Dwayne Phillips ' Day Book

Items I happen to view each day. Science, Techonology, Management, Culture, and of course Writing

This is my day book for this week. I have modeled this after science fiction and computer writer Jerry Pournelle's view, or as he calls it, his Day Book. I encourage you to see Jerry Pournelle's site and subscribe to his services.

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This week: October 10-16, 2016

Summary of this week:

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday

Monday October 10, 2016

The benefits to consumers of all these robots taking all these jobs. You benefit if you still have a job.

Samsung continues its struggles with the inflammable Galaxy Note 7; they suspend production.

The EU will add regulations regarding the (in)security of Internet of Things devices.

A closer look at Hero's new cameras and systems.

A long story detailing woes at Google's robotics divisions. Google is conservative when releasing new products on the world.

Is the all-electric-powered car dead, again? It just isn't economical yet.

Will Facebook and Google dominate the world for the next ten years? Perhaps this is all folly.

The misery continues in Haiti. This time its a hurricane causing a spike in attention. I guess I don't understand how any of the is works, but I make a case for the UN hiring Halliburton or someone to manage the place and reduce the suffering.

Practical security: the Apple Watch is banned from UK cabinet meetings from fear that it is hacked and listening.

This story is all over the Internet, so it must be important: everyone is talking about MS Paint for Win10.

O'Reilly has a large collection of programming eBooks for no charge.

The old guys strike back! Older programmers sue and win in court against Google for age discrimination.

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Tuesday October 11, 2016

Facebook finally releases Workplace, a.k.a., Facebook at work or something like that.

Samsung kills the Galaxy Note 7. The End. Finished. That is it. Somewhat unprecedented. Samsung is losing $17billion on the Galaxy Note 7.

Some of us remember the stock market crash of 1987. Is is about to happen again?

People have moved to iOS 10 faster than any prior update. Perhaps we just all expect updates.

It now appears that no one wants to buy Twitter, and this is killing its stock price.

Man made climate change has increased forest fires (dubious) and has caused the catastrophic 2016 election (obvious).

FreeBSD 11.0 is released.

Keegan, an automated photography coach. Send it a photo, get some tips.

Ken Bone: unlikely American "hero." Such is this year's election.

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Wednesday October 12, 2016

In a show of grandiosity, our lameduck President wants a mission to Mars. Nothing is impossible is you think someone else will do it.

A pair of German satellites has created a detailed topographic map of the world.

Our FCC fines Comcast a few pennies for charging customers for services they didn't want.

Our lameduck President says we will hit back at Russia for cyber attacks. Escalating a conflict.

Amazon launches its own music streaming service.

"The world is safer (per capita) than ever before in recorded history. And people are more frightened. The rise of the media matches the rise of our fear."—Seth Godin

Intel is now selling its own drone—made for industrial use.

Apple opens another research center in China; this one is in Shenzen.

Google's DeepMind doubles the size of its health care unit.

Shocker! (not) Cable TV users watch 10% of their channels 90% of the time.

HP updates its portable computers to be thinner and lighter than ever.

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Thursday October 13, 2016

Since Facebook replaced humans with software, it can't keep fake news off the site.

It won't happen to me. Samsung customers want to keep their Galaxy Note 7 phones.

HP evolves its portable computer line with edge-to-edge display, infrared camera, and of course faster processors.

Our government sets new records in asking Google for our information about us. What are we doing?

San Francisco has homeless persons living in tents on sidewalks. The uber rich want them removed. Compassion?

Cheap drones + cheap explosives = new ISIS weapons.

Apple computer rumors: each key will be a display.

Autonomous vehicles will be a blessing for those of us who cannot drive. Real technology for people.

Our President keeps talking AI research. Who was President the last 7 years 10 months?

Apple's Siri was the leading edge; now it lags behind everyone.

Lots of criticism today about Donald Trump entering women's dressing rooms. The criticizers are the same persons who advocate for gender self-identification and using whatever dressing room a person chooses. I suppose that there is much about this that I don't understand.

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Friday October 14, 2016

HP will cut several thousand more jobs in the next couple of years. Economic recovery?

Google adds fact checking to its news service.

The AI wave will change the world! I've read this same lame prediction for decades. This time is NOT different.

Online content: Netflix pays Chris Rock $40million for two comedy specials.

Samsung problems? Soylent's meal bars are causing people to vomit.

Disassemble your house and move it with you. Nice idea, not practical yet.

Industry giants create OpenCAPI standards for data center acceleration.

Coming real soon now from Google: a search index made just for mobile devices.

It is October 2016, and Ubuntu 16.10 is released.

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Saturday October 15, 2016

Amazon and VMWare partner to make each other richer in the cloud.

Our government bans the Galaxy Note 7 from flights. The ban is unenforceable, will not be enforced, and makes criminals out of citizens. Bad move all around.

Candidate Clinton to pour money into education alternatives and make them unaffordable, too.

Forget the traditional televisor; get a projector.

Big soda, big money, and health studiers. Who is the bad guy here? The money people or those who sell out to them?

Shocking news (not). Companies that offer luxury services target the wealthy as customers.

Economic recovery? Layoffs in the technology industry are growing. The unemployed will never work in tech again.

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Sunday October 16, 2016

Mosquitoes: the deadliest creature on our planet. Ready to go to Mars to find something tiny and deadly there?

More WikiLeaks of Clinton documents.

Seth Godin on corrosion: slow, creeping, analog failure.

A look back at the Video Home System, a.k.a., VHS tapes. A generation of fun.

A good look at tech employment in China. Growth continues; inflation causes some farmsourcing.

Once again, don't buy a computer now. Wait until next year when they will finally be really good.

A study of weight gain, BMI, and such reveal some counterintuitive conclusions.

Samsung reveals a Chromebook that costs 3x what a Chromebook should cost. They've lost sight of the target.

This is a good post about travel writing and earning money while travelling.

Writing for your own good, i.e., as therapy.

Some other writings to write while you're writing the next great American novel.

NaNoWriMo—how do you approach it? Here are some tips and tools.

Write a little poetry today. It won't hurt.

One writer advocates planning a novel before writing the first draft. This method works well for me. It doesn't work for everyone.

Your high school English teacher was wrong about a lot of things regarding writing. We are adults now and can ignore what they told us.

30 minutes a day for 30 days—cultivating a writing habit and better writing. It is this simple. I it this difficult. It is this complex.

Fighting against The Book Monster.

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