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Nov 23, 2022

Artemis — Yawn

The hoopla around the recent launch of Artemis to the Moon has me conflicted. The good side is that NASA is actually trying to do something other than send people to an orbiting tin can that is not suitable for humans, because prolonged stay there leaves them debilitated. …

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Artemis — Yawn
Artemis — Yawn

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Aug 12, 2022

Scrum Was Unethical From the Start

In 2001 an ad hoc group of men (yes — all men unfortunately) gathered for a weekend to devise some shared ideas about how to fix the dysfunctional culture of software development, which — during the 1990s — had come to be dominated by PMI-centric waterfall ideas and heavyweight methodologies. …

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Scrum Was Unethical From the Start
Scrum Was Unethical From the Start

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Apr 16, 2022

The Horrendous Design of Streaming Apps

Have you found that streaming apps are a horrible experience? I am not talking about the content — I am talking about the aps that deliver the content. My wife and I use an Apple TV for watching Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Apple TV+. We also use a browser for…

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The Horrendous Design of Streaming Apps
The Horrendous Design of Streaming Apps

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Apr 9, 2022

Climate Change Is Not Our Biggest Threat

I am worried about climate change, but I started out as a skeptic. Today I am like the reformed smoker, evangelizing about the need to control methane in particular and CO2 as well. My journey began when I noticed that the climate record showed that we are due for another…

Climate Change

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Climate Change Is Not Our Biggest Threat
Climate Change Is Not Our Biggest Threat
Climate Change

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Mar 11, 2022

“Life” is a Non-Sensical Concept

Scientists have updated the definition of “life” many times, and with increasing frequency. Philosophers have debated what “life” is for millennia — it is one of the cornerstone topics in philosophy. I claim that those debates are destined to lead nowhere, because there is no such thing as “life”. But…

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“Life” is a Non-Sensical Concept
“Life” is a Non-Sensical Concept

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Nov 29, 2021

The Internet Did Not Have to Be This Way

Hundreds of passwords. Misogynistic and other toxic trolls poisoning online discussions. A few dominant e-commerce providers and a decimated small retail landscape. We celebrate the Web — England even knighted its creator, a lowly non-physicist programmer at CERN. Yet the “Web” that he created was a primitive and haphazard application…

Internet Security

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The Internet Did Not Have to Be This Way
The Internet Did Not Have to Be This Way
Internet Security

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Jun 28, 2021

Old Versus New Agile

Agile has changed. In the words of Jeff Patton, “When people say Agile today, they mean something different today than they did in 2001…it’s come to mean something else.” Unfortunately, some members of the Agile community are stuck in the past. …

Agile Methodology

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Old Versus New Agile
Old Versus New Agile
Agile Methodology

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Feb 13, 2021

Why Democracy Is a Terrible System

Why do we in the West celebrate democracy? The reason is that democracy is how we unshackled ourselves from kings and lords who subjugated us, stole from us, raped us, and squeezed us into the subsistence margins while they lived with excess and privilege. Indeed, anything is better than that…

Democracy

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Why Democracy Is a Terrible System
Why Democracy Is a Terrible System
Democracy

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Nov 15, 2020

Google Has Become Mostly a Product Placement Platform

Have you noticed that Google search results have been getting worse and worse? That now they seem to be mostly product ads? …

Google

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Google Has Become Mostly a Product Placement Platform
Google Has Become Mostly a Product Placement Platform
Google

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Oct 22, 2020

Why We Created Agile 2

Most Agile transformations struggle. According to an Allied Market Research study, “63% of respondents stated the failure of agile implementation in their organizations.” This is despite the fact that Agile is increasingly seen as a strategic enabler. …

Agile

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Why We Created Agile 2
Why We Created Agile 2
Agile

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