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Riding the Fintech Innovation Wave to a Surprising Patent
Last week, I filed my second patent. My first one happened back in my Silicon Valley startup days, and doing it again was the last thing I expected after making a move to NYC and starting to work for banks. Plus, there’s always that added challenge of doing something a second time — as they…
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Detecting AI-Generated Content
Another brilliant Java meetup by NY Java SIG (and no, it’s not because I won IntelliJ license raffle). Huge kudos to the organizers for keeping these events coming! Sean Phillips from Johns Hopkins University presented an astonishing method capable of detecting AI-generated content, be it text (that could be read out), AI-generated audio, or even…
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Tech Minds: an Ultimate Key to San Francisco’s Revival
Silicon Valley is the heart of tech innovation, and San Francisco Bay Area is always on the cutting edge of progress. Since I left about eight years ago, I’ve observed a couple of things. First, some of the most prominent tech figures did the same – Larry Ellison, Elon Musk, Scott McNealy, and Bill Harris,…
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Making It Real: the Worst 70.3 Time
2024 Happy Valley was my worst but most real Half Ironman. I was happy to complete my previous one in record time; however it felt hollow and lacking grit. The beauty of triathlon races is in their diversity. Swimming varies significantly between salt and fresh water, between rivers with strong currents and still lakes. Not…
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Cracking the SHSAT: Affordable Keys to Success
My kid recently surprised me by landing an offer from the best high school* in the best city† by performing well enough on the SHSAT test, for which I take half the credit. TL;DR: sign the petition to revert libraries budget cuts, promote Math Kangaroo in your school. SHSAT is a wonderful system that is…
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Whac A Car Insurance
Fun fact: Whac-A-Mole was invented in Japan back in 1975, for some reason I always thought it was an American game. Another fun fact: NYC metro area is most expensive for car insurance in the USA, and Brooklyn tops it. I was surprised to see my Geico renewed premium go up significantly enough to notice,…