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A career in Tech Support
Anyone who is even moderately geeky soon becomes the Tech Support person for all their tech-challenged friends and family. My professional friends are all pretty tech-y and know this all too well. But I also have a foot in the … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor, Tech
Tagged comedy, humor, life, Love, power, technology, technology advances
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Solar Roadways is funding – and why you should care
Scott and Julie Brusaw of Idaho came up with the brilliant idea of embedding solar cells into roadways. Even with the meager conversion rates of today’s solar cells and even in the more Northern regions where the incident solar angle … Continue reading
Posted in Global issues, Social issues, Tech
Tagged economy, future, government, IMHO, life, power, technology, technology advances
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American slavery – it’s a thing
After an informal analysis of the health insurance system in the USA, I’ve come to the conclusion that while Lincoln may have freed the slaves, we haven’t actually abolished slavery here. In fact, it is alive and well, enshrined in … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Global issues, Rant, Social issues
Tagged fail, government, life, power, rant
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Net Neutrality – Part 2
In my yesterday’s Net Neutrality post I wrote “For your ISP, a packet is a packet is a packet.” In another forum, Howard responds: Speaking as an ISP engineer, no, it isn’t that simple. Set aside preferential charging of source … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Global issues, Rant, Social issues, Tech
Tagged fail, government, internet, life, power, rant, technology, technology advances
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Net neutrality for the rest of us
Net Neutrality has been framed as a debate between corporate giants who can well-afford to pay to publish their content, and rightly should. But that’s a straight-up lie. Let’s try a thought experiment, shall we? Imagine the public outcry if … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Global issues, Rant, Tech
Tagged fail, government, internet, power, privacy, rant, technology
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Facebook explores emergent behavior, invents bully-bot
Has anyone actually been successful getting Facebook to enforce its own Terms of Service? Because I’m striking out left and right. Oddly, the people having success seem to be the ones abusing the reporting process. In his book Out Of … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Global issues, Rant, Social issues, Tech
Tagged facebook, fail, future, internet, life, power, rant, relationships, singularity, technology
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