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….
Better secrets for Node.js apps? Meet Schluessel
TLDR Secrets. Encrypted. Easy to Use. Much fork. Much secret wow. https://github.com/Pik-9/schluessel About Secrets You…
SQL SERVER 2008 LEN() AND SPACES: The Debacle
Go ahead and fire up SQL Server (I have 2008 R2) and type the following…
Purple & Green
Maybe there are some places where it is not easy to be green. Here doesn’t…
Living and Sharing Our Truth
We humans are curious creatures. We are all abuzz and a flurry with our lives….
Using URL Shortify
I wanted to mess around with an Alma Linux distro, but to get there, I…
Walking for President in 2012
Well, I have decided that if you are completely fed-up with the candidate selections available…