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#133 – THOUGHTS ON SMART PHONES AND PRIVACY – KIRBY URNER

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AAA IRBYAdvanced high school students are getting exposed to RSA (the first public key cyrypto system) along with their math track.  In such schools as the exclusive Phillips Academy, I’m sure they are having informed debates in their classrooms, regarding the Apple vs. FBI standoff.

I think this is important because everyone who wants privacy and to make sure that their financial, medical information, and all information is kept private should be interested in the Apple vs. FBI standoff that ended in a whimper.  All of us will be eventually become cyber experts.

They’re certainly better equipped, concept-wise, than less privileged kids who might not even get any SQL, even in all four years of high school (!). Continue reading →

#132 – A, B, AND C’S OF CAREER ADVANCEMENT – JOHN AYERS

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AAAYou may have heard about the Peter Principle (every employee tends to rise to his/her level of incompetency) and Putt’s law (the most competent person tends to sink to the bottom while the least talented person rises to the top). You have not heard of the A, B, C Theory because it is mine. I will explain what it is and you decide if there is any merit in it. Continue reading →

#131 – DO YOU PYTHON? – KIRBY URNER

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AAA - imagesIf you have visited a bookstore recently you may have noticed an explosion in Python-related titles, especially for kids.

The Python I mean is not the invasive species of the snake now eating Florida alligators, nor Monty Python the comedy troupe, but the computer language, made in Holland originally but nowadays world-owned.  Python, the language, appears to be taking over the world!   Continue reading →

#131 – RETIREMENT RISK CONSIDERATIONS – JOHN AYERS

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AAAIn my view, the major retirement consideration is sufficient income to maintain a similar lifestyle you enjoyed when working. If you recently retired or plan to do so within the next few years, it is probably too late to assess considerations to improve your retirement position because your retirement income is already cast in stone. On the other hand, if you have a number of years before retirement and wondering how you should prepare for it, keep reading because I offer some valid recommendations for you to ponder based on my own experience since retiring in 2012 at the age of 71. Continue reading →

#129 – TIGER MOM’S CRY: SILICON VALLEY SUICIDE CRISIS AND MYSTERY – DR. TRUDY

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Dr. Trudy

When the suicides happened in the most elite high school, Henry M. Gunn High School, an affluent community, also in the heart of Silicon Valley, the home of the most brilliant and successful inventors, invention and companies, it raises a red flag and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting an investigation and trying to find out the root cause of the invisible, mysterious and contagious disease, suicide cluster. I was informed more than 10 years ago in Oregon that parents in Palo Alto have organized patrol teams around the Caltrain tracks but obviously the suicide symptom is not alleviated after a decade later. Continue reading →