Dean Marc
*Technology* Software(); [Systems] ^Solutions^ #Enterprise# |Architecture| !Design! /Engineering\ {Innovations} ?Education?
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The Real Reason Why People Should Worry About Remote Work
As the world recovers post-COVID (and a chain of other natural hazards and human madness) and we try to bring back a semblance of the ‘usual’ way of doing things, there has been much debate…
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UBS and Credit Suisse: The Unholy Alliance of Swiss Banking Giants
In a move aimed at stabilizing the Swiss banking system and trying to avert a financial meltdown, UBS has acquired Credit Suisse, which has been embattled in recent times. This announcement has sent shockwaves through…
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We cannot even agree on dates…
State of the Word, circa 2023 03 16 or March 13, 2023 or 16 Mar 2023 or … Three years in, three years rarely won and mostly lost, the world feels worse than ever. Facing…
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Financial Crisis: It’s A Game & We’re All Being Played
Barely three months into 2023 and we have seen a series of major banking crises unfold right before our eyes. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, followed by Signature Bank and Credit Suisse is encountering turmoils that…
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Maths — For Calculation. For Application. For Inspiration. For Fun.
Arthur Benjamin — The magic of Fibonacci Numbers. [infobox]Mathematics is not just solving for x, it’s also figuring out y.[/infobox]
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NSA Math Genius, Did Right Thing, Got Fired, Made A Fortune
Jim Simons — The mathematician who cracked Wall Street.
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Architecture Patterns And Practices, Circa 2017
Overview Architectural patterns are generally reusable solutions to commonly occurring problems under certain circumstances and contexts. These are similar both in goal and thinking to software design patterns but operate at a broader scale. These…
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Security Incident : Petya : 2017 06 28
Petya (2017 06 28) Summary This threat is a member of the Win32/Petya family. Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. This ransomware can stop you from using your PC or accessing your data. It might ask you to…
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Forget What You Know About Data & Information, It is Wrong
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and information is in the head of the receiver.” (Dretske, F., 1981). Forget about the typical semantic and contextual lines drawn between data and information. If the…
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Multiple Lifetime Lessons From Friends In Nature
It has been a difficult last few years. Probably one of those realisations that lock in one’s psyche as life both bathes it in sustenance while battering it with disappointments and hurt. A month ago,…
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In Storm’s Grips
I have been watching the storm from ashore All scared, all fearful I am now in its grips and fury but unlike before All blissful for it is oddly beautiful
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The Keyboard … Is Mighty Still
START 2007.09.22 After much sporadic attempts over the years to make use of this computer once more, finally I have been able put it in a slightly usable form. Among the many things…
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To You, Out There
To you, great wanderers of our world Not quite here, yet not quite there Your past keeps with you, its hold Your future beckons you to God knows where To you, architects & builders of…
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Why Not Reinventing The Wheel Will Doom Us
You have heard it loads … the killer of progressive heritage & curious creation … the bastion of lazy entitlement & smug stagnation … Do. Not. Reinvent. The. Wheel. … and the variety of forms…
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First Drop Falls
It is as it were From heaven’s love Or ire as never before That a drop of rain began Among His billion tears Yet unknown where it was to land And ah! I was there…