I don’t have a Twitter account, nor do I want one. Interesting Authors Blog has a Twitter feed so once in a blue moon I click the box at the right on that blog and verify things look okay. Today I found out there is yet another bug in this “Social Media Auto Publish” plug-in from xyzscripts.com. Never get anything from these people. It is just untested shit. Shiny examples of why AGILE Methodology is … Another Reason AGILE SucksRead more
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Question From a Reader
The following question came in from a reader who happened to catch one of my posts on a programming email list. ==== As usual, I quite enjoy your detailed analysis coupled with historical contexts, since I learned my trade through those days (Sun SPARC workstations, VAX minicomputers running VMS, etc.). They are always entertaining, usually edifying, and sometimes nostalgic for me. :) I’m curious, though, about one particular point you made: Windows isn’t even going … Question From a ReaderRead more
Posted inExperience / Information Technology / Investing / Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Do You Really Think Any of the On-line Services Keep Your Identity Information Safe?
Maybe the TJ MAXX breach didn’t scare you because you don’t shop there. Maybe the Target breach didn’t scare you because you don’t shop there. Maybe the Yahoo breach didn’t scare you because you never opened an account. The RNC data breach probably didn’t scare you, even though Time and other outlets report the information contained date of birth along with your address and an RNC ID, simply because you never heard of it, but, … Do You Really Think Any of the On-line Services Keep Your Identity Information Safe?Read more
Posted inInformation Technology / Raspberry Pi
How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 18
The Internet has no shortage of “how to cross compile Qt for Pi Web pages.” Most of them kind of were “right enough” at one point in time for a subset of people. Most of them don’t bother to tell you what the host system is. I suspect many of them used a 32-bit host system which masked most of the problems with their instructions. The instructions found here definitely fall into this category. How … How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 18Read more
Posted inExperience / Information Technology / Investing / Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Why 1099?
Some pieces of this content have been in other posts by me. I’m going to put it all in one post so I can just send recruiters here rather than have the same conversation for the 32,767th time. Why 1099 instead of W-2 or Corp-Corp? I started in IT consulting well before we had the infamous 20 questions. I believe it was even before we had the sub-chapter S corporation as well. The options available … Why 1099?Read more