The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Amazon Policeware: Fraud Detection This is RIVETING, especially since Amazon can charge companies like Goldman Sachs for “protection” (i.e. counter-programming). A one hour lecture is available. Read full post and get contact information.
Funding Open Source: Saddle Up, Don Quixotes I read “A New Funding Model for Open Source Software.” The main idea is that the current approach to financial “support” of open source software is broken. I agree, particularly if one looks at the problem from the developer or developers in the “community.”
Messaging: Pushing the Envelope Another messaging service warrants some attention. The service is called Element. Element was formerly known as Riot and Vector, according to some individuals. The system is based on Matrix; that is, an open source protocol for real time communication. Element, like other modern messaging systems, encrypts data. Element has the potential …
Zoom, Zoom, Meet, Meet, and Trust, Well? We evolved to be social creatures—long, long before Zoom or MS Teams existed. That is why, as Canada’s CBC declares, “Video Chats Short Circuit a Brain Function Essential for Trust—and That’s Bad for Business.” Journalist Don Pittis writes: Read article – disqualifies zoom for most judicial and fiduciary …
The Covidization of Good Enough I have written numerous times about the zippy young PhD with an attitude. After my talk about declining “findability”, Zippy (not his real name) spoke with me after my talk. He had one point and repeated it to me several times: “Search is good enough.”
Germany Is Getting Serious about Content If accurate, Germany is moving ahead of the Five Eyes’ group in terms of access to online data. “New German Law Would Force ISPs to Allow Secret Service to Install Trojans on User Devices” reports: A new law being proposed in Germany would see all 19 federal state intelligence …
Do Those Commercial Satellites Just Provide Internet? Maybe Not Much has changed since the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, not the least of which is the state of observation technology. We learn from Bloomberg that “Satellites Are Capturing the Protests, and Just About Everything Else on Earth.” Read full analysis.
