Bemused ramblings some dude says on the internet
Automation has encroached on almost every sector of the economy indiscriminately rearranging jobs and careers in its wake. It has been strangely absent from the news in the field of cybersecurity and technology. The irony is that cybersecurity and other technical fields have probably had the most time and effort spent on automation out of any sector, just that the developments have not seemed as disruptive as they could.… Read the rest
Zen wasn’t the first thing to get me into meditation, but it was the most impactful. I have been on and off for following the habits I should, and while getting back into meditation after a long break, I read (and reread) a bunch of introductory Zen books to get back in the swing of things. Some I had read before, others were completely new to me.… Read the rest
Most days, I feel completely lost in my own head. I wake up and feel like I’m stuck in a surreal bubble spirited away from reality and thrown into some kind of Kafkaesque nightmare. I know on an intellectual level that this isn’t actually the case, but that doesn’t make it feel any less depressing.
Life feels as if I’m floating around in a torrent of chaos and noise with no sense of which way is up or down, just letting the currents of time pull me wherever I’ll end up going.… Read the rest
There are new stories every week about this company or that being hacked. Many of these stories happen because of leaky API’s. Large RMM providers like Kaseya and ConnectWise are being targeted repeatedly for exploits.
An API is an Application Programming Interface. API’s are used to extend and expand the functions of a product and to allow them to interact with other products.… Read the rest
Online classes revolutionized education by opening classrooms up to people of all walks of life who may not have been able to afford to attend either due to cost, flexibility, or locale. Online courses have many free options which can be as useful as a traditional university course from a learning perspective. Lately though, they’ve dropped off the map and seemingly stagnated.… Read the rest
The “Dark Night of the Soul” is a common concept in spirituality, but it can apply to many other aspects of life as well. In our modern society, our careers, our ambitions, and our hobbies have all become as much a part of our person as spirituality has been traditionally. Most forms of spirituality have some kind of answer or at least direction which is “right”, but what is right with a career when there are many choices in front of you, each one going a completely different way and excluding progress in another way?… Read the rest