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Bulwer-Lytton 2022 Winners
As you faithful readers recall, we annually present a handful of our favorite Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners.
For you new readers, the Bulwer-Lytton Contest is named after novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton who wrote many famous novels including “Paul Gifford” which started with the immortal words, “It was a dark and stormy night.” Supposedly that’s often-parodied bad writing (although it is better than anything I ever do).
The contest rewards rookie writers composing intentionally bad opening sentences to imaginary novels. Pretty clever stuff.
— I knew she was trouble the second …
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The Invasion of the Robot Lawyers
Over the past century, automation, mechanization, and computerization have swallowed up blue-collar jobs on a monumental scale. This trend has largely been touted as “progress.” Economic efficiency. A boon for capitalism. A boost to the bottom-line.
Enter artificial intelligence (AI). White-collar workers are up in arms. AI is better at analyzing market trends, engineering buildings, transferring real estate titles, and conducting legal research. Impossible! Such tasks require the degree-holding, flexible, compassionate, unique human mind to be performed. Come for white-collar jobs and the free market finds constraint. Undermine the livelihood …
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New California Laws Taking Effect January 2023
In 2022 the California Legislature passed nearly 1,200 bills and nearly 1,000 became law signed by Governor Gavin. Here’s a sampling of some you may find of interest.
Minimum Wage: The new statewide California minimum wage bumps to $15.50 per hour for all employers, a modest bump from the previous minimum.
“Pink Tax”: Under AB 1247, California businesses are no longer allowed to charge a higher price on products marketed for women. The bill prohibits two “substantially similar” products from the same company from being “priced differently based …
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