Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Just tidbits and info about whatever comes to my mind.


Your Share Of The Federal Government's Debt (Which Is Your Debt)

24 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

If you are a US citizen, here is a fun statistic for you to wrap your head around: In the 1920's the average spend per person in the United States by the federal government was around 200 dollars (that is in todays dollars, adjusted for inflation.) T...

Problems With Artificial Intellegence

21 Apr 2024 2 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

So far, AI hasn't taken over everything just yet, but, it is having a real impact.  The problem with AI is that it is still controlled by humans and therefor has their biases. I should state that I am here in the US and I have no allegiance to either...

Ever Wondered If You Are A Jerk?

20 Apr 2024 2 minute read 7 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

Ever wondered if you are a nice person? I have compiled a list that lets you know you might not be as great as you think. I should point out, I am guilty of most of these, so I am also looking inward with this list. If you have ever rated an Uber dr...

Other Peoples Words On Crypto

17 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

“Innovations are very cruel by nature. They destroy the old ones to create space for themselves.” - Sukant Ratnakar “Only smart people understand Bitcoin and Ethereum, and that’s why most of the people in the world don't understand it, thus not invol...

The United States Congress Is Really Bad

13 Apr 2024 2 minute read 6 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I know, not the greatest title.  I have written before, about the amount of money the federal government spends here in the United States. I even pulled some numbers in a past post. A quick recap, in the 1920s, the federal government spent about 200...

Women's Sports (Random Sports Article)

7 Apr 2024 1 minute read 4 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I just watched the Women's NCAA Basketball finals. I will be honest, I have watched three women's games on TV in my life, and they were all in the last week.  Now, you don't know me, but I am 6'7" and played and watched a lot of sports in my day. As...

TV Now and Then. Kids Don't Know What They Are Missing.

29 Mar 2024 2 minute read 4 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

My kids heard the term "Jumping The Shark" the other day and were asking me about it. I am at the age where I watched Happy Days live and remember that episode well. I also remember being a kid and thinking it was awesome, not realizing just how corn...

A Crypto Professor...

24 Mar 2024 1 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

It amazes me that the type of article I came across today is still popping in searches about crypto. This one is on Marketwatch.com and is from an interview with a "Crypto Professor." "I teach cryptocurrency at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business....

Blockchain Statistics from Exploding Topics

21 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

Here are some stats I ran across recently, I put my thoughts in italics on some:   Around 50 million unique addresses have a non-zero balance of Bitcoin. (Non-zero doesn't really mean a whole lot.) Cryptocurrency creator Satoshi Nakamoto is thought t...

What Countries Have Banned Cryptocurrency and Which Have Adopted It?

17 Mar 2024 1 minute read 2 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I think it is interesting to look at the type of countries that have taken different approaches to cryptocurrency. Which in most cases seems to match up with the type of government that is in place in the respective countries.  More authoritative and...