Author Archives: David K.

Why Porn Stars Like Me Are Terrified of VP Kamala Harris

Posted on January 4, 2021 by David K.

I respect Harris for seeing gays and women of color through a compassionate lens. After four years of Vice President Mike Pence, it’ll be nice to see someone make the executive branch empathetic again. Still, I doubt Harris’s executive empathy … Continue reading →

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Masterclass in Audio Production

Posted on January 2, 2021 by David K.

I’m going to start posting these finds of exceptional audio (and video) production. Modern life has brought along a lot of garbage, but it has given us top-level-professional grade production technologies that amateurs like me could only have dreamed of … Continue reading →

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Paul Graham on Why Billionaires Build

Posted on January 2, 2021 by David K.

The ideal combination is the group of founders who are “living in the future” in the sense of being at the leading edge of some kind of change, and who are building something they themselves want. Most super-successful startups are … Continue reading →

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Even If It’s ‘Bonkers,’ Poll Finds Many Believe QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories

Posted on January 1, 2021 by David K.

Misinformation about the election and the coronavirus is also gaining a foothold in American society, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. Source: Even If It’s ‘Bonkers,’ Poll Finds Many Believe QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories The poll results add to … Continue reading →

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Extract or Die – Pirate Wires

Posted on December 29, 2020 by David K.

Among many things, including talent, opportunity, and soft power, the technology industry has brought tremendous tax revenue to the Bay Area. The budget of San Francisco literally doubled this decade, from around six billion to over twelve billion dollars. With … Continue reading →

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Homeshoring

Posted on December 29, 2020 by David K.

Thanks to Covid-19, everyone who can be has been “homeshored.” The cost savings for companies “allowing” employees to work from home must be staggering. They’ve offloaded their spending on HVAC, power, water, internet bandwidth, office supplies, coffee, and toiletries to … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Javascript

Posted on December 29, 2020 by David K.

In the vein of Jimmy Fallon’s “thank you notes” bit: Thank you, Javascript, XHR, and ad tech for making the modern web basically unusable on $1,000 phones with 4G LTE connections. This situation is patently ridiculous.

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The beautiful Silent ThunderBolt-3 PC

Posted on December 23, 2020 by David K.

I looked for hubs supporting 4k60 and USB-3 and read many good things about the CalDigit TS3 Plus. Source: The beautiful Silent ThunderBolt-3 PC Once again, the CalDigit TS3+ saves the day. Mine’s been a real lifesaver for using my … Continue reading →

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Dominion Machine Statistical Problems

Posted on December 21, 2020 by David K.

This whole Twitter thread. It’s another, completely-independent way of looking at the voting data, like The 2020 Election, Benford’s Law, and Twitter, and it’s another smoking gun that indicates that the voting machines — in precisely the places that needed help … Continue reading →

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Google Outage, from “Hacker” “News”

Posted on December 17, 2020 by David K.

That last line, though…

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