Author Archives: David K.

SETI@home Search for Alien Life Project Shuts Down After 21 Years

Posted on March 4, 2020 by David K.

SETI@home has announced that they will no longer be distributing new work to clients starting on March 31st as they have enough data and want to focus on completing their back-end analysis of the data. Source: SETI@home Search for Alien … Continue reading →

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An American who was quarantined to check for signs of coronavirus says he’s facing more than $2,600 in bills from his government-mandated hospital stay

Posted on March 3, 2020 by David K.

Frank Wucinski and his 3-year-old daughter Annabel evacuated Wuhan, China, in February and were then quarantined at Marine Corps Station Miramar, near San Diego, for two weeks. Source: An American who was quarantined to check for signs of coronavirus says … Continue reading →

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Barbra Streisand on Why Trump Must Be Defeated in 2020 (Column) – Variety

Posted on March 3, 2020 by David K.

Every morning I wake up, holding my breath while I turn on my phone to see the latest news. I think to myself, “It can’t be worse than yesterday.” But when the news loads, I think, “Ohhhhh, yes, it is … Continue reading →

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Ah… Windows, My Old “Friend”

Posted on February 29, 2020 by David K.

I didn’t want to be here again. I swore I was done with Windows. But, here I am. Years ago, I picked up Skyrim on a Steam sale, and immediately fell in love with it. I got pretty far along … Continue reading →

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Modern Recruiting, Thanks to LinkedIn

Posted on February 28, 2020 by David K.

Big Company HR person 1: “Why aren’t we getting good candidates for our open positions? I know! Let’s buy a high-powered HR software to help us qualify applicants through a pipeline, and push them to it from LinkedIn.” Big Company … Continue reading →

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Operating System “Ecology”

Posted on February 27, 2020 by David K.

Back in my days of playing AD&D, each month, Dragon Magazine would feature an “The Ecology of…” some mythical beast. The article would read like a National Geographic treatment of what the creature eats, what places they inhabited, and so … Continue reading →

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Students defeat new ‘Barnacle’ parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet

Posted on February 12, 2020 by David K.

As it turns out, to take off the Barnacle, all you need to do is run your vehicle’s windshield defroster for 15 minutes, and then use a credit card or similar thin piece of plastic to release the suction cup … Continue reading →

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Something Refreshing for a Change

Posted on February 12, 2020 by David K.

Can I just say how much I appreciate good software, for a change? Jenkins is cool stuff, even if it is built on Java. Also, it’s complicated to get a project building, but, then, getting a project deploying automatically is … Continue reading →

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How 4 Chinese Hackers Allegedly Took Down Equifax | WIRED

Posted on February 11, 2020 by David K.

While the operation had a certain degree of complexity, Equifax itself made their job much easier than it should have. It should have patched that initial Apache Struts vulnerability, for starters. And an FTC complaint from last summer also found … Continue reading →

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Joaquin Phoenix Thanks Oscar Crowd for ‘Second Chance’: ‘I’ve Been Selfish, I’ve Been Cruel’

Posted on February 10, 2020 by David K.

Joaquin Phoenix accepted his best actor award for “Joker” with a speech that touched on racism, animal rights and his own ability to change. “I’ve been a scoundrel in my life. I’ve been selfish, I’ve been cruel at times, hard … Continue reading →

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