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Justin D Kruger
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Nov 4

Reject PG&E Rate Hikes:

Let’s Dig Deep, Think Differently, and Invest in an Energy Revolution — Like many Californians, I draw a deep breath as I confront the shock of my soaring energy bills. It’s a game of PG&E Tetris, trying to reorganize our life within their rules to reduce our energy bills. I think could switching energy plans, optimizing laundry schedules, or even washing dishes…

Pge

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Reject PG&E Rate Hikes:
Reject PG&E Rate Hikes:
Pge

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Aug 28

Dear Woom Bikes, you need adaptive accessories, like training wheels NOW

This is an open letter I wrote to Woom a few moments ago, and I’d like the communities to help to get Woom thinking more adaptively. Dear Woom, We bought a Woom (3) bike a few years ago for our daughter who at the time we thought would be like any other child, even though she had a stroke at birth. The Doctors just were not sure if the stroke would have an effect on her…

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Dear Woom Bikes, you need adaptive accessories, like training wheels NOW
Dear Woom Bikes, you need adaptive accessories, like training wheels NOW

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Mar 10

Today 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. …

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Oct 14, 2022

My experience with NVIDIA’s Verified Priority Access Program to Purchase RTX 4090 through Best Buy

Today (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…

Gaming

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My experience with NVIDIA’s Verified Priority Access Program to Purchase RTX 4090 through Best Buy
My experience with NVIDIA’s Verified Priority Access Program to Purchase RTX 4090 through Best Buy
Gaming

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Aug 11, 2022

Current gen AI’s are like the Ghosts of Humanity™, and they Don’t like Zuckerberg

Here’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…

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Current gen AI’s are like the Ghosts of Humanity™, and they Don’t like Zuckerberg
Current gen AI’s are like the Ghosts of Humanity™, and they Don’t like Zuckerberg

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Feb 15, 2022

Single Use Alkaline Batteries are an Environmental disaster, We can do better

It’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. …

Enviroment

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Single Use Alkaline Batteries are an Environmental disaster, We can do better
Single Use Alkaline Batteries are an Environmental disaster, We can do better
Enviroment

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Feb 9, 2022

Is 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…

Metaverse

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Is Apple planning another Big ‘F-U’ to Meta’s Metaverse by fully supporting WebXR Open Standards?
Is Apple planning another Big ‘F-U’ to Meta’s Metaverse by fully supporting WebXR Open Standards?
Metaverse

6 min read


Jan 13, 2022

My thoughts on Apple Releasing a VR headset in 2022

Apple 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. …

Apple

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Apple VR, and Ruminating on it’s Potential
Apple VR, and Ruminating on it’s Potential
Apple

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Nov 9, 2021

The 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. …

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Sep 28, 2021

I’m Upgrading my old Network Attached Storage (ReadyNAS RN212), because my new 16TB drives broke it

If 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…

Technology

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I’m Upgrading my old Network Attached Storage (ReadyNAS RN212), because my new 16TB drives broke it
I’m Upgrading my old Network Attached Storage (ReadyNAS RN212), because my new 16TB drives broke it
Technology

13 min read

Justin D Kruger

Justin D Kruger

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Entrepreneur, Engineer, Husband, Father -- Lives in San Francisco, and loves Science Fiction https://me.dm/@jdavidnet

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