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Not the Money, the Model Retirement isn t a scam because the accounts are rigged or the math is hard. It s a scam because of the deal underneath it: trade the best four decades of your life for the promise of freedom at the end a promise that arrives late, degraded, or not at all. The Continue reading Retirement Is a Scam
I want to publish content for this site. That s what it s for but I don t always have time for complete lengthy posts. This update soothes each of those problems. What I ve been focused on lately: DevOps Researched and developed proof of concept projects. Architected and implemented enterprise-scale processes, education, and, secure CICD Pipelines. Cloud Continue reading Updates 6/2024
This article was originally published on LinkedIn here. Introduction Practical skills are more valuable than theoretical knowledge. Credentialism (Degrees, Certifications, and titles) doesn t equate to skills or ability when it comes to solving a problem. That is my belief after decades as a self-taught technical professional. Having acquired the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate in…
https://certificates.saylor.org/921611bf-357e-45f9-8861-060160137329 Essentially what I found to be the most valuable parts of this course were the detailed look at the history of money, past and current monetary policies, and the impact they ve had on global society. Additionally, the history of the Cypherpunks who laid the foundation for Bitcoin as we know it today, was insightful.
Circa 2006, a green junior executive is in a departmental meeting. The Executive Director states that the department just receive a 50 million dollar cut to the budget. She then challenges the team to come up with creative ideas and ways to continue to be effective despite this event. The green junior executive thinks to himself Continue reading Don t be afraid to innovate while others tell you…
The first time I heard the word Bitcoin was 2011 on a podcast called This Week in Startups . It s actually still online at: It was trading around $5.81 at that time. As of the time of this writing, it is trading around $54k. If we use $50k that is an increase of 860485%. I thought Continue reading I got orange pilled
Originally published on April 8 2007 on now defunct, adwords-articles.com. Republishing with minor tweaks and edits to links and some text. Ever Consider Google as your Big Brother? Well think again, what you will read here may surprise you. Google as your Big Brother? Remember the Novel 1984 by George Orwell ? This book describes Continue reading Ever Consider Google as your Big Brother?
What is bubble.io? Bubble was founded in 2012. It s a nocode / no-code / visual development application that allows non-technical creators to build web and mobile applications without writing traditional code also referred to as programming. Source According to quikStarts At a higher level, Bubble is a tool that empowers creators to build software Continue reading Bubble.io s real power is in the…
Originally published on 2/17/2017 Updated 1/21/2021 NOTE: Accept digital payments for Stripe and PayPal in the same form. A solution is now available at CloudSwipe.net No, Stripe doesn t integrate with PayPal we currently support credit and debit card payments. Don t take my word for it. Patrick Collison who happens to be Continue reading Does Stripe integrate with PayPal (Updated 2021)