Earlier this year, I’m sitting alone at a pool bar in Mexico enjoying my time off between jobs when I overhear some drunken crypto bro ranting about the virtues of crypto and Bitcoin. I first learned about Bitcoin in 2011 when one of my hall mates in college used…

There once was a drifter who went to Mexico He ate all the food at the local Oxxo The food didn’t sit right So he couldn’t sleep at night And Montezuma had his revenge on the gringo There once was a drifter who went to Colombia Climbing the steps…

NYC taxes, rent, harsh winters, and a sense of adventure played their part as well. — I spent the first 6 years of my career working in downtown Manhattan for Goldman Sachs. I was living that classic early-20s, young professional New York City lifestyle, and I totally fell in love with it. Then the pandemic hit. Suddenly, the city is shut down, and everyone is expected…

I got stuck on this for a while due to lack of code examples so I am providing these code snippets in case anyone finds it useful. — Terraform All of the below code belongs in the “main.tf” file. Check out these Terraform docs for proper directory structure. First, we need to create an IAM role in AWS which will allow us to operate on Sagemaker resources and S3. #### main.tf resource "aws_iam_role" "sagemaker_role" { name = "<role_name>"…

“So tell us a little about your faith and your relationship with Jesus,” the Kanakuk camp counselor asked me expectantly. With the eyes of all my fellow campers on me, I looked around the campfire in a slight panic and replied, “Well I’m half Jewish…” There was a momentary look…

1. You need to feel needed Good luck with that! We are not needy. Traveling solo forces you to be self sufficient and prioritize independence. 2. The fear of being single keeps your relationships alive Go fish. We aren’t afraid of being alone. Most other solo travelers I meet are single, and not because they can’t find a good catch. …

Hindsight is a b*tch, but since we have it, we might as well use it. — There were a lot of smug crypto influencers running a victory lap over the carnage that was the $UST meltdown on May 8th. Statements like the following seemed without question vindicated: “Decentralized algorithmic stablecoins are an oxymoron and an impossibility.” — swanbitcoin.com However, not only are decentralized, algorithmic stablecoins a…

I lost it all investing in Terra blockchain’s DeFi ecosystem with LUNA and UST. — The $40 billion implosion of Terra v1 has been in the news lately, so I won’t go into great detail regarding the specifics. Suffice it to say that I’m one of those unfortunate investors who got suckered into the vision for and promise of a new decentralized money. I ended…

A penguin cannot survive alone The platypus thrives all on its own If two such creatures should ever meet They would not be able to see past each other’s beak The penguin ever so sanguine would say, Welcome, please you look so cold and lonesome Take shelter with us here from…