Just as this comic suggests, I’m not opposed to the idea of Bitcoin SV so much as I’m turned off by some of the personages involved and their more obnoxious Twitter advocates. I have to wonder… who might be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for July, 2019
One of the things I found irritating over the past couple years has been how most of Trump’s opposition have been putting the FBI, the intelligence agencies, and former senior government officials on a pedestal. Usually spouting off that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back as an engineer working at an Army post, I remember a time when some of us had an informal potluck of sorts. We had invited the on-shift crew of soldiers training on our system to have some food[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m trying out this new webcomic I’m calling “Proof-Of-Jake”, centering on all the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency silliness which for various reasons easily readily fit into the existing “Nerd By Northwest” webcomics. It’s heavily-centered on current events in the crypto-space,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In my old career I worked with a number of active and prior service military, and I heard variations on the phrase “don’t stand out” from them a number of times. I was told it’s a reference to boot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes I ended up getting roped into doing system demonstrations for VIP’s at my last few jobs. I’m far from a people person, but I can fake some decent social skills around strangers for short periods. Turns out even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure, I get WHY Trump rolled out all the military hardware, and don’t deny there was some political points to be scored in doing it (both among his base and the defense industry). But it’s still a transparent political[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…