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….
The Boring Legal Stuff
Legalese is some of the most mind-numbing prose ever invented, imho. It really does drive…
Goal Setting Across Space Time
Defining “my way” has been an exercise I undergo every 6 – 12 months as…
Letting go of Psychological Anti-Patterns
The gift of another year As the fires of Autumn color dim to a soft…
Thoughts for MLK Day
I certainly am not a civil rights expert, nor am I well read on the…
The Counselor: It Sucked, But Why?
I think Rotten Tomatoes has a pretty good synopsis: “The Counselor raises expectations with its talented…
SqlDbType and varchar(max) or nvarchar(max)
The short answer? Use SqlDbType.VarChar or SqlDbType.NVarChar with a size of -1. For more info,…