Mortgage
February 20, 2025•30 words
Just a random piece of information. The origin of the word "mortgage" is old French: mort (dead) + gage (pledge). So a mortgage is literally a death pledge. How fitting!
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Podcast Review: Scam Inc
February 18, 2025•190 words
I recently finished listening to Scam Inc, a podcast series by the Economist on the "booming" industry of online scams. Just to show how good this series is, I subscribed immediately after the free episodes and finished the entire series in a two-day weekend. This is despite me previously unsubscribing to the Economist due to a lack of time for reading (but perhaps podcast is a better option for me anyways).
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March 15, 2025•164 words
I went to pick up my master's diploma yesterday (Pie Day!).
It wasn't anything ceremonious - ten minutes in and out of the Convocation Office. I got my piece of paper stuffed in a huge envelope. I will probably shelve it up deep in my storage space.
I don't think that the past six odd years as a PhD student was particularly a failure, or at least I try to convince myself so. It was a learning experience. I got to take a peek into the world of academia, realized how it wasn't what I expected, a...
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