Global Stocktake
The Giant Dog-Pile Economy Turd
#DogPileEconomy I am not a fan of the “Dog-Pile Economy.” I think it is as…
De-carbonizing Fashion
Last week, even after Earth Day 2024 came and went, SOSV continued, like so many…
Happy Earth Day
Of course, everyone knows Earth Day is far more than one day. Like a birthday,…
Acumen
AI, the Social Mirror, and One Hand Clapping
AI is my “Friend” OK, we all know that AI is math. And. . ….
Another Spiral Around the Sun
Life is a Spiral Long ago I took a sociology class, and my professor would…
Hiding in Plain Site: My Little Pony and a New Theory on the Illuminati
What? It is the attention economy. An economy a truly advanced species should be well…
Nerding Out
Trekking Through Python’s “DLL Hell”: Versions, Packages, Virtual Environments
PYTHON DLL HELL On my local system (Ubuntu of some flavor), I had Python 2.7….
Overcome the Bitbucket Authentication Blues
TL;DR Although it was my fault, GitLab has been completely unhelpful getting me back into…
Finding Tomcat Version on Linux
OK, there are a bunch of different ways, but it depends how Tomcat was installed….
Can Radiation from Japan Hurt Me?
THE SUPER SHORT VERSION True, there is no SAFE level of radiation, but if I…
Breakfast Cereal “Trope” and the “Tooth Decay” of Futurism
Background OK, I have seen the word “trope” used to label an archetype or derivative…
BLOBs – The AIG of Data Integrity
OK – so there is no one-size-fits-all way to define the use of BLOBs in…
A mature, contextual internet is better than an SEO, influencer internet
It started with an odd capitalism vs co-op vlogger post There I was, on some…
Digitally Imported Radio (di.fm & sky.fm)
I’ve been listening to Digitally Imported for years and years. I’ve recently decided to become…
Alma Linux Certbot Install
The magic moment is here. We have Apache, we have snapd, it is time for…