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How I Cache YouTube for Offline Phone Viewing

Nov

10

2020

I cache YouTube videos on my iPhone for offline viewing, without ads, without data, and I can lock my phone during playback, for free. It’s a workaround that works exactly how I want it to. Maybe you will like it as well. Here’s my workaround: I put MEGA on my phone and PC. It is ...

Too Much and Never Enough Book Review

Oct

13

2020

It was insightful to learn just how dysfunctional the entire Trump family was. It was like the real life version of There Will Be Blood. And Trump’s father was the ruthless oil man. According to his niece, Trump’s father was a miserly person and the only thing he lacked was fame. So he kept pumping ...

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Review

Oct

6

2020

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps by Ben Shapiro I was a little skeptical whether I was in the target demographic for this book, but it turns out to be an enjoyable concise history and psychology lesson appropriate for anyone. America’s Proud History (really) Shapiro makes a strong case that America is actually ...

Jerry.ai Car Insurance Review

Aug

18

2020

You may have seen those advertisements for Jerry.ai, claiming that it can shop around and save you money on car insurance. I decided to test it out myself, and it appears to be true.In less than 30 minutes Jerry.ai lowered my monthly car insurance from ~$50/month to ~$34/month. The coverage is exactly identical to what ...

Backblaze Review and Guide

Aug

2

2020

I use Backblaze as my off-site backup solution and I recommend them. They are the least expensive backup service available and despite their low price tags they do not enforce any arbitrary limitations on how much you can backup. They even backup external hard drives. All that for approximately $6/month per computer. Plain and simple. ...

Dopamine and Flow 4

Jul

31

2020

“Dopamine is what is released any time an animal or human thinks it’s on the right path.” Andrew Huberman, Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine; Joe Rogan Experience #1513 It occurred to me while listening to this interview, that this concept of dopamine release when you believe you’re on the “right ...

Found Firewatch Audio Tour Day 2 Booth 24 1

Jul

13

2020

I found and reported a Firewatch bug today where the cassette tape for Booth 24 is not in the correct spot on the map. The map indicates it is by the stream. It is actually between the stream and cache box 309. Nothing came up on Google about it so hopefully this blog post helps ...

Most Insightful Things I Have Learned

Jul

9

2020

Someone asked me this question. A few things come to mind. 1. You can be absolutely perfect and do everything exactly right and still fail—in a relationship for example. Because other people are a wildcard. Don’t take it personally. 2. People make decisions first and then rationalize them after the fact. Don’t ask people to ...

Solved Blue Screen Crash on 5 Ghz Wi-Fi

Mar

17

2020

Had an issue where a laptop was randomly getting blue screen crash (BSOD) that was displaying the following information. It started when the laptop was put onto a 5 Ghz Wi-Fi network, but it took me quite some time to notice. Symptoms An Asus Q504UAK laptop running Windows 10 on 5 Ghz Wi-Fi randomly blue ...

Anti-Aging

Mar

16

2020

Here is a list of things I have learned about legitimate anti-aging supplements. For the time being most of this article will focus on the ins and outs of Nicotinomide Riboside because it is very confusing and there’s a lot of dangerous misinformation out there. Nicotinomide Riboside (NR) Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) is a legitimate anti-aging ...