The get-rich-quick fintech masterminds are leveraging AI companies and the tech lords to make money fast for those avarati (people well versed in avarice) and shovel even more virtual money into AI companies. Why is AI attracting so much snake oil? They already have a ludicrous circular financing game running. Most reasoning people see a…
Category: Technology
Robot Optimism
I follow a couple of YouTubers who report on developments in the technological realm of AI and robotics. Recently, one described work at Meta on a home companion/helper robot based on the “dog” platform that many robot developers have adopted. Give Meta credit for opportunistic exploitation of the love that people have for dogs. The…
Let’s Simplify Dating
This morning, I was doing calculations in my head involving dividing by the number of months in a year. 12, yeah. Divide by 12. It would be a lot easier if it was 10. Why not have 10 months per year? 36.5 days per month. Look, it’s already easier (dividing 365 days by 10)! So,…
Cannot create a secure computer
I don’t trust the big computer vendors and their clouds, namely Apple and Microsoft. I don’t trust the big cloud providers. ISPs make it too costly or impossible to have my own server. So, how do I even get my own client system that stores all my files encrypted has security, integrity and trust? FOSS….
Social Networks and Privacy
There’s been a lot of news about Ello, a new social network on the block, but one that promises privacy, in contrast with Facebook. Why don’t people know that diaspora* has been around for a long time, has over a million users and respects privacy and has no ads? Here’s an article about this.