Using technology

Using Technology

Like I said in my prior post, at this time of the year, there are so many festivities going on. One of them was our company luncheon where I got together with some ladies as others played video games. We got to talking about using Excel to automate our work and one of them said…

What Robots Can Do

What Robots Can Do

Well, it looks like while we were sleeping, the robot revolution progressed on. Now, robots can: read, write, see, hear and understand, speak, smell, touch, move understand emotions, play games, debate, create, and read your mind. With the exception of the last item which is beyond humans’ ken, they cover pretty much most of the…

Flat Earthers and Skepticism

Flat Earthers and Skepticism

When does skepticism veers into the ridiculous? This pops up in my news feed. The flat earthers are back! The perturbing thing about the article, aside from the comment that the flat earthers conferences are growing, is the line that flat earthers are generally curious and hyper-skeptical. They question things; they perform experiments to prove…

Take 2 on AI Takeover
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Take 2 on AI Takeover

Yesterday, I had a rather long post about one writer’s positive take on the automation/artificial intelligence/robot trend coming fast at us. I didn’t buy in his positive thesis, even though I wanted to believe in something positive, but his thesis just didn’t convince me – it was too free market oriented. I did want to…

Facebook and Lies

Facebook and Lies

Currently, pharmaceutical companies are under lawsuit for misleading marketing – for promoting LIES about how non-addictive their opioid products are. Cities are suing oil companies for deceiving the public that they don’t really know that fossil fuels are the causing climate change – in other words, for LYING about their knowledge about the real impacts…

Been Busy
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Been Busy

Fall is always a busy time for me with all of the additional stuff that I have to do that is outside of my normal activity, and this fall was no different. Usually, I can’t post as much or do as much drawing as I would like due to those other activities I’m required to…