Bruce Sterling's Blog, page 185
November 11, 2017
Project Loon actually working for actual people
*A hundred thousand of them, anyway. What a strange business. https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/9/16... (…) “In times of crisis, being able to communicate with loved ones, emergency services...
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November 10, 2017
They globalized the cash and left us holding the bag.
*Well, yeah. That’s also the epic story of Bitcoin, by the way. https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... by Thomas Frank (…) This week we are coming face to face...
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Fungi and ants
*If you like parasite-creepy articles, this article is swell. You’ve got this disgusting fungus that infects the body of an ant, and basically runs the...
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Put your Bitcoins in a fireproof safe.
*This is pathetic. The “security” of crypto is like a picket fence with one picket a kilometer high. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-ke... By Lily Hay Newman (…) Cryptocurrencies...
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The Lethal Autonomous Weapons Governmental Meeting, Part I
https://www.justsecurity.org/46889/le... By Paul Scharre Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 9:10 AM This week nations meet at the United Nations to discuss lethal autonomous weapon systems...
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Musica Globalista: Noizar and Borys at Strichka Festival, 2017
*Those Ukrainian guys from the “Closer” club in Kiev are smashing it. *You can even watch them do it. http://www.dancetrippin.tv/videos/dj-...
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A supernova that’s been blowing up for 60 years
Okay, that’s probably something that’s not a supernova, then. But what is it? (…) Any supernova lasting more than 130 days is extremely rare, and...
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The Ghost of Cognition Past
*It’s Geoff Manaugh interpreting James Bridle, but I can’t stop thinking about “flarf poetry.” This is Flarf poetry as algorithmically generated children’s video. I guess...
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November 9, 2017
More dismal Silk Road business
*That’s the justice system in a world of funny money. https://news.bitcoin.com/silk-road-se...
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What is Global History Now?
*I’m personally wondering how “history” somehow gets to be “now.” We used to be really global for good and all but now we’re not for...
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