The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts
The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts

The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts

A blog focused on ongoing government regulation for crypto or consumer issues with crypto with wide range of topics from pitfalls to avoid to opportunities to grab.


Making VSCode Work for You in Scripting

5 Sep 2024 1 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

One of the annoyances with web scripting is that you have to save the file and then load it in a browser to see your progress. While it only takes a few seconds to refresh the file once loaded in the browser, it would be nicer if you can see the resu...

Understanding CLI Commands for Testing/Running Beginning C++ Programs

1 Sep 2024 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

So, you want to learn C++? Great, but you have to pass another challenge first. That namely is, understanding how to make your IDE work. What's an IDE? The short acronym for an Integrated Development Environment, an IDE is where to draft, test, compi...

RaiBlocksOne Cryptomining Via Folding@Home

23 Aug 2024 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

If you want to tinker around with a fake form of cryptomining that actually provides some social benefit, Folding@Home has been a long-time favorite. The platform provides for the decentralized approach to protein-folding, which has become essential...

Generation X - Why People Don't Get Them

23 Aug 2024 5 minute read 2 comments WinterYeti

Look around for generational articles and you’re going to find plenty on Boomers, those folks who were born in the early 1960s etc., and you’re going to find plenty on Generation Z and plenty on Millennials, but you’re probably not going to find that...

Know Your History to Avoid Scams

21 Aug 2024 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I check my email regularly, both the normal inbox and the spam side just to make sure I don’t miss something or a good note gets misfiled as spam. Due to having been a scam victim in the past but fortunately not having lost anything major, I tend to...

The Amazing Power of Manual Work for Exercise

20 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I bet you’re the type that hates doing weeds. I mean that back-bending kind of work with landscaping that is sweaty, hard, takes hours and you feel it in your lower back and knees when you get back up. And then, you have to do the same thing over wit...

No Man's Land

19 Aug 2024 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I do a lot of testing and experimenting in the crypto world, hopefully finding that gem once in a while that will take off for the proverbial moon. Doing so exposes me to a lot of risk. Scams about just about every third click, and most of them are a...

Checking Out $ORE Mining (Solana Network)

18 Aug 2024 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

No this is not geology harvesting. It’s an interesting and new crypto mining project on the Solana network. Better known as $ORE token, the platform provides a CPU-style mining approach through a web platform. I’m always game for trying out a new pro...

Why Free Tips, Faucets and Giveaways in Crypto are Good for Your Financial Education

18 Aug 2024 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

  Most people think of tipping and faucets as a magnet for crypto leeches. There’s no argument that there’s plenty of people who will help themselves to free crypto given the opportunity. However, one of the viral things about distributing tokens and...

Trading Today, Is It Even a Fair Playing Field?

18 Aug 2024 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

If you’re thinking now is the best time to get into trying your hand at stocks or even more risky, cryptocurrencies, because the economy seems to be driving you in that direction, think again. Historically, someone entering now is at the top of...