“Environmentalists” have been protesting dams for years even though they are enormously greener and better for the environment than coal or gas. Could big oil and gas secretly be backing the anti-nuclear and anti-dam protestors? My bet is yes.
Buy Learning Management System Software
If you are looking to buy learning management system software you should try RomyLMS.com. I built this system last year for Coalition Technologies and last month I made it accessible for consumer use. We’ve worked hard to make sure it is easier to use than any existing LMSs out there.
A big part of ease of use is how you navigate through a system.… read more “Buy Learning Management System Software”
Lightning Fast Homepage
Coalition’s new homepage is going to be lightning fast! Very excited to get it done.
Employee Productivity
I think there are 4 levels of productivity an employee can have:
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Doing work
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Doing work + reporting on the work (let Joel know)
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Doing work + reporting on the work + providing insights on the work (make recommendations)
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Doing work + reporting on the work + providing insights on the work + taking action to improve the work based on insights (make necessary changes to systems and report to Joel).
SyntaxNet is Approaching Human Levels
Google’s new open source language parser, SyntaxNet, seems to be nearing human levels of sentence parsing. Trained human linguists can parse sentences with 97% accuracy, SyntaxNet can parse them with 94% accuracy… basically SyntaxNet is halfway there. If it doubles in efficiency twice, it will surpass humans.
When it surpasses humans, how far will we be from general strong artificial intelligence?… read more “SyntaxNet is Approaching Human Levels”
Internet Addiction
Everyone I know is now addicted to the Internet. Laurel and I have our phones out all the time, or we watch Netflix together, or read books on our Kindles, or work on our computers. I can’t even go to the bathroom without pulling out my phone to read Hacker News or the NyTimes.
Even my old technology hating Grandpa is now addicted.… read more “Internet Addiction”
Banking Not Secure
SWiFT- the network all major banks use to transfer money is not secure.
The issue is that state backed hackers from Russia and China will always defeat these systems because there are no repercussions to them. Basically, these hackers are the equivalent of a pirate boat rushing out into the ocean to rob a cargo boat then going back to safe harbor in their own country.… read more “Banking Not Secure”
Energy vs Healthcare
Deregulation in energy in the 60s and 70s broke up monopoly’s and greatly increased competition, which brought about huge energy innovations that have revolutionized that industry for the better.
Doing the same thing in medical and drug fields will vastly reduce costs while improving the quality of care.
It’s pretty pathetic that you can get better service in a restaurant spending $5 than you can in a medical facility when you are spending $5,000.
Employee Productivity
I think there are 4 levels of productivity an employee can have:
- Doing work
- Doing work + reporting on the work
- Doing work + reporting on the work + providing insights on the work
- Doing work + reporting on the work + providing insights on the work + taking action to improve the work based on insights.
Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
I just finished reading the “illustrated man” by Ray Bradbury. A fascinating tale about a tattooed man whose tattoos tell stories from the future, it is a bit macabre. Entertaining though and good literature.