One of the areas I see looming larger and larger is the question of liability and legal consequences of using AI in the event of an alleged failure and damages...

And here's another one on AI.  My wife is constantly sending me links to stuff on Instagram Reels with people dramatically  blathering on about something.  My usual question is "what...

Jeff, another good illustration is how much financial advisors seen to more and more depend on software analysis for investing our money.  I've been retired now for 15 years, and...

David, I have to adamantly disagree with your thought that AI 'has no motivation'.  I think motivation is one of it's greatest dangers.  AI is created by people and people...

One thing maybe most of you are not into yet but which seems to me to akin to AI is using subtitles or close captioning on TV, especially in live...

Sounds like my office closet. Some older tech in there, including (I think) still a Jazz drive and disks.

I wish I could repair this watch, but the break is...

This is a daily difference in my home.  While I do like to keep my tech relatively up to date, I'm also one to keep things around long past their...

2100 parameters for a sproc?  If you think that is a problem, you have far larger real problems.

Reflecting on the whole IA thing in software development reminds me of the following wisdom:

Matthew 7:24-29 Good News Translation : The Two House Builders

24 “So then, anyone who hears these...

I experience chronic technical pain with one application that I have used since 1986 when I bought my first version and continue to use today with the 2014 version.  I...

Steve, I've been drinking coffee for probably 65 years now, and still prefer a nice clean mug of plain black to anything, just like I prefer my computer apps to...

Yes, Jeff, those were the days of news instead of propaganda.  Thanks for the memories.

Steve, I offer my congratulations on your endurance in this field of endeavor.  I'm sure there have been difficult times but you have apparently done well.  I wish you continued...

1974:  My first experience with consultants.  ( this really happened ).  I'll try to be brief.

I'm hired as first IT manager at company who has hired a consulting group for...

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Someone here imported a large text file using ADF, and all the fields ended up as nvarchar(max). I was livid. I don't think the person who did this even...