Today even people who know nothing about computers have heard of hackers, ransomeware, and spyware. There was even a very funny Dick Tracy comic strip in the 1970s where this scruffy old guy visits a doctor’s office complaining of his systems and in the last frame says Give it to me straight doc! Have I got one of them Computer Viruses? scruffy old guy Hollywood created the greatest computer hacking movie of all time in … How Hackers Get InRead more
Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Tales that just make you want to scream and other humiliating kicks to the crotch.
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Your Roku OPT-OUT Letter
Like many of you I have some Roku devices. Once the streaming services managed to compress/strip Standard Definition television far enough the pathetic 25Mbps download speed Internet services available in rural America made it possible to stream. No matter what the Federal Government says, 25Mbps is not high speed broadband nor should it really be considered broadband. It’s definitely better than what you will get with HughesNet’s constantly “throttled” connections and “fair use” meaning the … Your Roku OPT-OUT LetterRead more
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Dice – This is Broken
You would think, Dice, a site branding itself as being for “technology jobs” would know better than use Agile and off-shore labor. Nothing screams “I’m just a hack!” like using the phrase “full stack.” I don’t know for a fact they are using off-shore or visa worker labor, but that is definitely the quality of the software being turned into production. I’ve written about Agile on this blog before. I’ve even written a book on … Dice – This is BrokenRead more
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Myth – Nobody Wants to Work
I’ve been hearing this myth, nobody wants to work, repeated by Qanon nutters and Trump supporters (same thing?) who are too stupid to look anything up for quite some time now. Every now and then you will get a propaganda machine that calls itself a news network (FOX) trotting out phrases like There are over 9 million open jobs in America. Propaganda networks What happens is they take well meaning valid data from the 50,000 … Myth – Nobody Wants to WorkRead more
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It’s time for all AI to be FDA regulated
There have been a lot of calls for Congress to regulate AI (Artificial Intelligence). Congress by itself can never achieve such a goal, though I thank Ted Lieu for trying. What Congress can do is make all things AI fall under the purview of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) just like any other medical device. Featured image is courtesy of tonybates.ca Case for Medical Device Classification “But, but, but, . . . it’s just … It’s time for all AI to be FDA regulatedRead more