Author: Karl W. Palachuk

Topic 1:  Update on that Apple Self-Repair Kit for iPhone Screen The basic program includes two large Pelican cases full of equipment and tools, which you rent for $49/week plus a $1,300 deposit. Then the…

Topic 1:  Shredding the Myth of Anonymity in Bitcoin    Wired recently published a long, detailed story of how law enforcement agencies around the world collaborated to bring down the largest child abuse sex network…

Topic 1:  Found all those Great Resignators: They’re working somewhere else. Looks like a basic shake-up that forced a number of employers to treat their employees like humans. Maybe, and we’re only speculating here, the…

Topic 1:  Ransomware leads to the first casualty in the higher education market as Lincoln College closes permanently due to cyberattack in December 2021. Who was their MSP … and why was there not a…

Topic 1:  Colloquium: What do we think the permanent changes are to “the workplace” after the pandemic. What percentage will go back? Is hybrid permanent forever? Has the concept of office changed forever from a…

Topic 1: Should businesses embrace or avoid social media? Can we talk about “social media” without focusing too much on Elon? I think we all love the concept of the Marketplace of Ideas…but the Internet…

Topic 1: Hospital Robots Are Helping Combat a Wave of Nurse Burnout Moxi and other delivery-focused assistants have become even more critical as the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed health care workers to their limits. https://www.wired.com/story/moxi-hospital-robot-nurse-burnout-health-care/…

Topic 1: Changing language to avoid censors https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/08/algospeak-tiktok-le-dollar-bean/ Topic 2: The rise of the 9pm work hour https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/triple-peak-day-work-from-home/629457/ Topic 3: Russian Tech Migrating by the Thousands Between 50,000 and 70,000 tech workers have already fled…

Topic 1: Without a federal privacy law… what’s our take? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/05/fbi-is-spending-millions-social-media-tracking-software/   Keeping up with the Joneses (NSA):  https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-nsas-secret-tool-for-mapping-your-social-network/ Topic 2: Does Quantum Computing really have a hype problem?     https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/28/1048355/quantum-computing-has-a-hype-problem/ Topic 3: Burrito…

Topic 1: “Return on Character” Exchange Traded Fund focuses on companies run by a character! But, somehow, Tesla and Meta are not part of the index. Perhaps too much character is just too much. Links:…