I have a headache. No, I’m not avoiding sex. Don’t be ridiculous. Let’s try this a different way. You know how your computer sometimes gets into a processing loop, overheats and hangs up? My head sometimes does that. Actually it does that a lot. Instead of actually dealing with an[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Despite All the Hype, AI Is Not Very Smart
After decades of hype over artificial intelligence, machines still aren’t very smart. Despite claims to the contrary, nobody can predict when that will change, least of all IBM CEO Ginni Rometty — or Big Blue’s supercomputer Watson. Rometty said in a recent CNBC interview that IBM’s AI can predict which employees[…] Read On
In Defense of Loyalty
Loyalty. Seems like an ancient concept, doesn’t it? The foolish notion that a company would ever give a rat’s ass about an employee or vice versa. How retro. When the subject comes up we always seem to imagine some poor schmuck who slaves away for the man for 10 or[…] Read On
Go Ahead, Bring Your ‘Whole Self’ to Work – If You Want to Get Fired
Bring your “whole self” to work. That phrase is all the rage in workplace culture. Companies big and small are using it in job specs and ads. But what does that even mean? It means a lot of new-age idiots are getting suckered into another dumb workplace fad like emotional[…] Read On
AOC on the Lunatic Fringe
“People are dying. They are dying.” – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez I guess Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, is sort of bummed that the more folks get to know her and what she stands for the less they like what they see. The latest poll numbers show that 36% find her unfavorable,[…] Read On