The Military and Medicine

These have always been strange bedfellows. And with the hospitalization of Trump, they have become even stranger. 

With every press release, you wonder who is talking. 

Google and Palantir

One Zero 

This was written 5 days ago, and and is just now seeing the light of day. I recommend you read it. 

Both companies leverage vast amounts of data for unprecedented surveillance.

Not an easy read. 

People do not Understand Programming

I was visiting with a friend yesterday when she asked me what I was doing. I told her I was learning the Python programming language. "What is that good for?" she asked. 

I should have explained that any programming language could be used to do many things, but I know from experience, that most people cannot understand how this works. How information has to be digitized before it can be processed by a computer, but this happens very fast. 

Their minds work much like any animal's, and it cannot understand any other way. They know if they could understand this other way, and think like a Programmer, they could make a lot more money. But they cannot cross this gap. 

Irish Cream in my Coffee

I was surprised to find Baileys stocked in my local liquor store.

My taste for coffee changes frequently, depending on the brand of coffee. But this morning Britt's Espresso coffee, with Splenda and Baileys, tastes just right.  

It's a weird combination of drugs, but perfectly legal. 

Sex in the US and the UK

The US got its culture from the UK, but now the Culture flow has reversed. All the world now wants American popular culture - altho Chinese goodies are close behind. 

The British PM just another child by a woman not married to him. 

I should be overjoyed at this development.= but I am not. I feel I am being used, and that does not feel right. 

To cope with this I have to become another person, someone asexual. not heterosexual or homosexual. More like my father. Who could father children (much to the satisfaction of my mother) but once that was done he slept in another bedroom.

God's Chosen People

This is how the Mormons felt about themselves, in the 19th Century. And many of their neighbors felt the same way, Every town had its own militia (with cannons) and was often at war with other towns. 

This sounds like Latin America (or the Middle East)  does't It? 

Most Things can Only be done a Certain Way

Obvious, huh? But not so obvious to many people, who insist on doing things the wrong way. The way they think they should work. This is especially true in Religion. 

The world consists of many black boxes, where the working inside them is hidden from view. Science (including Computer Science) consists on discovering how they work. 

The latest techniques for this are called Machine Learning (or Data Science). Where people program computers to look inside these boxes. People have to be trained also to work with their Computers in doing this. 

There are many online courses to help them, and they are cheap.