• Click Counting: It Is 1992 All Over Again

    Updated: 2025-03-31 09:53:00
    Dinobaby says, “No smart software involved. That’s for “real” journalists and pundits. I love it when search engine optimization experts, online marketing executives, and drum beaters for online advertising talk about clicks, clickstreams, and click metrics. Ho ho ho. I think I was involved in creating a Web site called Point (The Top 5% of […]

  • Google: Android and the Walled Garden

    Updated: 2025-03-31 09:39:00
    Dinobaby says, “No smart software involved. That’s for “real” journalists and pundits. In my little corner of the world, I do not see Google as “open.” One can toss around the idea 24×7, and I won’t change my mind. Despite its unusual approach to management, the company has managed to contain the damage from Xooglers’ […]

  • Apple CEO Chases Chinese AI and Phone Sales

    Updated: 2025-03-31 09:09:00
    While the hullabaloo about making stakes in China’s burgeoning market has died down, Big Tech companies still want pieces of the Chinese pie or dumpling would be a better metaphor here. An example of Big Tech wanting to entrench itself in the ChinBaiese market is Apple. Mac Rumors reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook was […]

  • Cypersecurity Pros, Bit of an Issue. You Think?

    Updated: 2025-03-28 09:53:00
    Be aware. A dinobaby wrote this essay. No smart software involved. I read a research report in the Register titled “MINJA Sneak Attack Poisons AI Models for Other Chatbot Users.” The write up is interesting and, I think, important. The weakness is that the essay does not make explicit that this type of vulnerability can […]

  • OpenAI and Alleged Environmental Costs: No Problem

    Updated: 2025-03-28 09:38:00
    We know ChatGPT uses an obscene amount of energy and water. But it can be difficult to envision exactly how much. Digg offers some helpful infographics in, "Do You Know How Much Energy ChatGPT Actually Uses?" Writer Darcy Jimenez tells us: "Since it was first released in 2022, ChatGPT has gained a reputation for being […]

  • Amazon Twitches: Love That Streaming, Dontcha?

    Updated: 2025-03-28 09:08:00
    Having a pervasive online presence is great for business, especially if you’re an influencer and you want endorsements. There’s also a dark side to being in the public eye and that comes in the form of anything from home invasions to death threats. Twitch star Amouranth’s home was burgled and she ended up being assaulted. […]

  • Programmers: The Way of the Dodo Bird?

    Updated: 2025-03-27 09:53:00
    Another dinobaby blog post. Eight decades and still thrilled when I point out foibles. Let’s just assume that the US economy is A-OK. One discipline is indispensable now and in the future. What is it? The programmer. Perhaps not if the information in “Employment for Computer Programmers in the U.S. Has Plummeted to Its Lowest […]

  • The Chinese AI PR Keeps Flowing

    Updated: 2025-03-27 09:38:00
    Is China moving ahead in the AI race? Some seem to think so. Interesting Engineering reports, "‘World’s First’ Fully Autonomous AI Agent Unveiled in China, Handles Real-World Tasks." Writer Christopher McFadden tells us: "A group of Chinese software engineers have developed what they have called the ‘world’s first’ fully autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent. Called […]

  • Insecure Managers Watch: Whistle While You Shirk

    Updated: 2025-03-27 09:08:00
    It’s never been easier to spy…er…watch employees while they work. Systems track employees and their work. Employees are monitored with software that’s akin to spyware except it wears a white hat (sort of) instead of a black one. Computer World says that employers are spying…er…monitoring their employees more than ever: “Electronic Employee Monitoring Reaches An […]

  • Digital Marketing: Is It Worse Than Social Media? Yep, in Some Ways

    Updated: 2025-03-26 09:53:00
    Yep, another dinobaby original. With the US taking an interesting trajectory, I have seen an uptick in articles that tackle the question, “Why are many of society’s functions leaking synthetic oil?” “How Digital Marketing Broke Society” takes a different analytic path. The culprit is not social media. (Please, visualize the tattoos on 11 year olds […]

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