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  • AI Impact – What’s Next Part 4

    AI Impact – What’s Next Part 4

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    A Retired Perspective on AI I have had a career in technology. For decades, my world was defined by a single, unwavering North Star: Efficiency. We were the builders. We were the ones who took a messy human process, digitized it, trimmed the fat, and turned a tidy profit for the shareholders. We lived by the logic…

  • News Letter Week Of 06-Apr-2026

    News Letter Week Of 06-Apr-2026

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    Being Kevin: Weekly Newsletter from Rio BeingKevin Tech, books, musings, Retirement, and Life in Brazil About Kevin, I spent 40 years in FinTech before retiring to Rio de Janeiro to trade software releases for a front-row seat to the beautiful absurdity of life in Brazil. This blog is my digital porch, a place for unpolished commentary…

  • AI Impact – What’s Next Part 3

    AI Impact – What’s Next Part 3

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    This post examines key issues impacting the environment, business operations, and the economy. The Significant Footprint of a Virtual World Data centers are no longer simply referred to as “the cloud.” They have evolved into extensive industrial complexes spanning hundreds of acres. Their construction often requires land clearance, disrupting local wildlife and ecosystems. Additionally, these…

  • The Avatar Challenge – Spring

    The Avatar Challenge – Spring

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    The Spring Avatar Challenge for the best blog avatar. Use your creativity; draw, photo, AI to come up with a image for spring.

  • Have You Heard Of A PolyMarket?

    Have You Heard Of A PolyMarket?

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    When does “predicting the future” cross the line into profiting from tragedy? We’ve reached a point where war and human life are being traded like blue-chip stocks. Here’s why the rise of geopolitical betting markets makes me fear we might finally be a lost cause.

  • Newsletter The Week Of 30-March

    Newsletter The Week Of 30-March

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    Being Kevin: Weekly Newsletter from Rio BeingKevin Tech, books, musings, Retirement, and Life in Brazil About Kevin, I spent 40 years in FinTech before retiring to Rio de Janeiro to trade software releases for a front-row seat to the beautiful absurdity of life in Brazil. This blog is my digital porch, a place for unpolished commentary…

  • Gripe – Streaming Services

    Gripe – Streaming Services

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    Let me be clear: the technology is not the problem. Streaming is a miracle. I can watch anything, anytime, on any device if I want to. No, this is not about the technology. This is a full, unfiltered complaint about the people running these streaming services, and I want it on the record. I remember…

  • AI Impact – What’s Next Part 2

    AI Impact – What’s Next Part 2

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    Ok, so AI is here, what are you going to do about it? This is a follow-up to my previous post. Part 1 – What is AI AI is here, and it is not waiting for anyone to feel ready. The question is not whether it will affect your life; it already is. The question…

  • The War Prayer Mark Twain

    The War Prayer Mark Twain

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    “O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their…