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Myth – Nobody Wants to Work

I’ve been hearing this myth, nobody wants to work, repeated by Qanon nutters and Trump supporters (same thing?) who are too stupid to look anything up for quite some time now. Every now and then you will get a propaganda machine that calls itself a news network (FOX) trotting out phrases like There are over 9 million open jobs in America. Propaganda networks What happens is they take well meaning valid data from the 50,000 … Myth – Nobody Wants to WorkRead more

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It’s time for all AI to be FDA regulated

There have been a lot of calls for Congress to regulate AI (Artificial Intelligence). Congress by itself can never achieve such a goal, though I thank Ted Lieu for trying. What Congress can do is make all things AI fall under the purview of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) just like any other medical device. Featured image is courtesy of tonybates.ca Case for Medical Device Classification “But, but, but, . . . it’s just … It’s time for all AI to be FDA regulatedRead more

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A Fedora 33 Virus?

Several weeks ago Google started popping up their “we’ve noticed suspicious activity” screen and making me respond to a Captcha any time I used them to search something. I try to use Google as little as possible because nobody should be allowed to collect that much information about anyone. Sometimes, when all my other search engines fail I have to go there. This finally became too annoying. The Google screen also said it through one … A Fedora 33 Virus?Read more

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Only 5 Days Left to Fulfill a Promise

There are only 5 days left for President Trump to fulfill a campaign promise. In truth, the easiest promise to fulfill given all of the promises and outlandish statements made during the campaign. End the visa worker abuse in this country which has decimated high paying jobs for college educated workers. Ordinarily I don’t pay much attention to the writings of Michelle Malkin. She seems in large part to be a creature born without a … Only 5 Days Left to Fulfill a PromiseRead more