Jim Grey on how he can write a new blog post almost every day. I write about whatever I want — it’s a personal blog after all. Anything is subject fodder. I write about photography and cameras a lot because it’s a lifelong interest and I’ve found my largest, most engaged audience there. Yes, I pander shamelessly to you film photographers!Jim Grey Some people just want all the profit for themselves. Lab engineered coffee means nothing good for the environment…
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The idea that the internet should enjoy minimal government oversight precisely because it was a technology that enabled open and free speech for everyone has been turned on its head. #indieweb…
Sunday Paper - Restorative Justice, Social Distance, USA Border Patrol
Posted on 7th July 2019( ) I’m curious. I have questions that I have been unable to answer via Google search. For example, how does the process address acts where the victim has been permanently harmed? Examples that come to mind: The victim has suffered financial loss too significant for the person committing the act to provide restoration The victim has been disabled and is unable to work There are multiple victims and some of the victims prefer traditional justice What are your filters,…
Sunday Paper - Facial Recognition and Civil Liberties, Dream Colleges and the Democratic Communist Party, Geeks and Nerds, 5G, Mental Fatigue
Posted on 30th June 2019Facial Recognition Tech Straight Out of 'Robocop' Could Be a Real Threat to Civil Liberties Civil-liberties concerns have driven California lawmakers to consider Assembly Bill 1215, which would ban police agencies from using facial and biometric tracking devices as part of their body cameras. "Having every patrol officer constantly scanning faces of everyone that walks into their field of view to identify people, run their records, and record their location and activities is positively Orwellian," said ACLU attorney Peter Bibring.…
Sunday Paper - EU R&D Fuels Silicon Valley, Busyness, Kyle Kashuv and Shame and Moral Bullies, The Young and the Ignorant and Inexperienced
Posted on 23rd June 2019Have you heard about Silicon Valley’s unpaid research and development department? It’s called the EU. by Aral Balkan You… yes you. Who should you thank for Facebook’s Libra? “One of the UK’s leading privacy researchers” University College London The DECODE project And, if you’re an EU citizen who pays their taxes, You. Surprised? Don’t be. None of this was unforeseen Today, the EU acts like an unpaid research and development department for Silicon Valley. We fund startups, which, if they’re…