So, you were at the park joined the free public WiFi? Can someone easily see every keystroke you just entered? No. Worst case: you visited a website without HTTPS, sent information, someone had a packet sniffer running and they saw all the info you sent. If you typed something without submitting a form, it wouldn’t…

Once upon a time there was an agent hosted on a computer in the cloud. This agent had its own desktop, filesystem, terminal, browser and probably backyard pool. The significance of all that to say, it runs even when your laptop is closed. Pretty cool. First, “create” an agent by configuring three fields: name, title,…

Good news, you just sent a purchase order (PO) to your favorite supplier (Girl Scouts Of America) for 1,000 Samoa cookies! The only trouble, you cannot remember what the delivery address you set was. You go over to your computer and type in PO 1234. Upon hitting enter the computer gets to work and uses…

A sick man walked into a doctor’s office, “Can you give me a bandaid?“ “Sure, here’s one.” He returned two days later. “Can you give me a crutch?“ “Sure, here’s one.” The next day he returned. “Can you give me a wheelchair?” He said, “Sure, here’s one.” The next time the man came he said,…

Manufacturing in the US isn’t met with hockey-stick growth curves in the public’s mind. The data backs that, to an extent. Manufacturing jobs declined by 2 million from 2013–2024 while the population grew 51 million over the same time period. Yet the number of manufacturing locations in the US increased by around 90,000 in the…