Wiskundige – Dutch/Afrikaans for mathematician
(Des)kundige – Dutch/Afrikaans for expert
I’m a mathematician. This is not my occupation, but rather my personality: What topics I’m interested in and how I approach problems.
I manage proprietary investments, mostly in listed companies.
I’m based in the Republic of Georgia. Hence an address ending in ‘.ge’
I have also explored many countries my bicycle. Here are my journals that predate this site:
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/aroundeurope/
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/indochinapursuit/
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/burgers/
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/5000years/
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/roads2rome/
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South Africa Road Trip
Just as I started to make plans, a new COVID variant (Omicron) emerged prompting many countries to close their borders again. Fortunately I one of my friends wanted to make a road trip. So I could visit a few of South Africa’s wonders:
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Decision to emigrate
During the lockdown of 2020, I was stuck in South Africa (my home country). I witnessed first hand how poor policies lead to unnecessary hardship: First the government made draconian regulations in order to fight the Covid. The general public ignored the measures. So the result was not to flatten the curve, but merely to…