The Kansas City Royals today
Just playing in front of a few fans The Kansas City Royals today announced that for the first time in 18 months fans will once again be welcomed back into…
It instead nurtures the positive beliefs
Most of us believe that the harder we work the more we receive. What do we receive? More money, security, social status. What about happiness? In my life, I spent…
Serverless Is Amazing, but Here’s the Big Problem
Serverless Is Amazing, but Here’s the Big Problem First, it was Docker. Then microservices. Then Kubernetes. And now, serverless. Servers are a pain in the neck, right? What web developer…
The Netflix Cosmos Platform
Introduction Cosmos is a computing platform that combines the best aspects of microservices with asynchronous workflows and serverless functions. Its sweet spot is applications that involve resource-intensive algorithms coordinated via…
A Mental Trick to Make Any Task Less Intimidating
A few years ago, one of my children became obsessed with roller coasters. He watched video after video to study them from afar. He designed his own in computer games….
My story of working with Governor Cuomo
I should have been shocked by the Governor’s crude comment, but I wasn’t. We were flying home from an October 2017 event in Western New York on his taxpayer-funded jet….
Texas Proves We Live in a Culture of Toxic Individualism
When she got home, there was no internet. Her ex-husband had canceled it while she was at work, but didn’t bother to tell her. Now her kids can’t attend school,…
An Empty Nest, Sooner Than Expected
Myson, completely at wits’ end with Zoom education, left for boarding school last month, so my husband and I became, a few years ahead of schedule, empty-nesters. I had not…
The Elites Have Set the Stage For the Greatest Economic Crisis In History
Time after time, over history, speculative manias seemingly emerge out of nowhere, fueling extraordinary booms that prelude devastating busts. After a while, you’d think we would have recognized how to…
Using the right tools to visualize data
When it comes to visualizing data, most people have a straightforward idea about what to do. They use scatterplots to display the relationships between two variables. Boxplots are used to…
Everyone Needs Three Email Addresses
Email is everywhere. Virtually every website, store, and newspaper demands you fork it over. It’s on your laptop, your phone, and constantly on your mind. Your workplace, school, book club,…
The Terrifying Results of a New AI Study
I am haunted by a story. It’s a story only a handful of paragraphs long, written by a man in the 50’s regarding a superintelligent cybernetics machine. In its sparse…
The Mental Gymnastics of a Virtual Job Interview Are Hard to Land
For the first time in a long time, I’m happy with my current job. I have support from my higher-ups, a good deal of responsibility, and room for improvement, word…
Clubhouse discussion app knocked offline in China
Discussion app Clubhouse appears to have been knocked offline in China, prompting fears it has been blocked by the state’s so-called “Great Firewall”. The invite-only app uses audio rather than…