Friday, April 25, 2025

The Trial ...



The notion of the DOJ doing a number on Google based on any core competency it may have in dealing with an entity as complex and efficient as Google truly is regarding search and browser tech staggers the imagination. Knowing a little bit about complex systems, I know that tearing apart something based on little knowledge, think Musk and DOGE, is disconcerting to say the least. Penalize Google but don't dismantle as the chaos brought forth will be traumatic to the max. I don't know the proper way to deal with Google but I do know what damage can ensue when someone with little knowledge but intense bravado can do if one has the power to do it, but perhaps DOJ should contact Big Balls because he has the prerequisite experience and smarts to solve this wicked problem, right?


Funny thing here is that the environment works, doesn't it? Read The Verge's entire piece, it's the smart thing to do. 

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Being an Aspie ...



Being an Aspie causes yours truly to look at the world differently. Not better, not worse, just differently. Though not far along on the Autistic spectrum, the remarks from a know nothing like RFK Jr. regarding a genetic condition is insulting as folks like me have held jobs, done creative stuff and have had a positive impact on society without question. Most of the great artists and scientists were Aspies like Turing, Mozart, Dylan and Michangelo along with Jobs, Musk and Einstein which means I'm in good company and ... it's not preventable. Parents have a right to be pissed and so do I but what do you expect from an administration from hell where the only qualification to serve in Trump world is kiss his ass 24/7. 







I was lucky, it took me years to learn to work with people and I can honestly say I've gotten pretty good at it. :) For others, Autism can be a tragic and intense life-changing situation for parents to deal with.


Monday, April 21, 2025

Captein Numb Nuts ...



Captain Numb Nuts strikes again with a second Signal post talking ops but this time, his wife, brother and personal lawyer were in on the call as they, as lay civilians,  have vital interests in ongoing military strike operations. Adding this fubar to the continuing CF in the Pentagon with personnel firings and worker anxiety to the extreme shows yet another outstanding example of proving to us rubes the stable genius in the white house sure knows how to pick "em" 
without question.

Saturday, April 19, 2025

It's all about the data ...

Photo Illustration: Wired staff - GettyImages

Well, as you, my loyal readers know, the take by yours truly regarding Doge and Musk is not efficiency, it's data as Musk is a data broker, not a genius engineer but we already know that, right? With Starrlink in the White House and SSA, along with other agencies, the ability to make tremendous amounts of money, becomes a given. The ability to amass great power also becomes a given as high end access to high end data makes Musk the defacto president as the choke point to all that content begins and ends with a really smart amoral guy bent on becoming the most powerful man on the planet.

To whit ...

It’s April, and the US is experiencing a self-inflicted trade war and a constitutional crisis over immigration. It’s a lot. It’s even enough to make you forget about Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency for a while. You shouldn’t.

To state the obvious: DOGE is still out there, chipping away at the foundations of government infrastructure. Slightly less obvious, maybe, is that the DOGE project has recently entered a new phase. The culling of federal workers and contracts will continue, where there’s anything left to cull. But from here on out, it’s all about the data.

Few if any entities in the world have as much access to as much sensitive data as the United States. From the start, DOGE has wanted as much of it as it could grab, and through a series of resignations, firings, and court cases, has mostly gotten its way.

In many cases it’s still unclear what exactly DOGE engineers have done or intend to do with that data. Despite Elon Musk’s protestations to the contrary, DOGE is as opaque as Vantablack. But recent reporting from WIRED and elsewhere begins to fill in the picture: For DOGE, data is a tool. It’s also a weapon.

What could that data be used for? Anything. Everything.


7:00 PM

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Hints of life ...



Yours truly has always thought life is everywhere because the laws of physics appear to be consistent throughout the  universe as far as we know and ... life is incredibly resilient in ways boggling the mind. With this in mind, Webb just made a most interesting discovery without question.

Sunday, April 13, 2025

One of 36 ...


Well, if anyone has any doubts about the Israelis committing genocide in Gaza, those doubts should go away as the last hospital in Gaza got bombed, taking out a large part of the facility with consummate ease using US ordinance to make it happen because terrorists are plotting attacks yet again because hospitals are ideal places from which to attack Israelis without question.

NBC News verified multiple scenes from Al-Alhi Baptist Hospital showing people in beds being wheeled away from the area, and the devastation afterward, including a large hole in one of the walls that might have been part of the hospital facilities and video showing devastation inside the hospital’s church.

The Israeli military said the compound was used by terrorists “to plan and execute terror attacks,” without providing evidence, and that steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians before the strike, including issuing advanced warnings.

Naim said there were “no militants or military activity in the building or anywhere in the hospital.”

Hamas called the attack “a new escalation of criminality” and accused Israel of a “systemic series of attacks” on hospitals and schools. It provided a list of 36 hospitals across Gaza it says Israel has attacked since the current conflict began.


Thursday, April 10, 2025

"That’s something that we’ll look at.”



Yours truly doesn't like to dwell on negative crap but when looking at the brain worm aka Robert Kennedy Jr., negative's the only vibe appropriate as this arrogant know nothing is putting lives at risk while knowing nothing at all. 

To whit.

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Just another brick in the wall/rev II



Yours truly has always admired Cornell, not only for its unique blend of tech and the arts (computer graphics and English) but also for its quiet confidence in knowing it's one of the great centers of learning for the entire world. Upon reading about Agent Orange withholding US funding to the tune of 1 billion, based on "contrary" ideological issues, the connect to the two bricks in the wall blurbs along with the Smithsonian fubar come to mind as this is exactly what dictatorial governments do to curtail creative thinking from entities like Cornell and Northwestern.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University has been frozen while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, the White House said.



Tuesday, April 08, 2025

The Dire Wolf lives ...



Meet Romulus, a Dire Wolf brought back to life via gene editing of a different kind, something considered to be science fiction, until now.



How cool is that? :)

Predation ... no matter the size


The strategy's the same no matter the size.