Considering the total cost of ownership for an electric vehicle is important. — A low-end electric vehicle has an MSRP in the low $30,000s whereas a low-end gas car has one in the low $10,000s. How can a $20k price bump be affordable? Federal, state, and other incentives The federal government is offering up to a $7,500 tax credit. A tax credit is like a guaranteed tax refund…

What happened to Terra’s LUNA and what can we learn from it? — The crash of Terra’s LUNA was scary to observe. This post will assess the chart so we can hopefully catch when a crypto’s price may start dropping and when we need to get out quickly. We will review the LUNAUSDT chart from TradingView.com from different perspectives. Perspective 1: The macro chart. The LUNA macro /…

Learning what not to do can save you time and trouble. — You might remember your parents/guardians telling you as a child, “Don’t do this,” probably more than the positive counterpart, “Remember to do this.” Why do many rules and advice have a “do not” or “no” in them? In some cases, learning to avoid something is more valuable than learning to…

Using a simple device maintains the lead-acid battery — The warranty on lead-acid car batteries has gotten shorter. An expensive battery may have a three-year warranty but a lower-priced one will likely be 1.5 years. The batteries seem to fail quicker too. In all the time I have owned a vehicle, one time has the car battery died within…

Earn cryptocurrency by doing what you already do — We can make some little spending money or support your favorite organizations (e.g., schools, religious organizations, and non-profits) by simply doing what we already do: browsing the web. Imagine that every time we do anything on a web browser, we earn cryptocurrency. How it works We probably spend at least one to two…

Protect your system from vulnerabilities — There is a way to keep our computers isolated from malicious npm packages and cybersecurity vulnerabilities. It’s almost like Node and npm will be on an island. We can use a Docker container to run Node.js and install npm packages. What are Docker containers and why should we use them? Docker is a software technology that creates a container that…

How I saved my company $1 million — Questioning assumptions and being willing to deviate from your boss’ instructions can be scary. It was about ten years ago, and the director of engineering took a chance on me. She assigned me to work on a mega-multi-million dollar program. This program also had several million dollars in incentives if…