Category: Posts
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There has been a flurry of activity recently in the EU regulatory space, namely the announcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Dude has been following this with interest, for the same reasons that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is interesting. What he means by this is…
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The Dude has been thinking about what else to write on—so many topics, but so little time. Some idle musings. One thing he’s found interesting lately is the cryptocurrency space—not the wild-eyed libertarian “Kill the banks! Kill the government” stuff. That’s not his jam. In fact, he is actively and aggressively opposed to that point…
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An election. Pretty cool invention– allowing for the peaceful transferral of power between competing political philosophies within a single locale. Of course, there is an assumption here that the involved political philosophies see value in a peaceful transferral of power– if they don’t, if they are spoiling for a fight, or have decided that they…
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Wow. This past month has been an endless whirlwind of chaos. We have finally been able to see some of POTUS’s tax returns, and they reveal exactly what you would expect—he’s not a very successful businessman, losing money left and right, yet living a billionaire lifestyle while ignoring anything beyond himself. A new book, Rage…
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The Dude decided to take some time this weekend post another contest entry. Seasons are starting to change, school is restarting (although there are significant challenges), and a major election is less than two months away. Sometimes it feels overwhelming– but one of the silver linings to the 2020 dumpster fire is being able to…
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So now that the cat is out of the bag, so to speak, it’s time to get the ball rolling! As promised, The Dude is going to conduct another contest for Quatloos: fame, glory, respect, it can all be yours!!! As in previous contests, you have to provide the song and artist that corresponds to…
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The Dude removed his blog from Google’s Blogger platform back in 2018, at the time, Google+ was being shut down (as they had previously killed Reader, a really slick RSS tool), and there was widespread speculation that Blogger was next on the chopping block. Simply put, it didn’t feel like the content creators had enough…
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So the historical comments have been imported, and it’s time for the reopening. Welcome back! The Dude needed a place to conduct a little more long form ranting and posting vs. other social media, so here we go. Please feel free to leave a comment!
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So after looking around, The Dude has decided to move ahead with Disqus as the comment system here. Partially just because it’s easy, and it allows the historical comments to be imported as well. More to come!