Hmm.
Tag Archives: technology
Chips and Science Act 2022
So, one of the first facets of this massive Inflation Reduction Act (sic) was the Chips and Science Act of 2022. This portion of the overall pacakge runs more than 1000 pages long.
This Foundry is Different
I know it looks like these guys are beginning at the wrong time. (On that note, I have a post coming that we are ALL startups now, thanks to the pandemic.)
US-China Wars
This post was supposed to appear about a week ago. But, my computer was attacked. No, not by hackers. (You would have heard about that sooner.) By Microsoft.
The limits of morality?
Most of you know I am a technocrat. The official definition is that a technocracy is a government where experts and professionals are appointed to administer governmental functions. If we really ever expected to “drain the swamp”, that’s what we’d really need.
Solve
When I first heard about Solve, I thought the notice was from MIT. After all, this was a term MIT had bandied about for a long time.
STEM Leadership
STEM. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. (Of which I most recently spoke last Friday.)
It all stems from STEM
I remember when I was a little tyke, I would play in my basement. No, not with conventional toys. Oh, sure, one of my distant cousins (who was deeply involved with Sperry Gyroscope and its military inventions) had given me his son’s wonderful Lionel train set (which remained in my possession until I was 12 years old). But, it was my Lionel-Porter Chemistry set that held my attention.
No longer 6 million a year.
NextGen???
I routinely use a virtual disk and use an alternative eMail address when I peruse the web. I don’t want anyone to be able to insert a bot or a virus on my computer that will leave me unable to peruse my data- more importantly, I don’t want anyone else to examine the contents of my computer.