china
Two and a half decades ago when I first visited China and the Chinese mainland, the Western-food situation was bleak. Besides a few famous Western-owned global food chains and international hotels, white (or black or brown)-person food was not wildly available, and when it was, usually not
crypto
There's very much an adverse selection problem in the crypto industry. The people that you'd actually want to start a wallet company, a security company or a crypto exchange are very often the least interested in doing it. Take, for example, bitcoin exchanges. There were two
fatherhood
I originally tweeted this a few months ago in the middle of the night and then deleted it, mainly because I sometimes worry about oversharing: There is nothing more peaceful than a house with a newborn baby and first-time mother both sleeping soundly The context: it was the day
ai
It's great that there's so much competition and progress in the generative AI space the past few years, but I can't be alone when I say that I'm getting really sick of the drama coming from US frontier AI labs. It'
china
In case you haven't been following along, I'm in Macau for a few days. Macau was handed back to China 27 years ago in 1999...two years after China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997. One would think that over three decades that behavior would
parenting
I'm writing this in a dark hotel room with a sleeping baby. We decided to take a first vacation with our baby across the bridge to Macau as a practice run for future travel. We took advantage of the Macau park and ride scheme for Hong Kong cars
china
"Enshittification" is a sort of "safe horny" term for what is really just outright impoverishment and declining living standards due to economic insolvency from deindustrialization, demographic decline, hyperinflation, etc. You are just de-developing and becoming poor. -Marko Jukic on X "Enshittification" is a
housing
Hong Kong is perhaps most infamous for its high-priced and cramped real estate. And its infamy is well-deserved. Prices are high, quality is low, and, despite that things move very fast. A side effect of Hong Kong's high real estate prices are the efficiency with which
community
People often ask me why I stay in Hong Kong. There are many reasons of course...some of which are the headline reasons that everyone likes Hong Kong: the low, simple tax system, the safety, the convenience, the nature, the opportunities, the food, etc. Over my two decades, I'
success
I was chatting with a high school swim team friend this evening about swimming and reminiscing about our experience swimming competitively as children. Before high school, in late elementary school, actually, I started swimming competitively on a private club team. Our club was one of the top, if not the
business
Rewards and discounts are everywhere. Credit rewards are well-known in the West and especially the USA where 3-5% cash back on certain spending is not unheard of. Here in Hong Kong where credit cards are less generous, 1.5% cash back is generally the highest unlimited option. If
parenting
Today is the 77th birthday of the People's Republic of China. I've been celebrating the birthday of my adopted home for almost 2 decades. It's been absolutely mindblowing to watch the progress of the nation over that time period. Every year is bigger and