guy I Almost Was (1998)
An online graphic novel about a young man's coming of age in the California cyberculture of the early 1990s.
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De-Googling: My Progress
I wrote a bit about my reasoning to De-Google here . Now I want to write a bit about my progress, the struggles and what I ended up with.
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Covid-19’s impact on Tor
Tor, like much of the world, has been caught up in the COVID-19 crisis. Like many other nonprofits and small businesses, the crisis has hit us hard, and we have had to make some difficult decisions. We had to let go of 13 great people who helped make Tor available to millions of people around the world. We will move…
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Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages
MAJOR EDIT: 9-6-2020: New nutrition info. Per Essential Amino Acid Research, Females eat 3-5 eggs/day, males up to 7 eggs per day. For Essential Fatty Acids EPA and DHA Take Fish Oil. If you are a believer in phytochemicals/Flavonoids, feel free to eat those in addition to the base $1.50/day recipes.