Mar 10Today I joined Mastodon via Medium (me.md)New Medium account ->> https://me.dm/@jdavidnet I’ve been a long user of social media, and I clearly remember one of the first times I signed up for Twitter. It’s a fond memory and kind of the beginning of my adult tech career. Twitter was the first time I had used a…2 min read2 min read
Oct 14, 2022My experience with NVIDIA’s Verified Priority Access Program to Purchase RTX 4090 through Best BuyToday (October 14th, 2022) at 9:21 am, I received an email from NVIDIA that I was officially verified for my the Verified Priority Access Program (VPA), and I wanted to show others what it was, what it looks like, and how it works. I’ll also mention how I believe I…Gaming5 min readGaming5 min read
Aug 11, 2022Current gen AI’s are like the Ghosts of Humanity™, and they Don’t like ZuckerbergHere’s the thing. These Deep Learning Models, aren’t intelligent, but they do seem “intelligent,” almost like a ghost isn’t a person, but seems like a person. Ghosts aren’t real, but we all know the various architypes. Some Ghosts haunt us, some are friendly, some are stuck in a loop and…2 min read2 min read
Feb 15, 2022Single Use Alkaline Batteries are an Environmental disaster, We can do betterIt’s no secret that we live in a consumer-driven technological age. Every year millions of products are produced that depend on electricity, and more specifically Batteries. Eventually, most batteries end up in a landfill somewhere and run the risk of polluting the nearby land, and water systems. This isn’t a…Enviroment6 min readEnviroment6 min read
Feb 9, 2022Is Apple planning another Big ‘F-U’ to Meta’s Metaverse by fully supporting WebXR Open Standards?Recently Facebook has been hurting and hurting badly. Their market cap dropped more than any other company in history, totaling more than $232 Billion, and almost $400 Billion since its peak of $1T in August of 2021. Many are attributing the decline to reduced future earnings growth for Facebook. Facebook…Metaverse6 min readMetaverse6 min read
Jan 13, 2022My thoughts on Apple Releasing a VR headset in 2022Apple VR’s (XR, MR, AR) Potential The Early Days I remember the day I got my first VR headset from Kickstarter (in 2013); I couldn’t help but see the potential but yearned for something more polished. It was easy to make the leap asking what VR would be and who would bring…Apple15 min readApple15 min read
Nov 9, 2021The Challenge, How much does “World Hunger” cost to “Solve”?Last week( November 1, 2021 ), Elon Musk offered to sell Tesla stock, and cut a check for $6B if they can prove they will “Solve” “World Hunger” for $6B, and I have a hunch this will NEVER HAPPEN. Not because Elon isn’t good for his word, but because I…3 min read3 min read
Sep 28, 2021I’m Upgrading my old Network Attached Storage (ReadyNAS RN212), because my new 16TB drives broke itIf you are like me, you have a trove of data that just seems to keep growing. It’s compiled of family photos, music, maybe dvds and blurays that you’ve archived. You might even have virtual machine hdds, software licenses, and software install files to keep around just in case they…Technology13 min readTechnology13 min read
Dec 16, 2020Bitcoin has several key problems.This is a fast and fast and loose summary of a discussion I held elsewhere: 1.) It does not have a military supporting it. 2.) Its “proof-of-work” algorithm is a proxy for energy cost. It’s a 1st order or 2nd order derivative instrument of energy cost. This drives up energy…Bitcoin3 min readBitcoin3 min read
Jan 17, 2020The Health Insurance Shell GameEvery Fall we have the opportunity to change healthcare plans, this fall is no different, but I want to alert you to a game that is played every year between you and your insurer. It’s a classic hustle, the shell game, we’ve all seen it on TV or on the…Healthcare4 min readHealthcare4 min read
