I recently discovered a distributed computing project for COVID-19 DNA research called Rosetta@Home ( https://foldforcovid.io/ ). Having 8 Raspberry Pis which…
Category: Non-Technical.Thoughts
Just general thoughts of genius, that apply to the rest of the world.
Government… Indirect to You!
You may have noticed a wave of channels removed recently by Google for violating content policies, and the screams from…
“Pay No Attention To That Man Behind The Curtain”
That’s the famous line from the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard is putting on quite a show for Dorothy, The…
Think Twice Before Escalating Anything
A few weeks ago, I read the new reports based on tweets made during the diversion of a flight, on…
Unexpectedly Joining the Distributed Workforce
After an unusual set of circumstances, my company has shifted its IT and software development staff into a distributed workforce…
The Call for a Constitutional Convention
It’s time. The United States Constitution, in Article V, has a clause describing a Constitutional Convention which the states may…
The wisdom of the ages
Story #1: There was an old Indian Chief who once commissioned a group of young men in his tribe for…
Technology is so SaaS-y, it’s not modeling the real world
“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think…
The 26th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
I was lucky to be in the United States Air Force and stationed at Tempelhof Central Air Base in Berlin, on…
The Third Man to credit for the fall of The Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall is an event that is very personal to me, since I was stationed at…