Category Archives: Bidness

So Much for Learning How to Code

Posted on January 22, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Political funding dilettante and Open AI CEO Sam Altman on AI and coding–and note the last sentence (boldface mine): Anyone can ask ChatGPT to answer a question or perform a task. But the popular chatbot is particularly useful for workers … Continue reading →

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They Should Have Gone After Il Trumpe on Emoluments

Posted on January 5, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Throughout twice-impeached former President Donald’s Trump term, some asshole with a blog argued many, many–so many–times that the sure-fire impeachment case against Trump was his violation of the emoluments clause. Well, three fucking years too late, look at what the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Democrats, Fucking Morons | 1 Comment

Liberate the Toothpaste Aisle

Posted on December 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, the National Retail Federation, which has been pushing the ‘organized retail crime’ nonsense admitted they were full of shit (boldface mine): The main lobbying group for U.S. retailers retracted its claim that “organized retail crime” accounted for nearly … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Crime, DC | 1 Comment

AI, AMR, and Data Ownership: Blessed Are the Data Generators

Posted on November 14, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Our tech overlords are upset that they actually might have to pay people for their labor (boldface mine): Andreessen Horowitz is warning that billions of dollars in AI investments could be worth a lot less if companies developing the technology … Continue reading →

Posted in Antibiotics, Bidness, Genomics | 20 Comments

Armenians and the Potential for the Misuse of ‘AI’

Posted on November 13, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

And I put AI in scare quotes because this really has to do with algorithms, not AI per se. First, a blast from the (not, though it should be) past–discrimination against Armenians (boldface mine): People are rightly concerned about the … Continue reading →

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And the Beat (Sweetener) Goes On…

Posted on October 24, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It now appears Republican Rep. Jim Jordan won’t be the next House Speaker, but it’s still hilarious to see the political press corps write beat sweeteners–puff pieces that make their subjects look good, in implicit exchange for access later: “Exclusive: … Continue reading →

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BuT wHy ArE eMpLoYeEs TaKiNg ThEiR sIcK dAyS?

Posted on October 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

So asks the Wall Street Journal (boldface mine): The bar for taking a sick day is getting lower, and some bosses say that’s a problem. U.S. workers have long viewed an unwillingness to take sick days as a badge of … Continue reading →

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Employers Haven’t Faced Strikes Like These in a Long Time

Posted on October 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, the NY Times published an article with the headline “Amid Strikes, One Question: Are Employers Miscalculating?” They did miscalculate, but the article missed a key reason why: strikes are much harder to break when the underlying workforce is unstable. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Unions | 4 Comments

The Problem with D.C.’s Downtown Is the Private, Not Federal, Sector

Posted on October 10, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Because D.C.’s current leadership, despite years of high rates of office vacancies downtown, did nothing to address the problem, they have been calling for federal workers to return to the office in a desperate attempt to jump start downtown businesses, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Boston, DC, Housing | 1 Comment

‘My Rich Friends Will Pay Ridiculous Amounts for My Property’ Isn’t a Valid Defense Against Fraud

Posted on September 29, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

At least for now. Marcy Wheeler gives a very good summary of the recent New York state court ruling against Trump, finding $850 million to $3.2 billion of fraudulent estimates by Trump. Wheeler notes (boldface mine): Which brings us to … Continue reading →

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