niftyneiOn Dropping the BallThe weird thing about corona is how it’s making us all feel the reality of self-sufficiency. Don’t get sick, the doctor can’t see you now…Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020
niftyneiThe Education of an AgeI can’t help it, my brain keeps going back to Thiel and his logic of the political.Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2019
niftyneiRepos and the T-Bill Token SwapThere’s some weird stuff going on in the repo markets. I feel pretty smart because I just so happened to have watched the Khan Academy…Sep 19, 2019Sep 19, 2019
niftyneiA Texan’s Guide to Surviving the BayI just left California. Probably not for good, but at least for now. I don’t really have a strong reason for it, other than I think I know…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
niftyneiRefactorCamp 2019, or Just Passing ThroughI had the rare privilege of attending one of the yearly RefactorCamps last weekend in L.A. Loosely an offshoot of Venkatesh Rao’s (aka vgr…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
niftyneiI’m tired of articlesI’m really tired of reading articles. About anything. Tell alls. Heartwarming deep dives into the first hummus manufacturer on the West…May 18, 2018May 18, 2018
niftyneiInterviewing @jack in dreamlandI had a dream about interviewing @jack a few weeks back. It was more about planning the interview than it was having the interview, more…Apr 29, 2018Apr 29, 2018
niftyneiOn beauty and misunderstandingThere’s been a lot of stuff on the internet today about whether or not Michelle Wolf called Sarah Huckabee Sanders ugly and I saw someone…Apr 29, 2018Apr 29, 2018
niftyneiAmerica, the Wealthiest PoorsAmerica is a poor country. We are full of ambition and self-deception. We say we’re a country of self-made men, and maybe that’s true for…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
niftyneiPolyglottal, a check inA few days back, I posted about the progress I’ve been making on Learning Foreign Languages, Polyglot edition. I’m sorry to say that I…Feb 20, 2018Feb 20, 2018