I’m generally not a fan of Cloudflare—what I often call the cancer of the Internet. But this recent announcement caught my attention: Cloudflare just made every URL billable. Cloudflare’s new Monetization Gateway allows any resource accessible through its network to be monetized using the x402 protocol. The process is remarkably simple: A client requests a […]
Bogota in the evening. The famous cloudy forests in the back 7,50 USD lunch My AirBnB doorman Impressions from the Luis Ángel Arango Library My Gym Smartfit Colombia. Lunch in my local restaurant
This is Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. One of the most impressive and famous ensembles of Islamic architecture in Central Asia. The three magnificent madrasahs (Ulugh Beg, Tilya-Kori, and Sher-Dor) date from the 15th to 17th century and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What we have in this country today, then, is both anarchy (the failure of the state to enforce the laws) and, at the same time, tyranny—the enforcement of laws by the state for oppressive purposes; the criminalization of the law-abiding and innocent through exorbitant taxation, bureaucratic regulation, the invasion of privacy, and the engineering […]
Based on: Nature (2024), Volume 631, Pages 755–759 Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07566-y The Core Finding A 2024 study published in Nature shows a fundamental limitation of modern AI systems: when language models are repeatedly trained on data generated by other AI models, performance begins to degrade. Instead of improving over time, the model gradually loses diversity, […]
Vaduz Castle is the palace and official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein. I wish my dog could have run here. Liechtenstein is so tiny and unknown, that the passport contains an explanation, where it is located: Personal Income Tax Progressive rates: National tax ranges from 1% to 8%, plus […]
Discover Taiwan’s Underrated Golden Ticket: The Employment Gold Card If you’re a high-earning digital nomad, remote professional, or someone looking for a low-stress residency option in Asia, Taiwan’s Employment Gold Card deserves far more attention than it gets. For roughly $300 USD, you can secure a 3-year residence permit that includes work rights, provided you […]
Finance District Istanbul i 2013. Af Derrick Brutel. Licens: CC BY SA 2.0 People leave the US for many reasons: healthcare costs, political polarization, safety, or simply the desire for a slower pace of life. But almost always, one factor quietly sits at the top of the list: taxes. And right now, Turkey has […]
Imagine stepping out of an elevator, gazing at palm trees and turquoise water – and directly in front of you sits a barrier guarded by a man with a pistol. Behind it, a different set of laws applies. No joke, no dystopian film scene. This is Próspera, a private city on the Honduran island […]
Living abroad changes you. It changes your palate, your patience for bureaucracy, and—for a growing number of Western men—it completely rewires your expectations about love and dating. You may have seen the term “Passport Bros” floating around your TikTok feed or Reddit forums. At first glance, it looks like a niche internet subculture. But according […]