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They have been calling this era the late stage or end stage capitalism. Whether that is correct or not, we appear to be in the era of great income inequality and are rushing headline into oligarchy, if we are not already there. And so, some are very angry. ‘There are a lot of bitter people…
I’m “under the weather” so I’ve been lazy and mostly watching videos, keeping up with the news, especially that from California. It’s been a while since I have written about fires, and I thought we might get by without news of terrible fires. But the fires came roaring back as if making up for being…
In my attempt to find what was new in Excel during 2024, I asked CoPilot to provide me what it knew was new. One feature was the linking a cell to a shape which was interesting to me and reminded me of the camera in Excel feature. This feature is not a well-known feature and…
Here’s a couple of data points to think about the upcoming year 2025: I didn’t do my usual celebratory picture of the new year because it didn’t feel right against the anxious anticipatory mood. If tariffs happen and if mass deportation effects happen as projected, a lot of people are going to be hurt –…
There has been a huge debate going on about the H1B visas and the topic does bring up complex issues with no easy resolution. One the one side, those for the visas claim that the H1B visas allow companies, especially the tech companies, to bring in highly talented people with skills that they can’t find…
Recently, New York Times wrote up an article describing the timeline of the drone freakout. The article was titled “How Drone Fever Spread Across New Jersey and Beyond”. (This article may be behind paywalls.) I thought it gave a good picture of the events creating the hysteria. There is not much more to be said…
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