It’s 2024, and 1984 is Not Far Off

George Orwell wrote about a dystopian future in his book, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984).  1984 was Orwell’s last novel and it was published in the year 1949.  Seventy-five (75) years later, in 2024, 1984 doesn’t seem far off.  In the novel, an authoritarian government led by a character named Big Brother monitors its country’s people viaContinue reading “It’s 2024, and 1984 is Not Far Off”

The Chore of Buying A Smartphone

My OnePlus 6 smartphone is overheating and automatically turning itself off.  And it’s annoying.  I bought my OnePlus 6 phone in mid-2018 at quite a high price.  Reviews then touted the OnePlus 6 as the best Android phone in the market.  I liked its features and its chipset, a Qualcomm SnapDragon 845.  Because OnePIus promisedContinue reading “The Chore of Buying A Smartphone”