Tuesday Trash Day. On Tuesday for a Change
Well. it’s Tuesday again. It comes around every week or so, or so I’m told. I generally ask my wife, “Is tomorrow Tuesday?’, and she says, “No dear, today is Thursday.” Then I get ready for next Tuesday, which I usually miss, too. I’m not sure what exactly is wrong with Tuesday. It may be like Bigfoot. It’s hard to find, and it’s kind of blurry. Or maybe it’s a weekly leap year kinda thing. Whatever Tuesday’s problem is, I hope the calendar gods straighten it out soon. It should show up once a week, in the same slot, and stop jumping around.
Let’s take out the intertunnel trash together, and use up the browser bookmarks I’ve been hoarding since… well, one Tuesday or another.
World’s first wooden satellite heads to space in Mars exploration test
The satellite, designed by Japanese researchers, was launched on Tuesday. Experts hope to test how timber can be used in the exploration of the moon and Mars. LignoSat will be flown to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX mission before it’s released into Earth’s orbit.
If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember making little woodworking projects out of popsicle sticks and Elmer’s glue. I hereby volunteer to eat enough popsicles to make a satellite or two. But no banana popsicles. Yecch.
Breaking Story: Facebook Building Subsea Cable That Will Encompass The World
Several sources have whispered in my ear that META is planning a new 16 fibre pair cable that will encompass the world going from the US East Coast to the US West Coast via the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the Pacific. The most ambitious subsea project ever undertaken.
Meta is trying to avoid any chance of an interruption in their international project to allow women to post pictures of their restaurant meals on Instagram. Ah, Zuckerberg. He’s the Alexander Graham Dumbbell of our generation.
Stereophonic sound is typically what people mean when saying “stereo.” It uses separate sound sources to give the illusion of sound in a 3-D dimensional space as perceived by our ears. “Natural” stereophonic sound is recorded and reproduced with arrays of microphones and speakers. That’s not what Vogue is.
Vogue’s incredible soundscape is entirely artificial. It was not recorded by an array of microphones placed around a band. There was no band. There was no dance floor. There was QSound.
I can’t comment on whether Vogue is the most remarkable anything ever produced, because I’ve never listened to a Madonna song all the way through. However, it’s remarkable that we’ve all lived long enough to witness Roseanne Barr becoming way more good-looking than Madonna.
Drugmaker shut down after black schmutz found in injectable weight-loss drug
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use any drugs made by a compounding pharmacy in California after regulators realized the pharmacy was making drugs that need to be sterile—particularly injectable drugs—without using sterile ingredients or any sterilization steps.
There’s a “tell” right in their name. Any outfit with “wellness” in their name is useless, or worse. Same goes for “holistic,” or my favorite, “healing.” In the rest of the commercial world, just steer clear of anyone with “solutions” in the company name. They never have any.
Is Intel too big to fail? US officials are considering government intervention
Amid growing concerns over Intel’s recent financial struggles, top US policymakers are discreetly weighing contingency plans to support the company, which remains central to America’s technological ambitions. The troubled company is trying to cash in on the recently passed CHIPS Act, but Intel leadership fears the process is taking too long. Semafor notes that the largest US-based chip manufacturer is expected to receive billions in government aid through the Act. Yet, discussions have begun on whether further intervention might be necessary.
I’m so old I remember when every even half-decent desktop computer had an “Intel Inside” sticker on the case. Now they’re teetering. Unless they can transition to making wood satellites or black schmutz, I fear for their survival.
The Great Tech Worker Revolution Has Begun
The best of the best in the tech industry have relegated themselves to hiding in plain sight. They’re not quitting en masse. They’re not starting that venture they always talked about. They’re not holding Slack protests or union vote meetings or—taking a page from Mike Judge—planning Superman 3-style bullshit revenge heists.
So, their revolution consists of showing up for work and doing their job and getting paid and going home and grumbling. The 1950s called, and they’d like their workplace ethos back.
It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, unless its battery runs out, or it can’t get a WiFi signal, or there’s a piece of paper on the floor, or a firmware update bricks it, or…
For programming, word processing, and other productive work, consider getting an 8K TV instead of a multi-monitor setup. An 8K TV will have superior image quality, resolution, and versatility compared to multiple 4K displays, at roughly the same size. As a bonus, an 8K display is also suitable for gaming at 4K 120 Hz, or for full screen media consumption, which is not possible with multiple smaller monitors.
There is no greater computer upgrade available than a bigger screen. It would be smart to screw really big screens to the wall, however, and set your desk back. Otherwise, you’re sitting in the front row of the movie theater.
Born in Paris to Italian parents, Caterina Valente’s facility with language, talent with the guitar, and appealing singing voice thrust her into international stardom in the mid-1950s, when her jazz-infused pop songs began to chart in the United States and beyond. Her U.S. debut came in 1956 with the album “The Hi-Fi Nightingale,” which featured the Top 20 single, “The Breeze and I.”
I gotta stop reading the obituaries. I should just check to make sure my name is not in there, and if not, just close the browser tab. Dio ti benedica Caterina Valente!
Are Millions of Americans Being Rejected by Questionable HR Software?
I believe the latter approach is a version of blaming the victims. Instead of assuming that people who have dropped out of the job market are suffering from a diminished work ethic, we should consider the possibility that something structural has gone terribly wrong in the arena of job applicant screening. If that is the case, the cause could not be isolated or sporadic. It would have to be something occurring on a regular basis at job sites across the nation.
I have a likely suspect: Applicant screening software.
The tubby girls in the HR departments are the problem, but it’s not their fault, of course. Their computer totally hates them.
See you at the curb!
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