Tag: Biggest

Inthe exciting world of startups, we often get swept up in innovative ideas, growth strategies, and disruptive technologies. However, behind the scenes, there’s an unassuming document that quietly plays a crucial role in a startup’s journey: the capitalisation table, or “cap table&...

This is my first email newsletter. I´m not really sure what I´m doing. The plan is to be sharing thoughts and musings from the week. Not sure if anyone is going to find this useful but I want to share with you how I became a totally different person, with a totally different mindset with...

Four years ago, I sold almost everything I had, packed my bags, and left the US to travel Europe. I never thought I would’ve made it this far. Not because I thought I would quit—it’s just that I had no expectations. Four years (and a ton of madness) later, my life is compl...

You did it, you worked your ass off and you made it to that Vice President job you had on your vision board… Or; you accidentally got there through an obsession to learn and take on projects with bigger and bigger impact. If so, congrats! Or maybe that job is still on your vision board, if so...

Terraform (or OpenTofu if you prefer open source) has emerged as a pivotal player in the evolving Infrastructure as Code (IaC) landscape, facilitating the management and provision of cloud resources through code. However, like any tool, it has drawbacks and tradeoffs. Challenges such ...

Camp Nou is one of the most famous football stadiums not only in Europe, but in the whole world. It is home ground of the one of the most successful football clubs in world — FC Barcelona. Check out our Camp Nou Poster Construction of the Camp Nou began on March 28, 1954, after ...

An accelerator is a cohort-based support program that runs for a fixed time period. By joining an accelerator program, startups are offered benefits like mentorship and educational workshops. At the end of it startups often compete in a pitch event or demonstration day (otherwise known as ‘Dem...

People often wonder which is the biggest port in the world. US Google alone registers above 500 such queries every month, but the result of this search often proves to be rather boring. Port statistics mostly include the busiest ports in the world. Therefore, all of them are container ports and 9...

I’ve had this in my drafts for months and I’ve been scared to post it but I need to speak out because things keeps getting worse! The delusion that NYC is still a great place to live, or even visit, needs to stop for the sake of our collective sanity. New York City is the world’s b...

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and among the most diverse, cosmopolitan, educated and successful cities in the world. But it has serious challenges from poor transit to congestion to unaffordable housing prices that have led to significant discontent among many of its citizens. Most clearly t...

blogTO is Toronto’s main stop for local news, reviews, and best of lists. Created in 2004, it’s one of the city’s longest standing culture sites. A new visual identity and responsive web design were required to help the organization preserve its place as a contemporary destination ...

If you’re in a position to save for retirement, it’s not hard to see how having a retirement account can be an excellent idea. For most people, retirement accounts are the best way to save for your golden years. They have tax advantages, they allow you to grow your money at a faster r...

You’ve spent some time “putting your own stamp” on it. You got those Shaker-style kitchen cabinets, wooden countertops and a double oven. Your bathroom has pretty floor tiles and a rain shower. It looks like something off a Pinterest board. Except you feel like something’s...

So many people barely glance at their bank statements, ignore tracking expenses, and emotionally spend without realizing where hundreds (if not thousands) disappear to monthly. Without clarity around exactly how you spend, you cannot strategically save, pay down debt, or methodically work towards...

As the season of giving comes to a close, we can be sure of this: The charity that will raise more money than any other in 2019 will be Fidelity Charitable, an enterprise that manages the charitable giving of more than 200,000 mostly well-to-do clients. While legally classified as a 501...

We’ve all seen them: articles from publications with names like “Penny Saver” and “Penny Hoarder” offering lists of ideas to help us get out of debt. Some of the ideas are okay, like selling stuff we have around the house or driving for Uber or DoorDash. Those can wo...

I was cycling in the upper recesses of the Himalayas and stayed over for a couple of nights in a monk’s hermitage. Over morning tea, two local guests questioned him about sharing his opinion on an issue of political interest. He asked them back, What do you have to do with this? If I say in...

If it’s all about compassion, shouldn’t we think twice before buying leather? Or consider the environmental impact of our choices, since the meat industry contributes significantly to global warming? And, for dog lovers, shouldn’t adopting strays be just as valuable as buying the &...

