Items I happen to view each day. Science, Technology, Management, Culture, and Writing
This is my day book for this week. It is a log of things I see on the Internet.
This week: 30 August to 5 September, 2021
Stronger rumors that the next iPhone will have satellite communications.
Dr. Fauci extends his expertise to education and school-age kids.
The case against pay cuts for people working from home.
Comparing today's Facebook to the ill-fated America Online of the 1990s.
Hurricane Ida swept through Louisiana last night. I have yet to hear from folks there this morning.
....Zoom continues to reap a financial bounty as the prolonged year of the virus drags on.
And now America has the US Digital Corps. If you have experience, you need not apply. I guess this is supposed to be the Peace Corps. Young tech talent goes to the wasteland that is the Federal government, shakes their heads in disbelief, toils for a couple of years, and then leaves knowing that the swamp won't ever change, but they gave it a good try.
We are officially out of Afghanistan. Why educated people call this America's longest war is as silly as it is false. Will someone label that claim as misinformation or disinformation and ban these folks from something?
Google releases details on its algorithms that greatly increase the resolution of images.
.....Following Apple's example, Google is developing its own processors for its Chromebooks and such.
Apple's next Watch is hitting production problems.
Nvidia shows new tools and techniques to allow a person to train their own text-to-speech voice.
Google delays its return to the office until January.
.....I see what may be a ray of hope in our political life. There are several lower-level election campaigns in my community at this time. More and more of the candidates served in the military since 9/11. Both D and R. Such common service tends to lessen the childish chatter from politicians that have dominated the last 30 years. Perhaps it is a ray of hope.
Microsoft announces a big event for 22 September. Showing new Surface machines.
Docker has eliminated its free surface for larger businesses. Lone folks like me still use it free.
Need more MegaPixels (don't we all?). Samsung has a 200-MegaPixel sensor for smartphones, I mean for
Amazon says it will hire 55,000 more office and tech persons in the next few months.
.....Nic Chaillan resigns from the DoD. He did a lot of good. His style grated on some. Ultimately, he showed that good ideas won't carry the day. Mr. Chaillan wrote this article as he resigned.
Our US Digital Service has a new leader. Perhaps some good will come from this.
Amazon will put its label on a TV set.
Facebook evacuated a group of its Afghan employees. Good for them.
Floors that generate electric power: yes, there is untapped kinetic energy just about everywhere.
Amazon Web Services has (mostly unenforced) policies about what can be shown on the web sites using their cloud. Renewed interest in censorship has them scurrying to censor.
Aided (no doubt) by the Communist Party, China's SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation) will spend about $10Billion to build a new IC manufacturing plant near Shanghai. This is a direct challenge to Taiwan's TSMC.
.....I hope Major League Baseball is watching the US Open tennis tournament. No linesmen, no challenges, no fussing, no looking around, close calls, that's it, move on to the next point. Baseball: let the computers and camera call balls and strikes, the games will move much faster without all the theatrics at home plate. Also not in tennis the chair umpire still has plenty to do. In baseball, the home plate umpire will still have plenty to do
I wrote a book. There. Done. Right? Maybe a second book? Maybe not.
How one writer simply kept at it for years before achieving what they wanted.
Thoughts on questions, answers, writers, and writing.
Stronger rumors that Apple is inching back towards the automobile market.
I like Seth Godin's brief post on writing and "writer's block."
Ivermectin: if a doctor prescribes it, that is fine, and it will work for you. If you consume the type made for horses, that will probably end badly. Same for all drugs that have both a form approved for humans and a form used on farm animals. It is odd that we have to write this. It is odd that some adults don't understand this. I guess there are all sorts of ways to get money and attention.
Naomi Osaka is an outstanding tennis player. She is also tired of playing tennis. Fine, walk away and do something else. Don't, however, expect a blue ribbon or something for growing tired of a lucrative job.
A look at IBM's new mainframe computer CPU. Yes, folks still build mainframe computers. They work quite well and perform jobs that others cannot.
Google acqui-hires Playspace to boost its group and team work tools.
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