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I had a recent “conversation” with the Microsoft AI-powered chatbot “Bing” and a few questions arose as a result. I chose Bing as the test AI because it supposedly has access to current information unlike OpenAI’s “ChatbotGPT” which has an information cutoff as of September 2021. The series of questions that I asked were attempts […]
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Will all mail-in ballots be counted beyond November 3rd if they are postmarked by Election Day? What would prevent people from trying to game the system by intentionally delaying the mailing of a ballot until the last possible minute and then vote in-person while the mail-in ballot is in transit? On Election Day the voting […]
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There is a good chance that you are reading this blog by way of a group of commercial communication satellites orbiting the earth. These “satellite constellations” are the backbone of our modern communication networks and permit social media users to stay connected to one another. Besides carrying the internet and cable channels, satellites also allow […]
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We have heard about “flattening the curve” for months. The way it has been presented in much of the press gives the impression that the flattening objective is to eradicate the COVID-19 disease. That’s incorrect. The apex of the “curve” represents the point of maximum saturation of the disease in various populations. If the apex […]
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On April 29, 2020, WXYZ reported the following: https://www.wxyz.com/facebook-removing-posts-promoting-protest-against-stay-at-home-order-planned-for-lansing I think that it is time for the federal government to seriously investigate social media platforms, particularly Facebook and Twitter and perhaps Instagram. Their censoring of conservative voices is disconcerting. At minimum, I believe that the indemnification against legal action they receive as being “open platforms” […]
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The shelter-in-place orders put into effect by the executive orders of numerous state governors has allowed for more time to view daytime TV. I am surprised to see so many commercials for law firms that encourage people to file civil law suits for a wide variety of situations. This made me wonder if the COVID-19 […]
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“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” This was a philosophy voiced by former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanual in an Interview to the Wall Street Journal on November 19, 2008. […]
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New York’s governor Cuomo was back on TV today in a press conference complaining that his state was shorted in the $2.2 trillion emergency COVID-19 relief bill which was recently signed into law. He says that his state is broke and his budget is destroyed and he wants a bailout. I am 100% behind providing […]
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A major paradigm shift is happening as we watch. Employers who were reluctant about permitting telecommuting have been forced into accepting the practice. Most will find this experience with tele-work (with a few exceptions for the technologically challenged and slackers), isn’t quite as scary as they feared. Remote supervision and management strategies will be enhanced […]