What I learned this week 11-01-2025

What I learned this week Software How do I get in this tournament oof Business/Finance South Korean stock market going crazy rob granieri Interesting Links True spirit of gravel The gambling state Watching a video about the harms of gambling that we preempted by a Kalshi ad telling me to bet on things Math/Stats Travel Other
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What I learned this week 10-25-2025

What I learned this week Software Worked through these, pretty fun! SSH hardening TV signals Business/Finance Kind of accurate? Interesting Links Everything is gambling Math/Stats Travel Other
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What I learned this week 10-18-2025

What I learned this week Software Redshift observatory Foundational mental model to get the hang of ever “new” LLM conceptual churn: An LLM …called in a loop …maintaining a history of stuff it’s done in the session (the “context”) …with access to tool calls to do things. Like, read files, write files, call bash, etc. Business/Finance A breakdown of “if I call myself ‘x’ or manager of ‘x’ I make more Money”
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What I learned this week 10-11-2025

What I learned this week Software bashrc vs bash_profile A Linux contribution Business/Finance Starbucks protein Back to supersonic flight Interesting Links Procrastination Ultra processed ok in moderation Hanja vs Hangul Math/Stats Travel One bag travel Other
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What I learned this week 10-04-2025

What I learned this week Software HTML Regex parsing, at least an LLM would have said “great idea” Future proof file format Tiger beetle DB Business/Finance Hmmmmmm Interesting Links Our efforts define us Volcano Math/Stats Travel Greenland Other CFB predictions
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What I learned this week 09-27-2025

What I learned this week Software Shaper looks interesting Homomorphic Encryption Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) is a cryptographic scheme that enables computations to be performed directly on encrypted data, as if the data were in plaintext. After all computations are performed on the encrypted data, it can be decrypted to reveal the result. Business/Finance Interesting Links Haribo power bank Automaticity “Highway hypnosis” iPhone air looks… bendable Math/Stats Travel Other Jazz
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What I learned this week 09-20-2025

What I learned this week Software Business/Finance TDF rankings Dominated ETFs: “As a case in point, the iShares US Technology ETF (IYW) is consistently dominated by the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) and the Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund (VGT). At the end of our sample, IYW generates an annualized $18 million in fees with a 0.43% expense ratio on $4 billion in assets. XLK and VGT generate $28 million and $20 million in fees, respectively, despite their much larger sizes of $22 billion and $20 billion in assets.
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What I learned this week 09-13-2025

What I learned this week Software 10/10 fishing Highest Paid Person’s Opinion Business/Finance Spotify/Robinhood want to control more social real estate Health care arb because stupidity: Interesting Links NFL helmet deep dive Security Theater Math/Stats Travel Other Steamed brisket
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What I learned this week 09-06-2025

What I learned this week Software md files to make llm go brrrr Business/Finance Interesting Links Ablution Math/Stats Travel Other Baked ribs
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What I learned this week 08-30-2025

What I learned this week Software Nimble and Lance vs parquet One of the most well designed blog Interesting thoughts on booleans Business/Finance An argument for the US stake in intel RIP llm subscription mode Full circle back to physical currency Interesting Links What a cool sport Strawberry TIL Got to experience this haboob Red queen’s race Laser peening Longest name Math/Stats Travel Other Because transparency is of prime importance, the healthy cornea does not have or need blood vessels within it.
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