# Krister Viirsaar - Software Engineer. [Here's my cv.](/cv) - Entrepreneur with 0/11 success. [101](/startupschool.html) - Teacher ## Current - [Koodikool](http://koodikool.ee) - Cryptocoin investing, software developing and community building. - Learning anything interesting from investing to psychology. - Building a van to live and travel in. ## Contact - Keybase: [KristerV](https://keybase.io/kristerv) - +372 563 55555 (Signal) - krister.viirsaar(ät)gmail - Tallinn, Estonia - IBAN EE987700771001379001 ## Writings - [Quit my job](http://code.krister.ee/day-1-jobless/) - [Going for the 5 hour workday](http://code.krister.ee/going-for-the-5-hour-workday/) - [My best project so far - shutting down](http://code.krister.ee/mybest-project-so-far-shutting-it-down/) - [My super focused desktop](http://code.krister.ee/my-coding-environment/) - [Mailgun + DigitalOcean](http://code.krister.ee/mailgun-digitalocean/) (most popular post of all time) - [Design experiment - movieatmyplace.com](http://code.krister.ee/movie-at-my-place/) ## Repos - [Heliumlabs.org](https://github.com/KristerV/heliumpay-budgetweb-backend) ([frontend](https://github.com/KristerV/heliumpay-budgetweb-frontend)) - [This website](https://github.com/KristerV/krister) - [Toitla](https://github.com/KristerV/toitla) - [My Arch Linux configuration and commands](https://github.com/KristerV/myLinux) - [Java study materials at i200.itcollege.ee](https://github.com/KristerV/javaCheatsheet) - [Java exam assignments](https://github.com/KristerV/javaEksam) - [The 2016 failed startup](https://github.com/KristerV/markdownsites) - [A music player for a massage parlour](https://github.com/KristerV/SalonMusicPlayer) - [Gist: Install the SPF plugin for VIM along with a few improvements](https://gist.github.com/KristerV/d5b6a3a15772dbef2c4385e1e57bc4e7) ## Favorite Reading * Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg * Alan Watts - Out of your mind [audio lecture] * Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind * Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely * How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie * Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch * The 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss * Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World * [What Science Says To Do If Your Loved One Has An Opioid Addiction](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-science-says-to-do-if-your-loved-one-has-an-opioid-addiction/) (article) ([also on point](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8L-0nSYzg)) * [Nothing is Cheaper than Proof of Work](http://www.truthcoin.info/blog/pow-cheapest/?q=1) ([TL;DR](http://code.krister.ee/everything-is-proof-of-work-summary/)) * [Mastering Bitcoin](https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/book.asciidoc) ## Favorite Educational Movies * [Gandhi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/) (1982) (not actually a doc) * [The Money Masters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgZWzztQklw) (1996) * [The Big Short](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/) (2015) * [Cowspiracy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3302820/) (2014) * [Zeitgeist](http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/) * [Supersize Me](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/) (2004) * [The End of Ownership](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOO-pYUl9-w) * [The Real Value of Your Personal Data](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7k_GZYLwk) * [What the Health](http://www.whatthehealthfilm.com/) # What I follow ### News * [Vox](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA) * [AJ+](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3Nm3T-XAgVhKH9jT0ViRg) * [VICE](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8zNIfYAQNdrFRrr8oibKw) * [Fusion](https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisfusion/videos) * [YCombinator news (HackerNews)](https://news.ycombinator.com/) * [Reddit World News](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/) * [CryptoCurrencies](https://coinmarketcap.com/) * [The Hackernews](http://thehackernews.com/) ### Science and learning * [Siraj Raval](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWN3xxRkmTPmbKwht9FuE5A) (Machine Learning) * [Veritasium](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA) * [Motherboard](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6PV0cvJpzlcXRG7nz6PpQ) * [MinuteEarth](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeiYXex_fwgYDonaTcSIk6w) * [vpro backlight](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ6GC0klkbFuQa-0ZePqkQ) * [LHV Investeerimise Foorum](https://fp.lhv.ee/?locale=et) * [Coding Horror](http://blog.codinghorror.com/) * [Wisecrack Philosophy](https://www.youtube.com/user/thugnotes/videos) * [Adam Ruins Everything](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ruins_Everything) * [Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q) * [Nerdwriter1](https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1/videos)