Battling lawlessness in the wild west of the internet, and what it says about Privacy.
This is the most important thing you will listen to *THIS YEAR* regarding your privacy concerns, the internet, lawlessness online…. thanks +Ars Technica and +NPR‘s +NPR Fresh Air ! http://www.npr.org/2013/08/20/213562362/wild-wild-web-policing-an-early-lawless-internet It (more…)
Meta Spam, the beginning of life, crystalline intelligence, socially buttressed algorithms, a coming semantic web, & that damn Nigerian.
Mind you this was sent to my fishbits, but I sort of love how “meta” spam is getting. It’s sorta why Google banked on Plus – it wasn’t a stab at a social network. It was a stab at being crutches for the (more…)
Truth? It’s quite depressing that it’s less complex than you had hoped… 9/11 Truthers
Hi. I am a skeptic. I appreciate thoughtful, rigorous critical thought. Every once inawhile, I fall into the trap of engaging or chatting up these conspiracy theorists, and constantly realize *I* am the (more…)
Slobbering as a consumer… This Jeep Wrangler mod did it to me….. A JEEP CAMPER SHELL!
Dig it…. A slide-on, pop-up fiberglass mod that attaches to the rear of any Wrangler, the Jeep Action Camper will Winnebago your MacGyver-mobile with appliances, running water, storage, and a got-damn (more…)
Robot Quadrotors – cooperative drones playing music, and Weyland’s TED 2023 speech – “We are now Gods”
Drones playing 007 – Ted 2023 – Weyland telling us we’re gods. You know what? Whether #darkmatter produces a big crunch, or we planet hop to a frozen entropic infinity – until then? We *are* (more…)
Prometheus vs Future Humans, a slumped over, giddily tired, narrative
I sort of think it could be what we end up doing: seeding the galaxy with life, so we have options and can grow, explore, and expand the human race across the galaxy like wanderers… so for all intensive (more…)
Suffering vs Self Esteem – Aristotle vs Epicurean delights.
I haven’t dug deep on this yet, but, my initial thoughts: a) Aristotle was working out inane philosophical questions that are, literally, being asked by 10 year kids, nowadays. I never thought of him (more…)
A Letter, & Statement, from Louis C.K. RE: Live at the Beacon Theatre
Every word below these are his. I got it in an email because I footed the $5. Thought you would be interested. I would be curious if anyone has any data regarding whether torrenters took it easier on this (more…)