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….
Stopping the Hackers
OK, so I was at work and tried save a web-conference event to my Outlook…
Using xAI to Fact Check 42
We all know that 42 is “The answer to the ultimate question of life, the…
GoDaddy vs PETA
You know… I used to work for GoDaddy. So, when a friend of mine sent…
Sony MDM-X4, Yamaha MD4 and about 15 years
DISCLAIMER I am conducting an experiment on my equipment that is hopefully to your benefit,…
The Code Cheese
I thought to myself, “This should be fairly straightforward.” And, in my defense, in the…
Challenging the Bubble
We all live in a bubble of our design… OK, maybe that is just another…