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….
Letting go of Psychological Anti-Patterns
The gift of another year As the fires of Autumn color dim to a soft…
BLOBs – The AIG of Data Integrity
OK – so there is no one-size-fits-all way to define the use of BLOBs in…
Rosy Glasses & DEI taking on the Dystopian Future
TLDR I read this article by Douglas Rushkoff, about the ultra-rich giving up on humanity….
Another Spiral Around the Sun
Life is a Spiral Long ago I took a sociology class, and my professor would…
Stopping the Hackers
OK, so I was at work and tried save a web-conference event to my Outlook…
Welcome, Transcendeon
Ironically, although I am aware of transcendentalism, I am not well-versed on it. The name…