Doug Cuff
dougcuff@ottawa.place
<p>Technical writer by profession; magician by choice. (Profile image by Tom Richmond; header image by Carol Lay.)</p>
Posts
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Post #2760087
The good news is that I do not live in the United States. The bad news is that they are really bad neighbours. #DailyShow #DesiLynch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdNd4QHMQcI
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Post #2760086
I did not have the honour of knowing Dr Peter G. Neumann, who recently died at age 93. But I did have the honour of meeting him once at a conference, which was absolutely the right place to meet him. It obvious how many people revered him and were grateful for his pioneering work in computer risks and his continued presence. I cannot claim to have known Dr Neumann, but for all those who did: May his memory be a blessing.
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Post #2760085
Complacency will be the end of #democracy. That’s the game plan. https://www.readthemaple.com/the-left-has-failed-to-confront-canadas-resurgent-right NB for Americans: I am not a Democrat. I am not American. I do however prefer democracy to whatever you call what is happening to the USA under the Orange Scourge.
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Post #2621387
"The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth. #generativeAI #ai " I am 95% certain that this was posted by @jeffowski@mastodon.world #ChurchOfJeff -- however, I apologize the my search skills are so poor than I could not confirm it 100%. I'm a writer. Correct attribution matters to me, and it did even back when there were adults in the American White House. I'm not sure I will ever find a more su...
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Post #856580
My #introduction: I’m a white settler heterosexual cisgender male, so I don’t have to deal with a lot of first-glance prejudice. Being a #writer is part of who I am. By profession, I am a #techwriter of documentation and online help for software. My hobbyist roles are #actor and #mentalist (a sub-type of #magician) but you might want to keep in mind that in both those roles, it’s all about pretending. I live in #Ottawa #YOW but I am from the part of Atlantic Canada known as #Newfoundland and...