Category Archives: Technology

Microsoft Released a Bizarre New Surface Pro Ad and It’s Hoping You Won’t Notice It’s Pure Gaslighting | Inc.com

Posted on January 26, 2021 by David K.

Microsoft made a point of mentioning that price point–since the Surface Pro is cheaper–but it’s worth mentioning that it means the MacBook Pro in question is sporting Apple’s new M1 processor. It raises an interesting question: How do you compare … 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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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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Apple and Privacy, So Far

Posted on January 15, 2021 by David K.

This is good news. The whole incident raised a lot of privacy concerns. Apple’s track record and extrapolated trajectory remains good on this front. Having been a programmer through the 90’s, and watched Microsoft (and Oracle, et. al.) through their … Continue reading →

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AiMesh | ASUS Global

Posted on January 12, 2021 by David K.

  ASUS routers are designed to give you the best possible WiFi coverage, and in most cases a single ASUS router will deliver smooth, reliable WiFi to every part of your home. But WiFi coverage can be affected by many … Continue reading →

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The Ad Contrarian: Facebook’s Year Of Disgrace

Posted on January 11, 2021 by David K.

Facebook’s Year Of Disgrace Here are 29 ways the “move fast and break things” jerk-offs soiled our lives in 2019. Source: The Ad Contrarian: Facebook’s Year Of Disgrace This was just 2019, and I’m recording it here to move it … Continue reading →

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Tenet

Posted on January 8, 2021 by David K.

I watched Tenet last night. It’s confusing. I watched a YouTube video to clarify it. In the process of explaining it, they showed the scene where The Protagonist is in the first inversion room, dodging the bullets that cause the … Continue reading →

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Playstation 5 and Twitter

Posted on January 8, 2021 by David K.

I have a very tolerate/hate relationship with Twitter. I think I’m literally on my 14th account, and I’ve deactivated my current one, only to reactivate before the 30-day time-out period, about 10 times now. There are many reasons. One is … Continue reading →

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PS5 Supply and Demand

Posted on January 6, 2021 by David K.

I’m watching PS5’s being sold on Ebay to track how supply and demand are converging. Current completed listings seem to be hovering around $700-$800. They started out at $1,000, so I guess it’s getting “better.” The whole business of people … 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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