Played and worked with computers for the better part of four decades. I often make mistakes, and I like to think I can also make amends when they happen. All part of the human condition.
I believe both cats and dogs deserve our affection and admiration, each for their own unique traits. People are sort of like that as well, we're all in this together and with the exception of some truly horrible people in history I want to believe we are all trying our best to figure things out as we go.
Being a positive influence for my family, riding adventure motorcycles, cybersecurity, and programming things are among my greatest passions.
Generally speaking, I really got no f*ckin' clue, but I'm an optimist so I think I've got that going for me?
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If you're ever wondering about the future perception and impacts of technology and how they relate to public perception now, think about the fact that in 1994, in an "Invention of the Year" competition, the public voted The Internet in at position #2.
What was #1?
The widget in a can of Guinness.
I'll be teaching a course in the fall on data communication.
One of the assignments I hope to put together is a lesson on how data is manipulated. I want to show how easy it is for climate change deniers, anti vaxxers, etc to crop data, stretch or flip an axis and suggest the opposite of what the data is actually showing. Still thinking through the assignment and I'm thinking of having them make an honest representation and one less so.
I think there's value to such a lesson given how much downright lying we have from not just randos but even political circles these days.
Was just going to use publicly available data sources but then I am thinking that there must be researchers here who have awesome data they wouldn't mind seeing put into visual form. If you do have data you'd be willing to let me use, please drop me a comment or PM and let me know how to access it. Thanks!
(P.S. would appreciate a share for wider reach)
We somehow went from "script kiddies are bad" to giving any random office worker the power to launch hundreds of programs that will hammer unknown servers across the web to make mediocre power point presentations.
Not to mention the massive usage spikes that are now hitting public software and data repositories.
What a world.
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says, at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns the relevant entry and, sure enough finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
Nice to see old-school news personalities doing their own thing. The discussions have greater depth than pretty much anything I've seen on CBC/CTV/etc..
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