computing – MatthewMaynard.net https://matthewmaynard.net Liberty fiction for an enslaved world. And some other things. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:08:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Captain Obvious is gunning for a promotion https://matthewmaynard.net/2024/03/01/captain-obvious-is-gunning-for-a-promotion/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:08:27 +0000 https://matthewmaynard.net/?p=401 Captain Obvious is gunning for a promotion: RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study. Why commute and work when you can just work? Enlightened managers understand this.

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]]> Color me skeptical https://matthewmaynard.net/2024/02/16/color-me-skeptical/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:24:54 +0000 https://matthewmaynard.net/?p=256 Color me skeptical: Technology industry to combat deceptive use of AI in 2024 elections. Given the skew in political donations in the technology sector, I’ll believe in their even-handedness when I see it applied to Democrats.

]]> Does AI mean Always Invading? https://matthewmaynard.net/2024/02/14/does-ai-mean-always-invading/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:33:16 +0000 https://matthewmaynard.net/?p=189 Does AI mean Always Invading? NVIDIA’s new AI chatbot runs locally on your PC. I’d like to put a sniffer on this and see what data it’s sending back to the NVIDIA mothership.

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