October 8, 2020
THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE requires technical skills and data literacy that is beyond most of today’s workforce. While competing with robots ever will not be won by humans, our ‘soft skills’ will become even more critical as the nature... Continue
Weekly Report 20-84
October 6, 2020
“WORK IS A SERIOUS MATTER BUT CANNOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ALL THE TIME, especially when things happen that are inherently ridiculous… Humor is a natural and healthy reaction to setbacks or irrational commands of a Boss (like egotistical managers played... Continue
Weekly Report 20-83
October 3, 2020
THOUGHT FOR THE TIMES: Is the American Dream PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN? Once upon a quiet time, looking backward from today, the world seemed much more stable in most important ways. Folks woke up most mornings... Continue
Weekly Report 20-82
October 1, 2020
PENDING SOME TYPE OF BIPARTISAN ‘ECONOMIC RELIEF’ BILL, POLITICS HAS STALLED FURTHER PPP ‘PANDEMIC RESCUE’ LOANS. But, meanwhile, banks are not so enthused to further participate anyway, since they’ve disbursed some $525 billion so far (to over five million businesses)... Continue
Weekly Report 20-81
September 28, 2020
COMPUTER DATA SECURITY FEARS HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED now that the pandemic has necessitated much of the world working from home, especially with media reports “shedding light on serious security holes… including vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Alexa platform that could allow attackers... Continue