As someone who works in special education as an IEP chair (someone who oversees the special education process at my school), I have facilitated more than a hundred IEP meetings over the past year. It’s my second year in the position, but I have earned a reputation as someone who is good at adh...

Individuals born under the Pisces zodiac sign, known for their compassionate and intuitive nature, harbor specific fears that profoundly shape their approach to life. Here is a detailed exploration of potential fears for Pisces individuals: Fear of Reality: Pisceans often have a deep-seated fear...

The light speed pace of new and evolving technology has normalized the prevalence of digital communication to an unprecedented level. This has unintended consequences for teens. For example, social media posts spreading hate and violence are easier to view and faster to share, with the ability to...

A simple case study of the logistics industry can reveal how it functions on uncoordinated set-pieces that cause inefficiencies and disparity in functioning. But, the industry has also been suffering from a shortage of truck drivers. What is causing this shortage and why are even existing truck driv...

Imagine what it must have been like, as it was for so long throughout human history and prehistory, to look up at the wonders of the night sky in ignorance: not knowing what you were seeing or where any of it came from. All you could behold with your eyes were those glittering points of light in the...

The structure of the Fomalhaut stellar system is revealed for the first time in this annotated JWST image. A central inner disk, followed by a (likely planet-caused) gap, an intermediate belt, more planets (and another gap), and finally a Kuiper belt analog, complete with what’s been dubbed th...

A black hole is the ultimate prison. It is impossible to exit from the interior of its event horizon even at the speed of light. For those freedom-lovers who are worried about the risk of entering a region where no escape is possible, there is one existential question: how large is the mouth of the ...

Imagine what it must have been like to study the Universe, at a fundamental level, way back in the early 1900s. For over 200 years, the physics of Newton appeared to govern how objects moved, with Newton’s law of universal gravitation and laws of motion dictating how things moved on Earth, in ...

The Universe, everywhere we look, is full of cataclysmic events and transient outbursts. A combination of X-ray, optical, and infrared data reveal the central pulsar at the core of the Crab Nebula, including the winds and outflows that the pulsars care in the surrounding matter. The central b...

Dogs are dichromatic (see less colors than us), and they rely on olfaction. Dolphins don’t need to see well underwater, so they echolocate. Parrots and hummingbirds see too many more colors than we do. Fish sense electric fields to know their surroundings...

A black hole is the ultimate prison. It is impossible to exit from the interior of its event horizon even at the speed of light. For those freedom-lovers who are worried about the risk of entering a region where no escape is possible, there is one existential question: how large is the mouth of the ...

TLDR: The biggest number is 16 digits long Ask an astronomer and we travel in aeons into the universe and beyond. Ask a microphysicist and we slip into mystical quarks and preons, the building blocks of everything. Ask my 5 year old and you get 643. This is a question everyone can g...

Red supergiants are some of the largest stars (by volume) in the Universe. Stars are not born as red giants; they become one, as this is the final stage in the evolution of most stars. Due to their massive mass, they have a short lifespan for stars — ranging from 30 million to several hundred ...

Imagine what it must have been like, as it was for so long throughout human history and prehistory, to look up at the wonders of the night sky in ignorance: not knowing what you were seeing or where any of it came from. All you could behold with your eyes were those glittering points of light in the...

TLDR: The biggest number is 16 digits long Ask an astronomer and we travel in aeons into the universe and beyond. Ask a microphysicist and we slip into mystical quarks and preons, the building blocks of everything. Ask my 5 year old and you get 643. This is a question everyone can g...

A black hole is the ultimate prison. It is impossible to exit from the interior of its event horizon even at the speed of light. For those freedom-lovers who are worried about the risk of entering a region where no escape is possible, there is one existential question: how large is the mouth of the ...

The urgent demand for effective treatments became undeniable during the pandemic’s grip on the world. However, the traditional route for developing drugs is known for its lengthy and costly process. That is when AI stepped in as a beacon of hope. By sifting through vast amounts of medical data...

We all have body insecurities. For a long time in my life, I let my negative thoughts and insecurities bring me down. I used to feel uncertain about how I presented myself and would be unconfident as I walked down the street. The slightest external factor would affect how I felt about myself f...