Burt Janz, Author at Granite Grok

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It Ain’t AI if it Don’t Learn.

November 23, 2023 Burt Janz

You read that right: you can’t call it Artificial Intelligence if it doesn’t fully imitate Human Intelligence. I used to teach this stuff at a local college in their 400-level computer science curriculum. The book was Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig. It’s considered the book to teach first-level concepts … Read more

From the Halls of…

November 16, 2023 Burt Janz

Ya gotta wonder why there are so many Americans siding with Muslim extremists and why the Biden administration is deeply bowing both to them and massive numbers of Palestinian “supporters” here in the US.

Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS – there IS a common factor

October 16, 2023 Burt Janz

Let’s think about the attacks in Israel for a moment. If we look around, we see that it isn’t just Israel that’s being attacked. Have we forgotten about “no-go zones” in France, Germany, England, and other European cities? Or the surge in Muslim attacks in Algeria, Mali, Tunisia, et al? Or the longstanding hatred and internecine wars in the Middle East that do not involve Israel?

Israel Israeli Flag Photo by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash

Stand Your Ground, Israel

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 Burt Janz

Before beginning, this needs to be said: the reasons Hamas has control of Palestinian areas are that it has terrorized Palestinians into voting for it in “fair elections,” and it has been “educating” children into a deep hatred of Israel from the time they were born.

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How To Fix the “Student Loan” Problem

July 31, 2023 Burt Janz

One only needs to check the news occasionally to know that there is at least a half-trillion dollars of noncollectable student loan debt out there. Those loans, a huge percentage of them being owed to non-government entities, may never be fully repaid.

Yes, We NEED to Teach Cursive Writing

May 26, 2023May 25, 2023 Burt Janz

There’s something at stake in education that most people are ignoring. Schools are drifting away (sometimes running away) from teaching cursive writing. All sorts of excuses have been given: “It’s old.” “It’s hard to teach.” “We don’t need it any more.”

Status Quo by Charlie Wollborg at Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

Welcome to (blue) New Hampshire

November 11, 2022 Burt Janz

So, the 2022 elections are over, and NH decided that it had no intention of bringing about a change in political direction in Washington, DC.

When Life Imitates Art

April 7, 2022 Burt Janz

I’m not one to compare a movie to life, but I remember one movie that seemed to foreshadow what we’re seeing today. The story is about a man who is accused of a crime without knowing what crime he has been accused of committing.

Is Canada’s Government Still Legitimate?

February 13, 2022 Burt Janz

In all the Canadian government’s furor over the truck driver protest, one event is missing: any reports of clear-cut violence committed by the truck drivers or their supporters. I have been scouring American, Canadian, and international news sites to find a verified report – any report – of a Canadian truck driver who has physically attacked anyone else.

Truck Drivers vs. the “New World Order” – NWO Loses Big-Time

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Burt Janz

As we watch Canadian truck drivers shut down fully 25% of cross-border trade because they oppose vax mandates, and as we watch the rumblings of a possible similar action here in the United States, we see the long-expected result of the “elite” attempt to bring about a “New World Order.”

Repeal the 17th Amendment

December 29, 2021 Burt Janz

The Constitution describes 3 branches of the federal government: the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. It also originally indicated that the rules to elect Senators and Representatives “… shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof” (emphasis mine) and that Senators were elected by each State’s Legislature.

WV vs Bette Midler

December 23, 2021 Burt Janz

Just a comment regarding Bette Midler’s comments about West Virginia: In 1997, Polaroid rolled out a Driver License/ID system that implemented the first facial image recognition system in any state-level program in the United States. I was the tech lead/manager on the program, so I know we did it.

Can someone tell me… why?

November 25, 2021 Burt Janz

“Truth dies in darkness.”

So do starving people.

Living in one of the most prosperous countries in the history of the world, I am dumbstruck by the number of liberals, progressives, and communists who would push Americans into Venezuelan-style inflation, starvation, and socialism.

Why Are We Still Counting COVID “Cases”?

October 24, 2021 Burt Janz

Just a quick thought: if college football stadiums filled with un-vaccinated people have not been proven to be super-spreader events, why not? What about inside sports venues where people don’t wear masks?

Voting is a Citizen’s Duty – DO YOUR DUTY!!!

October 21, 2021 Burt Janz

Nashua calls itself the “Gate City.” One thing about gates: they allow admission and they also enforce exclusion. Looking at the current political environment in Nashua, the key seems to be the enforcement of exclusion – but in this case, exclusion of residents – and especially parents – from the political process.

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“But it’s Only a Vaccine…”

October 18, 2021 Burt Janz

The year is 2021. The place is the United States of America. If you aren’t immunized, you may be shunned or forced out of your job, forbidden to socialize in public, banned from restaurants or other venues, and possibly be restricted from receiving emergency medical care at a hospital.

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Nashua Public Servants… are our Masters?

October 13, 2021 Burt Janz

Elections in Nashua are held every year. In “even” years, candidates for federal office are on the ballot. In “odd” years, candidates for local and state offices are on the ballot. But because local elections don’t generate the excitement and (sometimes) national coverage of elections for federal offices, Nashua residents rarely show up at the polls.

Nashua Isn’t Nashua Anymore

October 11, 2021 Burt Janz

I moved into Nashua in 1982 the week after I was honorably discharged from the US Navy. It was still a relatively small “city” just north of the Massachusetts border. Main Street had a movie theater, there were practice soccer fields on Amherst Street, and the only mall was just off Exit 6.

Ending UnConstitutional Actions

September 6, 2021 Burt Janz

I write in response to another article on the Grok that discussed the past and present failures of McConnell, McCarthy, and the rest of the GOPe’s failure to do anything about Benghazi, “Big Tech,” or (most likely) Afghanistan.

COVID “Variants” and an Unchanging Vaccine

September 5, 2021 Burt Janz

The CDC, FDA, and multiple pharma companies raced toward the development of a new class of Covid-19 vaccines in 2020 in the hope of reducing the spread of the virus.