Frank Hecker

@hecker
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Resident of Ellicott City and Howard County, Maryland, systems engineer, and occasional blogger.
Webhttps://frankhecker.com
New post: AI doesn't take jobs, it takes tasks. The unit of analysis in the public debate is wrong, the measurement frameworks can't see what's actually happening, and we have Alan Greenspan's 1990s productivity puzzle as a precise historical mirror for where we are now. https://jameshoward.us/2026/05/18/ai-doesnt-take-jobs-it-takes-tasks/
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics.
The viral "bottle of water per email" figure is off by up to 1,700 times. The water doesn't get consumed. It changes phase. The real concern is thermal discharge, and nuclear plants have been managing that on the Chesapeake Bay for fifty years.
We just haven't applied the framework to data centers yet.
https://jameshoward.us/2026/05/08/the-data-center-water-crisis-that-isnt/
#artificialintelligence #environment #datacenter #water #publicpolicy

Today on Okazu – Can I call You Unnie?, Book Signing Event Report

Our brand new Japan Correspondent, Sasori, debuts on Okazu with a report about Hanakage Alt’s book signing event at Yuri cafe ANCHOR rainbow port Tokyo!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/22/can-i-call-you-unnie-book-signing/

Today on Okazu – Reverse 4 You, streaming on Netflix

Okazu guest reviewer Eric Potter says that this Thai drama on Netflix was a pleasant surprise and made clever use of its sci-fi gimmicks.

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/03/25/reverse-4-you-streaming-on-netflix/

Double the Yuri this Month with Okazu!
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Okazu Staff Presents The Top Yuri of 2025!

Earlier this week the Okazu staff gave a few Special Awards to series that so many of us love. Today we look at the series, people, publications that we think were the Top Yuri of 2025!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/31/okazu-staff-presents-the-top-yuri-of-2025/

Today on Okazu - Okazu’s Top Yuri of 2025 Special Awards Winners!

These four manga have been so popular on Okazu that we decided to give them a list of their own. ^_^

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/29/okazus-top-yuri-of-2025-special-awards-winners/

Today on Okazu – Whale Store xoxo

Okazu Staff Writer Frank Hecker says of this oddly named Thai Live-action drama that it is sapphic comfort food, not as delicious as it might have been, but still good enough to satisfy Yuri fans hungry for down-home unpretentious fare.

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/09/04/whale-store-xoxo/

Part three of our VexTrio full monty is now available. This one is for the geeks but also a pretty short read... especially given the previous two parts!

Major takeaways are:
* these networks receive a ton of traffic. The primary image server for VexTrio TDS has long been in the top 10k popular domains globally -- we've been pushing hard and it is down around 11k now.
* they use a few different cloakers / trackers. we talk about IMKLO and binom.
* they run a pretty modern devops stack with all the tech you would expect.

#dns #vextrio #threatintel #scam #malware #phishing #tds #cybercrime #cybersecurity #infosec #infoblox

https://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/inside-the-robot-deconstructing-vextrios-affiliate-advertising-platform/

The Hidden Infrastructure Behind VexTrio's TDS

VexTrio's traffic distribution system (TDS) processes billons of transactions daily, powering digital fraud on a global scale. Here's how we unraveled it.

Infoblox Blog

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