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Tesla and Big Data

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 By Chris

Chris

So first off, I'm a data guy and not a stock guy. Under no circumstances should anything I write be construed as investment advice of any kind. Now that that is out of the way, let me share the following. As a Tesla owner I haven't really seen anyone comment…

Black

March 8, 2017March 10, 2017 By Chris

Chris

What is black? A colour, the absence of colour? An idea, like infinity? Perhaps it is something else. Absolute contrast. A feeling. Do I dare go to that dark place and call it evil? Space. One's heart. A superlative. A feeling, definitely a feeling. Impenetrable darkness, glorious unending silence. Abyss.…

Blender 2.78: Exception Illegal Instruction

December 20, 2016 By Chris

Chris

I am writing this because it may help someone with a similar problem. I was running Blender 2.77 successfully on my Windows 7 Ultimate machine. I decided to upgrade the hardware which included: Motherboard (MSI 236A) CPU (Intel Xeon 1230 v5) RAM (32GB DDR4) Solid State HDD (Kingston 480 GB)…

Government Software Development

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 By Chris

Chris

A common theme that I see across government is the desire to promote and create high paying (usually tech related) jobs for constituents. As a Canadian I do constantly see our governments at all levels spending millions of dollars on software licensing. Usually this money goes to other jurisdictions as…

Ontario Self Driving Cars

October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 By Chris

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I see that California has taken one step closer to having autonomous vehicles on its roads. "The bill, signed off by state Governor Jerry Brown, only permits unmanned autonomous car tests at a couple of test sites, but it's a big step towards road testing unmanned vehicles." In Ontario our…

Tesla Gigafactory Grand Opening

September 30, 2016September 30, 2016 By Chris

Chris

The Model 3 is coming and with pre-orders for the car nearing 400,000, there’s urgent need for a couple hundred thousand lithium batteries. The only problem is that there isn’t a single factory in the world that can meet this demand. Yet. [caption id="attachment_36" align="aligncenter" width="686"] Gigafactory[/caption] In…

Blackberry and Apple

September 30, 2016 By Chris

Chris

I noticed this week that Blackberry will no longer be making their own hardware. I've watched over the years as Blackberry has slowly declined and as a Canadian, and a former Blackberry customer it has been sad to watch. I am reminded of a conversation that I had with my…