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Jan 31, 2021

Balkanization of America (Boogaloo fallout)

First time I heard the term “balkanization” was out of the mouth of then president Bill Clinton sometime in 1994. Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia had fallen apart and the war broke out between some of the former republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia). …

Balkanization

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Balkanization of America (Boogaloo fallout)
Balkanization of America (Boogaloo fallout)

Nov 26, 2020

Media giveth, media taketh away

This is a short short story of two ellections. I am not here to dispute the result. I am here to look at the remains. In 2016 Trump beat Clinton despite having spent half as she in advertisnt money. Trump did this by getting media whipped up in a frenzy…

Election 2020

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Oct 1, 2019

More like AIBO and less like a headless horse

Anthropomorphising robots and robot violence Dear #BostonDynamics, I just saw your Spot Launch video and I cannot help it but be a little freaked out. My creep factor is at 8,5 because (I'm sure you noticed) your robot has no head. …

Robotics

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May 7, 2019

Hey buddy, your genes are showing

The US urgently needs new genetic privacy laws cried Wired last week. 23andMe started advertising August 5th 2013. So Wired is a few years late as this article should have been published in August six years ago. …

Genetics

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Hey buddy, your genes are showing
Hey buddy, your genes are showing

May 2, 2019

F8 — FB5 “Future is private” #hatebook

Great news! Mark announced “Future is private” during the recent F8 announcement. I’m not kidding. The man said it. Believing Mark, I am expecting improvements across the board. Facebook is rolling out a new version Facebook no.5 (FB5) and moving away from the “town square” model which is so hard…

Tech

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Apr 24, 2019

Facebook wants your very thoughts

For the past ten plus years I have been attempting to write a cyberpunk novel “Sympathy for the Devil”. I make little time for it, putting my kids first. I suck at writing dialogue, and I still have no clear idea how my hero will be transformed by the hero’s…

Facebook

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Facebook wants your very thoughts
Facebook wants your very thoughts

Mar 19, 2019

I don’t know who told you that — Equality

I don't know who told you we are all equal but they are full of s***. In an ideal world, we would be. Before God, we may be (depending what you believe). Before law, if you have the money for that lawyer. World of privation When I was younger and played G.U.R.P.S. role…

Motivation

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