COVID
The world is at 19,292,823 active cases and 3,116,012 total deceased. Australia in terms of locally acquired active cases there is 1 active case in Victoria, 3 in NSW, 1 in QLD, 4 in WA, 2 in SA.
This would just be weird in my opinion.
Finance and Economics
UK Central bank is officially exploring a central bank digital currency. It’s important to note that a central bank digital currency will not be a cryptocurrency nor will it use a distributed ledger nor will it be open for everyone to participate or innovate in. It will basically be the system we currently have except you will have your bank account directly with the central banks so that they can see what you do with your money and try to influence your spending habits by giving different groups of people different interest rates to encourage people to either spend or save.
No super fund in the country is offering the option to invest in cryptocurrency, despite Independent Reserve’s research indicating one in two Australians under the age of 35 are interested in investing their retirement savings into it. For example this guy who took his money out of the traditional super funds to put into a self managed super fund, and turned his $80k into $900k. You would probably need the ability stomach the price volatility because Bitcoin is now trading at $49,900 USD or $64,700 AUD. But since it’s a retirement fund, hopefully it means you have a longer time frame on your purchase.
Other Stuff
Watching Scott Morrison and the government lie about Christine Holgate makes me angry. She has done nothing wrong, and should be reinstated as CEO of AusPost, the board and chairman need to all be fired, and Scotty needs to grovel and say he is sorry for offending women everywhere. I’m so annoyed.
I found this tutorial about how to navigate the Linux shell very interesting.
If any slice of bread is moldy then throw the whole packet away.
So I have never learnt to swim in my life, not in school, not as an adult. I don’t even know how to float or anything remotely resemble surviving in water. I’m happy to stand and hang around the shallow end of the pool. Anyway I started taking lessons last weekend. First lesson in my life. I jumped in the water, and I said to the coach, I’ve never swum in my life. And he took out the Go Pro camera, and said go on show me freestyle while I film you. I shrugged my shoulders, and he said go on attempt what you think freestyle would look like. So I feebly failed my arms and legs about while trying to to swallow water. It was embarrassing. But by the end of the 50min session I was propelling myself forward with my legs in the superman position without the aid of a kick board or any other flotation device. In essence I found a Total Immersion swimming coach and I’m excited about swimming. Total Immersion swimming is a technique invented by the late Terry Laughlin. Watch Tim Ferris talk about Total Immersion swimming. Also watch the episode of Tim Ferris Experiment where Terry Laughlin takes a lady and has her swimming 800 meters in the open ocean in 5 days. I’m telling this story to hopefully get other people who have had stuff they haven’t go around to yet to go out and do something without worrying about failing. And maybe if you also haven’t learnt how to swim to get learning that too.
There might not be an update in the next 2 weeks, need to concentrate on my exam, but will be back on the 17 May. If you are reading directly from the website, put your email in to get it directly in your inbox. Anyway I’ll leave you with this that I’ve been contemplating.
You came naked.
You will go naked.
You arrived weak
You will leave weak
You came without money and things
You will leave even without money and things
Your first bath? Someone washed you
Your last bath? Someone will wash you
This is life, we only have a limited time on earth don’t waste it in uselessness. And be kind to each other.