dragosroua (75)in #hive • 10 hours agoDay 5 - Vietnam's 50 Shades Of CoffeeOne of the biggest surprises after settling in South-East Asia, specifically Vietnam, was coffee. I had no idea Vietnam is the 2nd largest coffee producer in the world. When you…dragosroua (75)in #hive • yesterdayDay 4 - When I Won a Hackathon in KoreaA glitch in the Matrix allowed me to win a hackathon called Glitchdragosroua (75)in #hive • 2 days agoDay 3 - Vibe Coding (Kinda) SucksAs some of you may know, I'm a developer. I do this for a ridiculously long amount of time, spreading across almost every area of coding, from Cobol to Swift, from mobile apps to…dragosroua (75)in #hive • 3 days agoDay 2 - Three Unusual Things about VietnamI didn't know much about Vietnam when I decided to go on a short exploring trip, about 2 years ago. At that time I was based for about half a year in South Korea, and from there…dragosroua (75)in #hive • 4 days agoDay 1 - TariffsTariffs are like the solution you pour over a blank sheet of paper to reveal what was written with invisible ink. dragosroua (75)in #hive • 5 days agoA Comeback and A Challenge Walk into a Bar...Coming back to Hive after a couple of sabbatical years and starting a new 30 days writing challenge.dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #hive • 2 years agoChatGPT, MFAs And Other Useless StuffI've been around long enough to remember what MFAs are. I bet many of you weren't, so here's a brief intro. Back when Google launched AdSense, there was a huge race to get the…dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #hive • 2 years agoHi, My Name Is Chamber. Echo ChamberA billionaire bought a social network last year. It so happens that the social network he bought it was kinda THE SOCIAL NETWORK, or so it is perceived these days. This event…dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #hive • 3 years agoLeverage, My Favorite SinAt the end of the movie Devil's Advocate, Al Pacino, who plays Lucifer, has this amazing ending line: "Vanity, my favorite sin". To give you a bit of context, Keanu Reeves, who…dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #society • 3 years agoAwakening Is Slow And Awkward In The BeginningAnd explosive towards the end. Seemingly Unimportant Stuff Let's talk a little about something seemingly unimportant. Some small topic good for nothing, but only for chit…dragosroua (75)in #hive • 3 years agoSunsetting My Witness NodeI ran a witness node on the Steem / Hive ecosystem for more than 5 years. During this time I had just a couple of hiatuses, none of them longer than 2 months. It's been a bumpy…dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #luna • 3 years agoAll Stablecoins Are Algorithmic StablecoinsThe crypto world is still recovering after the recent Luna clusterfuck. Here's the TL/DR, (just in case you didn't live on planet Earth last week): a stablecoin linked to Luna…dragosroua (75)in LeoFinance • 3 years agoI Trust More 10 Different, Small, But Really Smart Guys Teaming Up, Than One Extra Powerful DudeThere is a little bit of a drama going on in the Cosmos ecosystem right now. I know, this is a pleonasm, there's always drama in the Cosmos ecosystem. But it's one of the…dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #hive • 3 years agoThe Is No SaviorWestern society has a deep flaw. It has many deep flaws, I know, but the one I'm going to talk about is really deep. It's old, meaning it had time to cement into the most…dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #hive • 3 years agoThe War On AttentionThe most important commodity of this century is not oil. Yeah, I know, you just discovered that you still need fossil fuels, because your vanity-powered virtue signaling…dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #bitcoin • 3 years agoBREAKING: Satoshi Nakamato To Have At Least 4.26% Russian DNA, Whales Call For Bitcoin BoycottIn a shocking turn of events, Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin is believed to have had at least 4.26% Russian DNA. Obviously, no one knows who Satoshi…dragosroua rebloggedthe-envoy (55)in #hive • 3 years agoThere Are Huge Reservoirs Of Hate In The Human PsycheAnd it's surprisingly easy to tap into them, and release all that suppressed hate indiscriminately. You need only 3 things: data, processing power and money to touch the media…dragosroua (75)in LeoFinance • 3 years agoUltra-marathons, Justin Sun And Fixed PatternsLet me start with a story. About 5-6 years ago I signed up for my first 48 hours race. It was held in Athens, and it was my first ever event of this type. By that time, I…dragosroua (75)in LeoFinance • 3 years agoOk, Bitcoin, I Just Wanted A Short Break, What's With This Price Action?After #januarystreak, a month in which I published an article on Hive every single day, I thought to take a short break. Heavily influencing that decision was the fact that…dragosroua (75)in LeoFinance • 3 years agoJanuary Streak It's Over - It Was FunToday marks the end of the January streak I started on the first day of 2022. I wanted to have something finished during the first month of the year, as, traditionally, this is a…