Published inHackrLife·Sep 11How much revenue can you generate from a seed investment of $5 in two hours?What is your product and how do you derive its maximum value? The Stanford Experiment by Tina Seelig — The year: 2009. Tina Seelig, Professor of Management Science and Engineering, at Stanford University, organises an interesting exercise for her engineering students. She divides her class into 14 groups and gives each group an envelope containing $5 as a seed investment. The groups are told that they have five days…Growth5 min readGrowth5 min read
Published inHackrLife·Aug 29What are LLM’s and why all the buzz around them?LLM’s are behind AI going massively mainstream in the past couple of years. But how do they work? What are their limitations? A primer to get started No, I am not a deep learning or machine learning expert. Far from it. But in this series of a few essays I…Llm9 min readLlm9 min read
Published inFullBack·Jan 4, 2022Barca — Mallorca: Digging deepBarca start 2022 with a gritty win at San Moix Xavi-ball hasn’t quite fully baked in yet. And where Barca goes, drama follows. …FC Barcelona7 min readFC Barcelona7 min read
Published inKünstler·Jan 4, 2022Automat- Edward HopperThe isolation of the urban individual Location: Des Moines Art Centre Artist: Edward Hopper I have always enjoyed good realists. It’s easier for me to understand their work and relate to their stories than the cubists or abstractionists. (I often struggle with abstractionism). When it comes to realism though, I…Edward Hopper5 min readEdward Hopper5 min read
Published inQuotatist·Jan 3, 2022The Conquest of Happiness- Bertrand Russell“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” The Quotatist is a publication where I curate insightful quotes and passages from interesting books and historical letters About “The Conquest of Happiness” The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell’s prescription for good living…Bertrand Russell4 min readBertrand Russell4 min read
Published inMetapherse·Dec 12, 2021Should you convert your art into a NFT?The hype is real, but should you? I started thinking about this after I “minted” my first “artwork” as an NFT with minimal effort and, might I add, minimal hopes of it ever getting sold. I was curious to understand the process, more so because I, am no artist…Nft24 min readNft24 min read
Published inMetapherse·Nov 9, 2021What is APENFT?Can historical masterpieces converted into NFTs create new paradigms in art and new marketplaces — What is APENFT APENFT was born with the mission to register world-class artworks as NFTs on the blockchain ( on March 29, 2021) Building a bridge between renowned artists and the blockchain, while nurturing the growth of native crypto artists in the NFT space Objective is to transform art pieces, which once was…Nft8 min readNft8 min read
Published inMetapherse·Nov 8, 2021How to understand liquidity when it comes to NFTsNFTs by nature are unique and short supply and yet we have overnight billion dollar businesses being built on selling joke memes and animal cartoon artwork — Let’s start with what is liquidity ? Liquidity is a term used in the security market. It defines how easily a company can convert its assets into cash. An essential factor when it comes to the value of a company. …Nft12 min readNft12 min read
Published inMetapherse·Nov 1, 2021Can NFT’s generate royalties ?Innovation in “on chain” capability is changing the paradigm when it comes to generating royalties for NFTs on Ethereum — NFTs are changing the way we understand ownership on the internet. Community managed ownership has a ton of benefits, but what happens when a creator wants earnings in perpetuity for his/her creation? In other words, wants to earn royalties to retire in the sun and sand of the Bahamas.Nft9 min readNft9 min read
Published inMetapherse·Oct 31, 2021What is triple halving of Ethereum and why does it matter?The combination of EIP-1559 and the corresponding move toward a proof-of-stake model would represent a “triple halving” for Ethereum — So exactly, what is Ethereum halving? At the heart of this question are three fundamental pillars Cost of energy consumption to mine coins Inflation and value of coin The relationship of “proof of work” and “ proof of stake” to the above two So let’s dive in for an…Ethereum5 min readEthereum5 min read
