Hasta la vista, Duolingo After more than two years, a currently 800-day streak in learning Chinese, and having learned enough to comfortably pass the Chinese HSK1 test (and preparing for HSK2 this autumn), I've decided to part ways with Duolingo. Financial Hygiene One of the first reasons for that is that I&
Curating Your LinkedIn Timeline and De-Cluttering Your Life I am a person that spends way too much time on LinkedIn due to a conjunction of circumstances: I left Facebook back in 2018, I never really returned to Twitter after deleting and re-creating my account there, and also because LinkedIn is a kind of hub where I post work-related
Managing Your Online Services Costs This post is about personal online services we use in our everyday lives. Looking at those expenses isn't a new thing for me, but I do not recall handling this in a systematic manner until today. By systematic, I mean having a comprehensive tracker which exhaustively lists every
Smoke & Mirrors with Foreign Investments This morning (Monday, May 27th 2024) I came across a LinkedIn post celebrating an "uncontestable consecration for France" celebrating consecutive investments from Amazon and Microsoft. Joachim SAVIGNY on LinkedIn: 🔵⚪🔴 2e Consécration incontestable pour la France en 24h ! Après Amazon… | 61 comments🔵⚪🔴 2e Consécration incontestable pour la France en
Thoughts on Work From Home / Return to Office Policies An interesting aspect of human societies is the very large gamut of opinions, often irreconciliable. Even when keeping politics and faith controversies at large, people will love to die on any given hill for their sacrosanct causes. An enduring post-COVID controversy is the return to hybrid or in-office work. This
Consumer Tech Beoplay EX - Sound Fidelity I recently purchased a pair of Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EX earbuds. I usually avoid unnecessary product refresh cycles by purchasing products that are built to last, or have good enough specifications to sustain a longer product refresh cycle. For instance, I am still using a MacBook Pro M1 Max
Finance Good Read: The Psychology of Money Love it or hate it, most of us live in a capitalist world. If you want to survive this world, or rather get less screwed and leave the rat race early, it requires a cold hard look at our financial situation, spending habits, and overall understanding of money. No doubt
Personal New Home & Old Place A few months ago I decided to nuke my old technology blog, hosted at the same URL you are accessing now, and also aptly named kamshin.com. The genesis That blog had a history fully centered around technology, and had been around since 2008 (the domain itself was registered 24
