07/2024
After over a decade of using SQL
and databases, I finally had my "Aha!" moment about what SQL
truly is. This short post is for anyone who, like me ten
years ago, uses databases but has only a precarious
understanding...
07/2024
The "Family Court" system in
Ohio is completely broken. Currently judges can and do
accept donations directly from the law firms and attorneys
they are meant to be impartial to. Those now paid off judges
have a financial incentive to make sure their biggest donors
are able to keep donating and that means helping them win
their cases...
03/2024
Air pollution has become the
world’s single biggest environmental health risk, linked to
around 7 million deaths in 2012 according to a recent World
Health Organization (WHO) report. The new data further
reveals a stronger link between, indoor and outdoor air
pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as
strokes and ischemic heart disease, as well as between air
pollution and cancer. The role of air pollution in the
development of respiratory diseases...
01/2024
Bitcoin made me rich once but consider the guy who sold the
two pizzas to Laszlo Hanyecz for 10,000 BTC (~$0.0025/BTC). If
the seller waited just 4 years a $25 investment would have
turned into $10 million — a nice 500,000 x reward. But what if
he would have excitedly sold it all (he did) when the price
first doubled? Then instead of millions, he would have netted
$25. So, how do we know when to sell our Bitcoin?
01/2022
The enshitification of software is inevitable as its
popularity rises founders will eventually need to bring in
outside help and either sell or go public, either is enough to
kill a good company. The orange traffic cone is different,
defiant yet innocent, unassuming yet indomitable. The first
time you downloaded VLC maybe you were like me, fifteen, just
heard of this show called South Park making the rounds on AOL.
Real Player sucked, so you Asked Jeeves, whats a good media
player?