I had hoped to avoid the mass hysteria over sexual harassment and assault, but people are just losing their shit over the #MeToo epidemic, and it’s getting harder and harder to no comment. I don’t know about you, but I can’t believe some of what I’m hearing and reading. Times[…] Read On
Forget Christmas. Federal regulations are the gifts that keep on giving. Year after year, thousands of rules are added and few are ever repealed. In 2015 alone, 3,378 rules were finalized and 2,334 were proposed for a total of 81,405 pages, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think tank.[…] Read On
In a moment, I’m going to ask you to close your eyes, think about one word, and tell me what comes to mind. Not yet; first you have to know what the word is. The word is “success.” Now close your eyes, sit quietly, and tell me what comes to[…] Read On
Net neutrality : Intrusive government regulations that won’t work to solve a problem that doesn’t exist using legal authority the FCC doesn’t have. – Ajit Pai Turkey : noun \ˈtər-kē\ 1. a large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America 2. failure, flop; especially a movie, a play or net neutrality[…] Read On
It’s Thanksgiving, when all good bloggers are supposed to share with the world all the wonderful things they’re thankful for. How mindnumbingly tedious can you get? Look, I’m just happy to be alive and free to pig out on tasty food, guzzle boatloads of good wine and run it all[…] Read On
If you look at the world’s most valuable technology companies, you’ll notice something interesting. Not a single one invented the category of products they’ve come to define. The vast majority of their enormous profits come from markets they did not create. Whether it’s Apple in smartphones, Google in search, Microsoft[…] Read On
Have you noticed Google’s latest feature: answering search queries with a single result shown above all others? While some questions do have definitive answers, most don’t. Life isn’t usually that black and white. That hasn’t stopped the search giant from acting as the definitive authority on, well, pretty much everything.[…] Read On