Kevin Bae

Non-Social in a Socially Networked World

  • The January 6 tapes have been released by Speaker Johnson

    The January 6 tapes have been released by Speaker Johnson

    I don’t know if this is everything or not but I do know the Internet can finally get to work on this. What will people find? Somehow I doubt they’re going to find the worst attack on America since 9/11. I scrolled through some but it only showed things I have already seen. Not much…

  • Nikki Haley proposes licensing to use social media

    Nikki Haley proposes licensing to use social media

    She didn’t say it specifically but this is exactly what it is. She said, “every person on social media should be verified, by their name, first of all, it’s a national security threat. I’m sure the FCC will be employed to police this and grant licenses.

  • CVS in Washington D.C. invents the Inconvenience Store

    CVS in Washington D.C. invents the Inconvenience Store

    Instead of shelves of goods to quickly grab and purchase they now have pictures of goods you can request for purchase. How much farther does our culture need to sink? This looks like a product memorial for things that used to exist. A CVS location in Washington DC was forced to wipe its shelves clean…

  • hu.ma.ne… the Star Trek Communicator on steroids

    hu.ma.ne… the Star Trek Communicator on steroids

    This thing is cool. I’d like to have it just to play with it. I wonder if it will work internationally and how good the camera and audio quality really are on such a small device.

  • Question: What does an inflation adjusted 4.9% increase in GDP mean?

    Question: What does an inflation adjusted 4.9% increase in GDP mean?

    This is an honest question. It’s reported the GDP number is inflation adjusted. But the inflation numbers don’t include things like food and energy. GDP is the measure of all final goods and services produced in a time period. I take that to mean GDP includes food and fuel. How can we reconcile the true…

  • Is there a FedEx iPhone trade-in theft ring?

    Is there a FedEx iPhone trade-in theft ring?

    UPDATE: October 25, 2023 24 hours after my last phone call to FedEx my trade-in was received at Apple’s partner’s facility. I don’t think it would have been delivered at all if I didn’t call and press them. The only time the packaged moved was shortly after I made one of my calls to customer…