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2024
2022
How to block every cookie notice on the internet
So this is something I just recently figured out. Many of you may have already installed uBlock Origin in your web browsers. If you haven’t, I recommend you ...
Earning XP wisely
Primary skills, secondary skills, and the dangers of outsourcing
Winning Life’s Great Gambles
Good judgment, illustrated with memes
2021
Rewarding Work
Choosing a job that you love vs. one you don’t hate
Infrastructure hardening: Cheap, effortless backups
The best antidote to fear is having a plan. Let’s make a plan for what would happen to your files if your house burned down.
Infrastructure hardening: Password vault
A complete guide to setting up your very own password vault.
Infrastructure hardening: File syncing
The first thing you’re probably going to want is a way to auto-synchronize files between computers; once you have that, we can build a few things on top of it.
Hardening your personal infrastructure
Now that my family is vaccinated, I’m reflecting on what to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic. The most obvious lesson is not to be complacent: things can cha...
Three kinds of toughness
I know of three kinds of toughness – three ways of dealing with the hurts life sends our way.
2020
Police, Principles, and Putin
I spent almost 10 years of my childhood in Russia. Russia is kind of a different planet than the United States.
Community and COVID-19
The apocalypse is here, and it isn’t that bad.