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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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Honest goal
I’m tired of supporting activists who claim to be “holding power accountable” or “speaking truth to power” or “changing the world”. Machiavelli tells us that none of those events ever happen. Until now, Jeffrey Tucker’s Brownstone outfit was claiming to cause change in the circles of power, but never showing any real change. Now Jeffrey…
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Universal pattern
As GetReligion prepares to close down after 20 years of writing, it’s featuring some memoirs by frequent writers or founders. Cofounder Doug LeBlanc hits a resonant chord here: = = = = = START QUOTE: I note with amusement that most of my favorite posts attracted zero likes, and a few fiery dissents. That was…
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We manage somehow
It’s a peculiar situation. Polls consistently show that 2/3 of the population is perfectly tired of the political and corporate teams and all the crimes committed by the political and corporate teams. Yet no writers or politicians or corporations or advertisers or churches or entertainers are trying to pick up this audience. All the output…
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Hope everyone copies this law!
Via ArsTechnica, Britain is requiring software firms to notify users in advance of their endless psychopathic updates which always destroy functionality and prevent work. Apple is threatening to leave Britain. GOOD! I hope all countries enact similar laws so Apple will leave all countries.
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Pinfeed to Pigskin 1/3
The Pinfeed end. While trying to find a McBee computer from the ’50s, I ran into a peculiar system that used a similar coding. Here’s the presentation from a computer society meeting in 1955: = = = = = START QUOTE: The best way to cover this subject is to describe a machine system known…
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Pinfeed to Pigskin 2/3
The Pigskin end. (Continued from the Pinfeed end.) After 1960, NCR paper mostly took over multipage business forms. NCR paper didn’t need machines at all. One of my big themes: The best solutions come from improved materials and methods, NOT from new mechanisms or circuits or programs. Materials are the BIG story, damn near the…
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