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Should have guessed!
Henrique Bucher writes a substack on computer coding as used by stock traders. I’ve enjoyed reading it for the nerdy pleasures of machine language and compilers. His latest piece covers an entirely different technology, shortwave. I’ve talked repeatedly about the ‘sporting’ nature of shortwave, and the vacancy of the spectrum since SW broadcasters mostly surrendered…
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What desistance means
Desistance means depriving the system of your talents and resources. It does NOT mean getting into the system to obstruct things. Internal obstruction is a game that accomplishes less than nothing. I figured this out a LONG time ago when some of my semi-hippie friends joined the military to “reform the system from inside”. I…
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No eagers
O’Keefe pulls off an undercover “Tinder date” with a dude who heads Cybersecurity for two major government departments. Of course the official doesn’t reveal any significant Shannon information. Deepstate never reveals anything that isn’t already common knowledge. In this interview, similar to O’Keefe’s older interviews with media insiders, the insider DOES reveal that he isn’t…
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The real HAL threat
The AI monsters constantly tell us that the threat of AI is not THEIR theft of all skill and creativity. Supposedly the threat of AI is that it might take over the nukes. This is easy to debunk because Big Data has been in charge of the nukes for 50 years and hasn’t rebelled yet.…
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Buckle down and stay lazy!
I’m noticing a common theme in a lot of writers this week, which looks orchestrated. Let’s buckle down and get back to work! Let’s keep the wheels turning at full speed! Start families, have babies! NO. This is what the Tyrants want. They want everyone cheerfully working together to achieve total destruction. Empires don’t collapse…
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Useful insider view
Erik Larson writes from an insider view, noting that the latest style of AI has turned into a total juggernaut with no questioners. Before the recent inflection point of 2014, he saw quite a few doubters inside the establishment. Now, thanks to the Tech Tyrants with their social algorithms, everyone is Moving Together In The…
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Protos reports that the “banks” who bought up the “assets” of the demonic family offices posing as “banks” are struggling now. = = = = = START QUOTE: Early 2023 was an incredibly difficult time for regional banks in the US — particularly crypto banks. Silicon Valley, First Republic, Signature, Silvergate, and Pacific Western Bank…
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Not out of place!
Speaking of autonomous vehicles, here’s the real thing, right where it should be! Wonder if this is where they bought it?
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More autonomous
Continuing on AI…. Dembski writes about autonomous cars, with a historically obvious point. The monsters who are depopulating the world are ready and willing to change everything. ALL MUST YIELD to the Supreme Will of Zuck. The easiest way to insure that cars can be autonomous is called TRAINS. Elon appears to have concluded that…
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Clearly evil
Lawyer Richard Stevens lays out a strong case that AI makes extortion too easy. This style of extortion is VERY old, a variant on the Spanish Prisoner swindle. Your beloved grandson or your elderly aunt is being held captive! You need to pay the ransom now! But the payment is semi-legal and involves bribing some…
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Non-opposite day
Today is Hell is Freezing Over Day and Hug an Economist Day. Unlike some recent days that were complementary, today is a tautology. (More seriously, the stated purpose of Freezing Over day is inaccurate. Supposedly this is the time when winter gets bad. In fact the end of Jan tends to mark the end of…
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Depends on what you offer
There’s a lot of bitching lately about ‘audience capture’, meaning that the newspaper or broadcaster is forced to keep pleasing only Democrats or only Repooflicans. The bitchers are blaming the audience, ordering us to pay for stuff we don’t want in order to prevent the broadcasters from being ‘captured’. Wrong. Capture is permanent, inevitable and…
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Novative Ruption
In sync with my recent items about the history of Standard Register and the history of Electrotyping, and in sync with previous item about Bible IP, received an email just now from Monotype. I vaguely remember buying a license for a computer font LONG ago, maybe 2004. At that time I was trying to sell…
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Still secret after all these years
Since I’ve been ranting about Ockham vs the popes lately, this item from the Pillar seems apropos: = = = = = START QUOTE: The U.S. bishops’ conference told bishops last month that if parishes want to reprint Scripture in bulletins or worship aids, they need to pay USCCB licensing fees for the privilege. According…
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What’s the secret?
Random thought. I think I’ve written this before as part of some other ramble, but this morning it seems worth writing on its own. A long time ago I observed that Portugal was able to verbally defend a side without taking part in actual fighting. Spain and Portugal stayed out of WW1 and WW2 and…
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