Author Archives: David K.

Unseen Effort – The Daily WTF

Posted on January 6, 2022 by David K.

The only downside to working for him was his disdain toward open source solutions. Anita couldn’t use any NuGet packages whatsoever; everything had to be built from scratch. She learned a ton while making her own JSON parsing library and … Continue reading →

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The Ticking Bomb of Crypto Fascism – In These Times

Posted on January 5, 2022 by David K.

Crypto, like meme stocks, is a poor replacement for the American dream. A functional nation would end gerrymandering, pass campaign finance reform, end the filibuster, abolish the undemocratic U.S. Senate, tax great wealth, institute public healthcare and build a social safety net to … Continue reading →

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Be Careful What You Search For

Posted on January 4, 2022 by David K.

I saw a post on Imgur that said that Little Cesar’s was going to raise the price of its “Hot and Ready” pizzas, so I wanted to go to Twitter, find an original reference, so that I could make a … Continue reading →

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Conservative social networks keep making the same mistake

Posted on January 3, 2022 by David K.

Given the extremely predictable turmoil that emerged from Gettr’s content policies, though, I wonder if there isn’t something to this: a false-flag social network, set up only to watch it burn to the ground. Source: Conservative social networks keep making … Continue reading →

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From Node to Ruby on Rails | D U N K

Posted on December 16, 2021 by David K.

Building the web app in Rails took me 2 days – the same thing in Node would have taken 2 weeks. I’ve also included things I wouldn’t have attempted to build on Node/Express until I proved the idea out (editing … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t They Believe Us?

Posted on December 9, 2021 by David K.

You’re struggling to understand where all this vaccine hesitancy comes from. Let me help you. Source: Why Don’t They Believe Us? Terrific summary of the last few years of politics, as played out in the media. N.B., Twitter is never … Continue reading →

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The Oracle in the Matrix movies, explained before Resurrections – Polygon

Posted on December 7, 2021 by David K.

The Oracle is, according to the Architect, the “mother” of the Matrix. She is an intuitive program originally designed to study the human psyche who proposed a solution by creating a simulated reality that would offer humanity a choice to … Continue reading →

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The Galaxy of a Single Cell

Posted on December 6, 2021 by David K.

This is the most-detailed photo of a human cell to date. The simplest single-celled organisms aren’t materially less complex. Each tiny strand in the center is a chain of thousands of very-specific combinations of four, very-complicated organic molecules. Then there … Continue reading →

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Spam at Google

Posted on December 4, 2021 by David K.

As a programmer, who maintained his own email server, directly on the internet, from his home, for many years, I understand the problem of spam better than a lot of other people. It’s tricky. I get that. But, come on, … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS v. Congress

Posted on December 3, 2021 by David K.

The point everyone seems to be missing about the current hearing in the Supreme Court, reconsidering Roe v. Wade, is that we’re asking SCOTUS to adjudicate a nationally-binding, controversial interpretation of conflicting state laws. It doesn’t matter what you think … Continue reading →

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