Curl yourselves in laughter.
“Modern cars have fancy infotainment setups, big screens and all sorts of computers with networked functionality built-in. Part of that fanciness is increasingly often a curl install.”
I once knew a Hop, too… and it was a neat thing!
Hop Email Messenger – Email is about to change forever.
One more time: fake news.
How The 2016 Election Blew Up In Facebook’s Face.
As Facebook attempted to capture the fast-moving energy of the news cycle from Twitter, and shied away from policing political content, it created a system that played to confirmation bias and set the stage for fake news.
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How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study. (Including a surprising reference to data viz.)
The buses were, in fact, hired by a company called Tableau Software, which was holding a conference that drew more than 13,000 people.
Air on a G-String Theory.
Applications of the orbifold in music theory.
…is the second installment of a planned “Pre-Crime Triptych.” Each part of the triptych represents an artistic action that deals with the notion of “pre-crime”—a term coined by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. This concept describes methods of stopping crimes not yet committed. The concept was introduced in a science fiction novel from 1956, but the term could be used to describe many current practices in contemporary law enforcement and military and political strategy. Science fiction not only deals in the art of the possible, but also in the art of the obvious. In that sense, Face Jagger is not a journey into the fantastic, but rather a journey into normality.
Richard Rorty’s 1998 Book “Achieving Our Country” Suggested Election 2016 Was Coming.
At that point, something will crack. The nonsuburban electorate will decide that the system has failed and start looking around for a strongman to vote for — someone willing to assure them that, once he is elected, the smug bureaucrats, tricky lawyers, overpaid bond salesmen, and postmodernist professors will no longer be calling the shots.
Bruce Schneier: “The internet era of fun and games is over”.
Speaking before members of Congress, the internet pioneer made clear the dangers of the internet of things.
Thanksgivingashit.
Mass-slaughtering lives since 1492.
Happy #Thanksgiving, everyone. Here's a little video about the REAL history behind this holiday. pic.twitter.com/tauDyGuVH6
— Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) November 24, 2016
Relevant: 561 million pounds of turkey meat per year – and that’s just Arkansas.
Hat tip.
Fakebooc Hut Truckermütze.
Computer Science Legend, Rear Adm. Grace Hopper, Posthumously Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Via reddit.com.)
Update: Just learnt that Margaret Hamilton also achieved the medal.