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Coupon Scams

I used to think coupons were a scam. Now that I'm broke, this belief is quickly being re-evaluated. To be more precise, I still do think discounts are poor business practice. As Elon Musk and Apple show, you want people to pay a premium for your product,

By Andy Trattner 30 Oct 2026

Funemployed Part 2

I originally styled my life this way in September 2021 after settling into my cabin in the wilderness of Loja Ecuador. The term comes from Hattie Chung who inspired me while I was a 10th-12th grader (sophomore and junior) at MIT. 2026 marks a new chapter, more than half

By Andy Trattner 29 Oct 2026

My Top 10 Blog Posts

1. Ambition 2. What I Learned From Friends & Family Fundraising 3. The Future of Loving Grace 4. Money 5. The Bugsy Way 6. Nature vs Nurture 7. How I Won $16k in a Poker Tournament 8. Root Level Deflation 9. Elves 10. Brushing Teeth

By Andy Trattner 24 Oct 2026

After the Bliss Attractor

There is a thought experiment that asks us to consider, what if every single action causes a split reality to branch off, where the opposite thing happened? Perhaps you read some other blog post today rather than mine. And perhaps in 2019 I turned right instead of left at a

By Andy Trattner 23 Oct 2026

Starting Over At Age 30

I have had a lot of adventures in my life, but getting stuck in Sin City was certainly one of the worst. Since I was 9 years old, I have not felt so vulnerable and dependent on mysterious forces to bring me back into a sane world. I even prayed

By Andy Trattner 22 Oct 2026

Stuck in Sin City

I was recently held captive and sedated in Las Vegas for seven days, plus or minus a few, under 24/7 florescent lights where the staff would chatter and the TV played incessantly. The "emergency" room was crowded with farting homeless, including myself on a cot in the

By Andy Trattner 21 Oct 2026

Stories Untold

I've written before about story. What I did not write was how there are stories which resist telling. These special stories play out only when the characters choose to pick up and continue their role after the writer has abandoned his post. An unwritten ending may not be

By Andy Trattner 20 Oct 2026

sup

By Andy Trattner 25 Sep 2026

yay we did it - at least GROK understand the twitter algo, i guess? fucking yc man, cat li, zach kamran unreasonable hospitality

my feed. yikes. @nikitabier pic.twitter.com/K04Gfcd0ng — Ghost Basin (@ghostbasin) September 25, 2026 aliens are nice. people.

By Andy Trattner 25 Sep 2026

ABUNDANCE is HERE

aliens.

By Andy Trattner 25 Sep 2026

changing my nape name

ti phil ivy

By Andy Trattner 25 Sep 2026

great leap forward by reliable legacy media BBC

love this article actually and also all the chess content on Netflix thanks Hans Niemann (and magnus hikaru, alejandro ramirez, botez on stage at all in pod summit, and who else oh yea the kid from argentina the messi of chess et al). judit polgar is my hero. bobby fischer

By Andy Trattner 24 Sep 2026
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