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from wikipedia: Quibi (/ˈkwɪbi/ KWIB-ee) was a short-lived American short-form streaming platform that generated content for viewing on mobile devices. It was founded in Los Angele…

Languages spread when there is an obvious advantage to using the language. Java, in the beginning, was obviously better because it was multi platform, free, was sort of object orie…

1. AR glasses with face recognition. See the coded reputation / reviews / truthfulness / relationship status / political views of the person. 2. Software for computers / smart TVs …

Missing: 1. How to select a programming language. What features are important to develop correct programs. This is a very emotional topic. Formal specification languages. 2. How to…

Build an effective solution for remote work for developers. Then expand the solution to other employees that are not 'hands on' in a particular place. Something better than zoom an…

In the beginning there was the command line. A keyboard input to a type on paper output. Then UNIX. The first editor was 'ed' (edit). It was line based, designed for a keyboard ont…

https://www.transformca.org/ Working on transportation and siting new construction. They have a online tool to evaluate future projects: https://www.transformca.org/landing-page/gr…

Neuromancer (1984)by William Gibson, the original cyberpunk novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, where Metaverse came from Rainbow Bridge by Vernor Vinge, lots of AR stuff Ready Pl…

With stack ranking, team members compete, not cooperate. They will make other members look bad, with trash talk, not responding to slack and email, ans actual code sabotage. Some t…

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Try "Computing: a Concise History" by Paul Ceruzzi is inexpensive. Best bet is visit the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. There is "A New History of Modern Computing" …

Some friends owned and operated an ice cream franchise for a couple of years. 1. Employees would not show up and not call. No one would be running the store; you may have to work 1…

Someone should sue the Texas Electric Power Companies. Supplying electrical power to a clinic is obviously "aiding and abetting their operations.

Right how, Aug 18, 5:00 pm PDT, the book Fall is $ 1.99 on the Amazon Kindle store. You can read it on Windows, Android, IOS with the correct app.

My small town in northern SF Bay Area has two apartment complex projects totaling over 600 apartments approved and signed off. Neither project can find financing. Projects have bee…

The main problem in CS is "how to develop correct programs". H ow to write programs without bugs. This is a hard problem that everyone just ignores.

At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, most of the exhibits are the "most powerful or advanced computer in its time". There are parts of ENIAC, SAGE, Whirlwind. There…

UML failed because there was no way to track changes; no way to 'diff' two versions of a design. And no way to display the 'diff' effectively. Tracking source code changes is the b…

Our strategy was to get a 30 year, with the lower payments. When we both had jobs, we would pay extra per month to be close to 15 year mortgage. If one of us was laid off, we pay t…

The University of California has already cloned itself. There are 10 campuses, 280,000 students, 227,000 faculty and staff. There is a common top level administration. There are gr…

Computer Science is a huge field: algorithms, Operating Systems, AI, networking, distributed, graphics, UI, hardware, compilers, databases, Websites, robots, games, vision, securit…

398 jobs are in Palo Alto, CA, which is the heart of Silicon Valley. California prohibits non-compete agreements, so it is much easier to hire in CA. Silicon Valley has a huge numb…

I brought in Java to our multi-company DARPA software project with the first public release, Alpha-something. 1. It was free. 2. Jave code ran unchanged on Sun/Solaris, Windows (95…

Surf's up. Time to hit the beach. I'll work on my tech stuff after lunch. Now I am too tired. Take a nap. Back to the bar on the beach to eat, drink, watch the tourists in tiny swi…

Quora has a program where they pay people a tiny amount to post questions. So there are a lot of stupid questions that could be easily answered with a google / wikipedia / imdb sea…