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Latest posts
- Interview with GPT-3 about freedom, optionality, TAZs and Bitcoin
Tell me the baboon story from Robert Sapolsky. When Robert was studying baboons, there was an outbreak of a virus that affected the hippocampus region of the […] - The world does not owe us anything – and that is good (what to do with people who refuse to wear face masks )
(translation note: This article was first published in Slovak language here. Some references are about situation in Slovakia, but the main points are valid in general. This […] - Parallel energy production – solar panels are not rocket science
I started playing with solar energy, see a simple overview of the energy production and storage system in this video I made: So far, I thought that […] - Privacy enhanced webtorrent client
I like WebTorrent especially for movies, because you can watch immediately without waiting for the torrent to finish downloading. My fork adds leech mode to stop upload […] - Crypto lifestyle using Bitmex and my scripts
Update: As of August 2020, Bitmex introduced KYC, so I switched to Deribit. This strategy still works on Deribit, I will also update my scripts. Sometimes you […] - Financial surveillance and crypto utopias (recording from HCPP19)
This talk is based on my upcoming book Financial Surveillance and Crypto Utopias. If you would like to learn when it’s out, sign-up to the mailing list. […] - Good Morning Cyberspace SPECIAL: Living With/Out Google – July 18 2019
This is an interview with me about living your life with/out Google – is it possible? Should you do it? The irony of doing this through YouTube […] - Migrate virtual machines using LVM without access to hypervisor
I decided to migrate a few virtual machines from one hosting service to another. Most other howtos either recommend a reinstall or need access to the hypervisor […] - How to use cryptocurrencies for discounted shopping on Amazon
Many people ask me how a “normal” person can use cryptocurrencies for something, that is not possible without them. One of such uses is using a service […]