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Finished Second Week New Job
I finished the second week of my new job! Though I did contract work for the same company a week before the holidays, at a very needed moment. So, I will have worked with them for three weeks, now.
January 13, 2024 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute
Successful reset, full steam ahead
My personal reset has been a success. I'm back on track with my training, my contract is going well, and my web presence refresh is making good progress.
December 2, 2023 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes
Bing chat fails logic, hallucinates, outright lies
Bing chat fails to reason about who writes Princes and Madmen blog (me) and outright lies and claims that "Princes and Madmen" is a book written by Matthew Weiner.
September 24, 2023 by Daniel F Dickinson4 minutes
O'Reilly scholarship and nearing a moment of truth
Since I forgot to mention it before: I am a recipient of a 2023 O'Reilly DEIJ scholarship. I am also very close to official tests of my knowledge. And no, technology really doesn't change that much.
August 19, 2023 by Daniel F Dickinson3 minutes
It's actually happening: Cross-skilling & contract
Some updates on my training and paid work opportunities. (They've come through!). Maybe even a little bit too much at once.
May 26, 2023 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes
Relaxation at the Midland Copy Shoppe
One of the lessons I've learned over the last few years is to relax and let others do what they do better than I
August 7, 2021 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes
Archives: Rent or own?
… that got me interested in the question, "How long before one reaches the break even point on the purchase of a residence compared to a lease?"
February 23, 2021 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes
The problem with thin (pools & volumes)
Linux LVM thin pools and volumes initially seem to be a great way maximize the use of hard drive space by using only the space that is actually allocated to files. There is a major fly in the ointment though. Thin pools cannot be reduced in size.
February 21, 2021 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes
Dating with accelerators
Uses the basic principles of radioactive dating and combines them with advanced isotope measurements to obtain very precise results from small samples.
October 29, 1992 by Daniel F Dickinson6 minutes
Facebook "meltdown"
If my feed was showing me what 'engaged' me why did I get fed up and leave? There are several parts to the answer, but an important piece is that Facebook's algorithm is largely an uncontrolled 'positive feedback loop'.
February 10, 2021 by Daniel F Dickinson3 minutes