Around mid-March 2020 we started quarantining due to coronavirus. It’s been a bizarre few months so far, in lots of ways. One thing personally that has been a bit strange is thinking what I was doing a year ago and what I am doing a year later. A year ago I was just starting to … Continue reading world travel, then 1 year later, quarantine
Bernie or Biden? I’m voting Bernie There are several ways people approach this question. Who is most electable? Who is most likely to beat Trump? Which policies do I support? Right now a salient question is electability: who would be most likely to win a general election? At the heart of the question is a … Continue reading Bernie or Biden? I’m voting Bernie
Jeremy’s 2020 Chicago & Illinois Primary Voter Guide — March 17th, 2020 Ok, it is voting time in Illinois so time to know what you are voting on. There are a lot of things on the ballot right now, a few high profile ones and a long list of votes that you may not know … Continue reading Jeremy’s 2020 Chicago & Illinois Primary Voter Guide — March 17th, 2020
Bernie or Biden: Who has a better chance to win from an Electoral College standpoint? At this point reasonable people should want Trump gone from office. Right now a few things stand in the way of that, like gerrymandering, the Electoral College, democratic infighting, and lots of other things! I wanted to go look at … Continue reading Bernie or Biden: Who has a better chance to win from an Electoral College standpoint?
I just finished reading Thinking In Bets by poker player Annie Duke. I found myself highlighting the book in a lot of places, and overall I thought it was a good book. The main idea is to think about decision making through the lens of poker and bets. She introduces a number of poker and … Continue reading Thinking in Bets — Book Notes
It’s a good idea–to make it easy for fintech companies to easily connect to consumers banks instead of needing to do the week-long process of verifying small bank deposits. That definitely speeds up the onboarding process for people to try out new apps. But the tradeoff is always with security and convenience and here it’s … Continue reading Plaid is Still a Phishing Site
So I recently read the book Click – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7901640-click – and it was very ok. The high level concept in it is interesting, but you can get the idea of most of the book from this summary diagram at the end. So there is an interesting concept in here, but not that interesting of a … Continue reading Click — Book Notes
The Spy and The Traitor — Book Notes I recently finished reading The Spy and the Traitor – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37542581-the-spy-and-the-traitor – based on a recommendation from a friend. (spoilers here) What a great read. Really good book, well written, lots of suspense, and honestly, it was hard to believe it was non-fiction. It’s a gripping story … Continue reading The Spy and The Traitor — Book Notes
I got to spend about a week in Mexico traveling with my brother, we did a few days in Cancun and a few days in Tulum. Here are a few notes from the trip and some places to go. We stayed both in the Cancun centro and in the hotel zone– the hotel zone is … Continue reading Notes from Mexico — Cancun and Tulum
Sometimes it’s helpful to know some reference numbers to estimate back of the envelope calculations. Here is a short list of some reference numbers. I also think knowing some of these numbers provides useful context for understanding political discussions. Metric Estimate Actual US Population 300m 330,068,304 World Population 8b 7,747,805,693 US Median Household Income $60k … Continue reading Back of the envelope reference numbers
