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Full disclosure: I'm researching innovation in stopping human trafficking. I fed all of the articles I am reading into Perplexity using Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus model. I then asked for a summary of everything I've read,…

OnePlus 6T I finally went through the steps to convert an old OnePlus 6T from a T-Mobile device to an international device. It’s been sitting in my future projects pile forever. Originally, I put LineageOS…

For the past year, I've helped a few Private Equity (PE) firms evaluate small companies (around $10 million to $20 million Annual Revenue) for acquisition into one of their portfolio companies. Here's what I've learned,…

Rent-Seeking Smartphones are boring. Try to find a smartphone that isn't Android or iOS. Go ahead, try. Ok, so your searching skills are great and you find Sailfish OS. Try to buy a phone with…

What I'm reading Study finds that owning a car is bad for your health, https://www.treehugger.com/cars/chinese-study-finds-owning-car-bad-your-health.html. A natural experiment in health affects of car ownership. Stop Using Encrypted Email, https://latacora.micro.blog/2020/02/19/stop-using-encrypted.html. An opinionated piece with which I…

Great opinion/policy piece on the potential of e-bikes to radically transform cities. Electric cars are the wave of the future, if you believe the marketing of the big automobile companies. Kia, Nissan, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Chevrolet,…

On a flight to San Francisco from Singapore, curiosity started me wondering about the comparison and contrasts of the two cities. Granted, Singapore is also a nation-state, but I'll focus on the city aspect of…

Interesting research into the centralization of Mastodon as an example of a decentralized social network. A few highlights: Let’s Encrypt has been chosen as CA for more than 85% of the instances, likely because this…

Genesis Invited to attend a seminar on cybersecurity investing, by a friend in the industry, I took it as a chance to listen to what is happening in my own industry. At the seminar, there…

We're celebrating Emerge's 40th anniversary as the nation's first abuser education program! As the first program in the nation, Emerge created the template for abuser accountability. Our work has never been more relevant and necessary.