NASA/Frank Michaux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the keeper’s contention that even the dullest human observers must conclude that billionaires flying off into space means that eventually the rich one-percenters—having destroyed planet Earth for profit, will occupy other planets while most of the populace will ride …
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Category:Technology
Kickass and Amazon’s Psychic Delivery
By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to take advantage of the new Amazon policy of making distribution centers out of former shopping malls to facilitate Amazon’s plan to deliver items before they are ordered. Based on the marketing premise—“You may not have wanted this or even ordered it, but …
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Kickass Versus Technology
By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, finally settled next to Phyllis in their adjoining recliners, was seeking sympathy from her for what seemed to be an endless litany of humiliations from the tech world: his “smart” car had refused to start for unknown reasons, the car radio switched to heavy …
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Resistance is Futile
Photo by Kindel Media from Pexels By Mark Mamerow When Milwaukee Brewers’ GM David Streans signed catcher Yasmani Grandal for the 2019 season, he wasn’t just adding another high batting average power hitter and playoff caliber defender to the team. He was also picking up an elite “pitch framer”. Pitch framing is the alchemy applied by experienced catchers …
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