I am reading a great book right now – “The Elements of Computing Systems from First Principles” that explains how to fully build a modern computer from logic gates on up. Fascinating!
Wedding Rings
Laurel and I picked out my wedding ring yesterday. I got a rubber one for sports and a stainless steel one for regular life for $10 each. Good deal!
Extinction book series
I have been reading the Extinction book series at Laurel’s recommendation. It is a strange mix…. flat characters that are way over the top, and constant cheesy action that somehow keeps you in suspense and reading through them. Exhausting lol. I need to switch back to nonfiction again soon.
Chess
I have gotten back into chess lately and have even gone to a few tournaments at the LA Chess Club on Santa Monica Blvd. Chess is a highly addicting game!
I have been working on improving my game and have played with the chess.com tactic’s trainer and video lessons. My rating has risen to about 1300 now.… read more “Chess”
ACA Basketball Game
We had our basketball game last night and though our team was down by 18 points at one point, we had a really nice comeback and tied the game. We went to triple overtime and sudden death and one of our team members fouled the opponent and he went to the foul line and made a free throw, winning it for their team.… read more “ACA Basketball Game”
Rock Climbing
I just got a membership to the new climbing gym Cliffs of Id near my workplace. I have taken about a year off climbing because my elbow was injured and I had frankly gotten tired of it. I am feeling more excited about it again now though!
Most Important Problems Facing Humanity
Below is the list of what I believe to be the most important problems facing humanity in the future that we must solve:
- AI Safety – Artificial Intelligence is here and is rapidly surpassing human intelligence in many areas. We must figure out how to safely move forward into a world in which we create an apex predator above us.
Minimum Wage
The USA instituted a national minimum wage originally explicitly to protect white peoples jobs in the northern countries from the millions of unemployed black people in the South. The minimum wage continues to have the similar effects to this day.
Suggestions Request
Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can improve the homepage of Coalition Technologies or our SEO services page?
I haven’t updated these in a while but am thinking about making some changes. I feel like we need to update the content to more accurately reflect how the business works now.
Tweaks
Each little tweak you make to improve your life or business only makes a small difference at first. As the years go by, the little tweaks start to pile up into substantial change. Great achievements are rarely created instantly even if they appear that way.
Google was not built into a multi-billion dollar titan instantly. Larry Page had spent his childhood going to conferences and playing with computers and tech magazines with his dad who had a PhD in computer science.… read more “Tweaks”