The wisdom of the founding fathers is timeless.
In the activist circles I follow, there are occasions when people advocate taking violent actions in public conversations. Doing so is a bad idea, even if you’re furious, even if you’re joking, don’t do it! When you make incendiary Continue reading Advocating Violence Benefits No One
Dear FCC, We the people of the US of A, affirm and assert that we trust you completely, and believe everything you say, no matter how unfeasible or farcical or even outright fictitious it may actually be. We know the Continue reading Net Nuthatchery
History: Around 2010 an Internet provider named Cogent was experiencing performance issues, and found that their peering connection with Verizon was saturated with traffic, demand exceeded capacity. Cogent further found that one of its clients, named Netflix, was the source Continue reading Net Neutrality: Real Danger or Government Ruse?
If you’re a programmer, especially just starting your career, please take a moment to consider a word to the wise, based on nearly three decades of professional programming experience… You are likely to encounter employers that will task you with Continue reading A Word to Programmers About Ethics
My community was recently over-flown by one of those fake cell tower in an airplane. These are used to keep tabs on where people are, rather than eaves dropping (they only displace your real tower for a short time.) Their Continue reading How to Detect Fake Cell Towers (used for surveillance)