Crony Capital
There has been an increase in business behavior lately known as regulatory capture, where in principle, government agencies are intentionally and carefully corrupted to further private interests. More...
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Disclaimer: Everything here might be wrong. Feel free to correct me if you believe it so. Let’s say you wanted to create a solenoid strong enough to levitate...
View ArticleCharacter Traits of an Exceptional Organization
An exceptional organization is forward thinking. It consistently asks, What will the world be like in five, ten, twenty years? What will be available then, which is not...
View ArticleDon’t compete for attention
It took a great deal of failure and subsequent reflection to recognize this not-so-obvious idea. It is very fashionable in the technology industry to build products which capitalize...
View ArticleLithium has become more economical than Lead-Acid
It is a tale very commonly told that Lead Acid batteries are a “cheaper” solution than Lithium batteries for off-grid and solar storage. As of 2019 that is...
View ArticleRestoration of the M.V. Maritol
In early 2018, friends and I decided to work on something rather unorthodox from our regular activities –we set out to bring new life into an old steel...
View ArticleSTM32 DMA Cheat Sheet
STMicro’s documentation about the subject is some of the most terse documentation I’ve ever seen in the business! This cheat sheet is a work-in-progress. DM-What? The STM32 microcontroller...
View ArticleAn Introspective on Modern Capitalism
It has been about 5 years since I moved to northern California in search of more opportunity than what I felt could be had in New York. It’s...
View ArticleHow to repair the parts that explode in Lenovo Yoga laptops
Lenovo Yoga laptops, especially those from the “900”, “920”, “930”, and “940” series, have a design defect where their power circuitry can self-destruct. The company will not acknowledge...
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