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Basketball
I went with a friend to the basketball tonight, and due to the team (Sacramento) and time (Thursday night), there were plenty of tickets available. In the US, unless something has gone terribly wrong, every game sells out. This is due to their dynamic pricing strategy; I’ve seen tickets for baseball games as low as…
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Sleep on it
I had a late one last night , trying to figure out a particular knotty problem. Being tired didn’t help, and after a few hours I had barely made any progress. It was frustrating, but also slightly concerning, as I had planned to present to the team in the morning. The mind does wonderful things…
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An answer is not a solution
We have had a fair few issues recently at our apartment, some of which have extremely annoying, and borderline unsafe. Today maintenance came around, and while they were extremely eager to help and always friendly, we didn’t get what we were looking for. For example, we have been having an infuriating issue since Day 1…
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Inauguration
Today was Grocery Price Dropping Inauguration Day for Donald Trump. I didn’t catch much of it, but I saw a few of the highlights. It’s certainly an interesting time to be living here in America. A few people from abroad have asked me about how I feel about it all, and particularly about the man…
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VPN
I have been a happy customer of the Swedish VPN company, Mullvad, for two years. However, today was my last day of my contract, and I chose to go with a competitor. I know a few of my readers are in the technology/product space, and you may be interested/frustrated to hear why a user could…
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Amateur Hour
I watched the last quarter of the Divisional Playoffs between the Washington and Detroit. The Detroit Lions came in strong favourites, but managed to completely implode. One memorable example was seeing them penalised for the the most comical of reasons; too many players on the field. I played a lot of low level sport, and…
