Archive - Pepe Blog

Why do hotels cost so much

Introduction Hotels are 4x the price of rentals. Why do you have to pay hotel prices to rent an apartment for 1-2 months? Why do you have to pay hotel…

Apr 21

November 2023

Bay Area Incomes

Let’s grab data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and examine the claim that Bay Areans are the master race… Ok, well at least that they make more…

Nov 16, 2023

March 2023

How much do armed forces members get paid? An average US citizen would expect very good pay from working in the military, with the benefit dropping to 0…

Mar 16, 2023

July 2022

Mgen, HPV, and other STI info

Today I want to discuss some STI facts you might not know. I’ll mention Mycoplasma genitalium (mgen), natural clearance of HPV, testing in general, and…

Jul 30, 2022

December 2021

Third Party Recruiters

Applying for jobs is a long and frustrating experience for most people. Among all the weird lifehacks you might consider, you generally decide what's…

Dec 30, 2021

August 2021

Random Self Experiments

I'm running some randomized self experiments on what affects my sleep and work. While it's possible to just do what works for the average person in…

Aug 21, 2021

April 2021

Almost Presidents

How do you, personally, become president? In thinking about what makes someone a likely candidate for US president the main trouble is a severe lack of…

Apr 24, 2021

Comparing Countries and Continents

I see many country comparisons online that look like this Consider the populations of these countries Luxembourg - 0.6m Switzerland - 8.6m Ireland …

Apr 3, 2021

February 2021

Alternative College

There's an explore-exploit tradeoff in job search. In this post I explain that college is well into the exploit side. I propose that you use job…

Feb 17, 2021

January 2021

Napkin Math - Vaccine vs B117

Papers estimate that the new variant B117 has a current R value 0.47 higher than the old strain. That’s an R value 1.56x the old strain. With the old…

Jan 8, 2021

December 2020

Ordered Prediction Markets

Say you want to know how many Tesla cars will be sold next year. You can make a prediction market on this question and let people trade based on the…

Dec 22, 2020

Deep dives on random topics

Welcome to Pepe Blog by me, Pepe. Sign up now so you don’t miss the first issue. In the meantime, tell your friends!

Dec 15, 2020

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts