Author Archives: NickW

I recently took a walk up through my old neighborhood while growing up. It hasn’t changed too much. I was amazed at how verdant it was. The trees have really grown around there. I got to thinking about my future.. Last night, I took a walk to the university library to get some CS books …

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Being a caregiver is hard work.

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A whole new frontier in brain science would open up if people treated brain confabulation as being about signal-based artifacts instead of basic neuronal impulses. The brain is more creative and complex than we give it credit for. Exposure to computers on a daily basis makes this so.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/climate/james-lovelock-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DKDmwdiO8RAo2J50qKZ6NmasB22zOFSdtGO7xqSPF7wqlfI0lpAUGOk6ezpa4kcW8zuJ7hGSQ_xY7MVrQ1tjLmYzi0eLwjgee2s0zDbWjgXLiP0HV1OFk185FicQyt3SEJwrzXUbIggqkI1vYqAZ98QjcBdXPK66GuU0MiTY3AOhLM6QA2WPVbXyXTm7Oc6rEDdgZUATHWXS81oDZ8uJ4HZoRhbOuoJAUgecH-nbwbFmdsSYyrDJU0TIXf_K54XhcrZtkm-qfgEPx_QWg11w&smid=url-share

Hopefully the database works?

Just some random news: https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/symbiote-malware-stealthy-linux-based-threat-financial-industry

https://gizmodo.com/you-should-probably-stop-using-your-wyze-camera-right-n-1848731446

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/massive-outage-brought-down-most-apple-services-like-icloud-and-imessage/