Before I start, let me preface this article by saying that I originally wanted to publish it in April this year but did not get around to. As time progressed, however, I was wondering if I would see my original hypothesis hold in the short term. Now, over six months later, I think that what… Continue reading We Need to Worry About Blacks and Jews!
One of the biggest news stories last week was the Crowdstrike software update disaster that led to many millions of Windows computers crashing. The solution was a manual intervention, meaning that millions of working hours were wasted. This affected critical infrastructure, such as airports, as these are the kind of machines companies prefer to have… Continue reading The Microsoft/Crowdstrike Disaster and the Fragility of Modern Society
A few weeks ago an unbelievable story made the rounds in tech and even got some mainstream attention: the Australian superannuation fund UniSuper, which has over $100bn AUD under management, almost would have gone down. They were only saved because they had backups of their data on cloud providers not called Google. Google speaks of… Continue reading Big Win for Diversity: Google Almost Kills Australian Retirement Fund
