Bruce Sterling's Blog, page 165
February 10, 2018
Blog doesn’t have enough graphics in it.
*Looking pretty gray, lately.
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The world only needs seven hundred computers.
*If they’re big enough, that is. Hyperscale Oligarch Clouds (…) The hyperscale sector (Cisco says there are 24 operators, but only identifies ten – AWS,...
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February 9, 2018
Dead Media Beat: tape recordings
The tape is around, the machines aren’t The British Library Sound Archive, housed on the ground floor of the annex to the Library’s main building...
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February 8, 2018
John Perry Barlow has died
*He made it to 70 years, which is pretty impressive. Like a lot of guys in his Grateful Dead circle, John Perry really knew how...
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Bollywood female character names
*The fictional characters of the 21st century have “first world yoga names.” http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/TcVed... (…) Kaira, Shyra, Akira, Kia, Tia, Sia. Shanaya. These are Bollywood’s cool...
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Poor Charles Stross can’t stand reading science fiction any more
*His standards are too high. I don’t think there’s a lot to regret in this. After you’ve read a thousand science fiction novels, another thousand...
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The D5 Group of Advanced Digital Nations
*They’re South Korea, Estonia, Israel, New Zealand and the UK, which is a pretty weird combo. One wonders what “best practices” these “advanced” guys will...
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February 5, 2018
Cyberspace Sovereignty for me but not for thee
*”Battle” is not “raging” yet, but it’s not hard to imagine such a struggle getting a lot more overt in days to come. https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Econ... (…)...
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Indians coming to terms with fantasy fiction
*That’s quite interesting. It would be swell to read a work of Indian fantasy that was out-selling J. K. Rowling. What would that be about,...
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February 4, 2018
Why cryptocurrency? It’s about the Lambos
*It’s also about the spam. The fact that I’m getting spammed with this today, that’s not a healthy sign for the racket. When they were...
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