As with every year, automotive industry employers should take note that on January 1, 2023 several state and local minimum wages (as well as exempt employee thresholds) increase. Some states implement annual increases that account for inflation and are based
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Nano4EARTH Will Hold Kickoff Workshop in January
The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) announced on November 28, 2022, that the kickoff workshop for Nano4EARTH will be held January 24-25, 2023. Nano4EARTH will leverage recent investments in understanding and controlling matter at the nanoscale to develop technologies, industries,…
New York Enacts Crypto Mining Moratorium
On November 22, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a two-year moratorium against granting permits to crypto mining operations that “are operated through electric generating facilities that use a carbon-based fuel.” Renewable sources of energy are not…
Fix Stalled Windows Domain Controllers
According to a post on The Register, some Windows servers running as domain controllers had a problem with this month’s Patch Tuesday updates. Microsoft announced that “installing KB5019966 or later updates on domain controllers (DCs) could see a memory leak…
NPE Showcase – Ridgeview IP
This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Ridgeview IP.
Ridgeview IP is an IP Edge entity…
FCC Prohibits Future Equipment Authorizations with Covered Equipment
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order amending its equipment authorization rules to further secure communications networks and supply chains from equipment posing a threat to U.S. national security. Specifically, the FCC has prohibited any future authorizations of equipment…
Photograph.
Once a year, I publish this poem. It has become an anthem to my aging, and I first published it ten years ago. I was struck then, as I am now, by the aging process. It is amazing how the…
You Live In Your Keyboard. Don’t Be A Wimp. Get A Razer.
Razer Black Widow Ultimate. Long, long ago, computer keyboards were large beasts, with mechanical keys and deep travel, and they made a satisfying click when the keys were pressed. They were loud, obnoxious, and a touch typists dream. Then, over…
There Goes The Diet. FutureLawyer Will Be Eating A Lot More Spaghetti.
Over the years, I have managed to combine old age, a Dad bod, and Italian American heritage into a walking ad for the before pictures in diet ads. But, I am still alive at 75; so, there’s that. I have…
Computer Repair Shops are Not Safe
I’ve written before about the IT people in your company who probably know more about you than you might think. This now extends to taking your personal devices to a repair shop. You should assume someone might be surfing through…