Author Archives: David K.

CADT Model in Action

Posted on January 25, 2021 by David K.

JWZ, the arguably-most-infamous developer of Netscape, has a theory called the CADT: Cascade of Attention Deficit Teenagers. I got an email this morning as another example of the model in action. I posted the problem to serverfault.com and opened the … Continue reading →

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Stepping up for a truly open source Elasticsearch | AWS Open Source Blog

Posted on January 22, 2021 by David K.

Last week, Elastic announced they will change their software licensing strategy, and will not release new versions of Elasticsearch and Kibana under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2). Instead, new versions of the software will be offered under the Elastic … Continue reading →

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The New Domestic War on Terror is Coming – Glenn Greenwald

Posted on January 21, 2021 by David K.

No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter. Source: The New Domestic War on Terror is Coming – Glenn Greenwald Glenn wrote a long article about how … Continue reading →

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The Debt Question Facing Janet Yellen: How Much Is Too Much? – WSJ

Posted on January 19, 2021 by David K.

A big question hangs over Janet Yellen this week at her confirmation hearing to become U.S. Treasury secretary: How much debt is too much?   In the past four years, U.S. government debt held by the public has increased by … Continue reading →

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Our paranoid friend who fears Facebook’s power – Philip Greenspun’s Weblog

Posted on January 18, 2021 by David K.

As a demonstration of how irrationally paranoid this guy is for imagining that a combination of political rulers and corporate cronies would suppress his speech via deplatforming, Facebook has deplatformed him… Source: Our paranoid friend who fears Facebook’s power – … Continue reading →

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Apple Developer Program

Posted on January 18, 2021 by David K.

In the endless internecine wars about Apple on “Hacker” “News,” there’s a common complaint that the Apple Developer Program costs $99/year. I can never get my head wrapped around that particular protest, as though it were some great barrier to entry. … Continue reading →

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Playstation 5: First Thoughts

Posted on January 17, 2021 by David K.

I keep promising myself that I’m going to finish Spider Man and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but I’ve been playing through Skyrim. Again. Yeah, I know. A 10 year old game being played on a 7 year old console, now playing … Continue reading →

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Playstation 5: At Last

Posted on January 16, 2021 by David K.

I finally got a Playstation 5, thanks to Best Buy and Twitter. The new hardware can apparently do 4K at 120Hz over HDMI 2.1. I have a monitor that I use at 4K@60Hz over DisplayPort for my Mac, but it … Continue reading →

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The Lies that Can Undermine Democracy (You Said a Mouthful)

Posted on January 16, 2021 by David K.

While I understand that many people distrust the mainstream press, the fact that his lawyers have filed a blizzard of lawsuits and got precisely nowhere, proves that there is no evidence for the election failures that he claims. But his … Continue reading →

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The Hustle – YouTube

Posted on January 16, 2021 by David K.

New video guy. “Epiphanies: 0” Also, completely brilliant: The followup is also completely brilliant.

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