Kevin Bae

Non-Social in a Socially Networked World

  • San Francisco Police to get “killer robots”

    San Francisco Police to get “killer robots”

    They won’t be armed with guns… but could be equipped with explosives. The San Francisco Police Department said it does not have pre-armed robots and has no plans to arm robots with guns. But the department could deploy robots equipped with explosive charges “to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspect” when lives…

  • Realistic affirmation: The only thing standing in your way is you… and money, time, regulations, lack of talent, great ideas. YOU GOT THIS! #IHateSenselessAffirmations

    Realistic affirmation: The only thing standing in your way is you… and money, time, regulations, lack of talent, great ideas. YOU GOT THIS! #IHateSenselessAffirmations

    I really hate reading affirmations. p.s. The pic is to this post as affirmations is to success.

  • Pilot dies shortly after takeoff at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport

    Pilot dies shortly after takeoff at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport

    Saturday, November 19, 2022, a pilot for American Airlines died shortly after take-off from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. The co-pilot had to take over the plane and land back at O’Hare. The pilot sounds completely normal while talking with the control tower. He stops cold in the middle of a sentence and apparently drops dead. No…

  • Two governors and two states moving in opposite directions

    Two governors and two states moving in opposite directions

    The midterm elections of 2022 proved I was right to get the hell out of Illinois. Georgia re-elected Brian Kemp and Illinois re-elected JB Pritzker. Not only did the citizens of Illinois re-elect Pritzker they also voted in favor of changing the Illinois Constitution to codify special rights to labor unions. The State of Illinois…

  • Shortage of everything except bad government policies

    Shortage of everything except bad government policies

    You’ve most likely heard we have a shortage of baby formula, nurses, teachers, and such. But did you know there is a shortage of accountants, Amoxicillin, diesel fuel, natural gas, jet fuel, Adderall, veterinarians, Thanksgiving turkeys, and bus drivers? Go to Google News, search “shortage”, and scroll through the ugly truth. Who would’ve thought shutting…

  • I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m just a productive today as I was 2 years ago

    I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m just a productive today as I was 2 years ago

    A story in the Washington Post reports a severe drop in productivity in 2022. They wonder why while talking about remote work and flexible schedules. It’s not rocket science. People aren’t being productive because they don’t have to show up to work. In the immortal words of Red Foreman, “If it wasn’t work they wouldn’t…