Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The full title is important because the right words are important.
Some thoughts on the real world | MetaFilter
Some thoughts on the real world | MetaFilter
Yet another fantastic MeFi thread.
"Be skeptical. But when you get proof, accept proof." | MetaFilter
University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motions of a fellow researcher.
Defeated
This is how we lose our rights. Not overnight in one fell swoop, but gradually, after getting worn down again and again, and after hundreds of mini-panic-attacks, and with ever-ratcheting procedural changes that effectively invalidate the assurances and safeguards that we’re given.
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Listen to the new NIN album Hesitation Marks in its entirety RIGHT NOW, a week early, via iTunes (US only) here.
Now listening.
It’s not so fun for entrepreneurs. Apps and services like Cluster, Albumatic, Keepsy, Swirl, Flock, Kicksend, Kaptur, and dozens of others are destined for the dustbin of Internet history.
Facebook kills 100 startups with new collaborative photo album feature | VentureBeat (via gregcohn)
Greg - C'mon. Seriously. Stop with the lazy link bait-y reblogs (I removed the link because the article said practically nothing). You’re better than this. Have you played with any of those apps? People don’t want to put every photo on Facebook and I would argue that there’s space for private, media-focused apps like Cluster, Notabli, Path and others. If any of those apps make it to “the dustbin of Internet history”(hyperbolic much?), it’ll be because they’re either not good apps or people just aren’t interested.
Greg - C'mon. Seriously. Stop with the lazy link bait-y reblogs (I removed the link because the article said practically nothing). You’re better than this. Have you played with any of those apps? People don’t want to put every photo on Facebook and I would argue that there’s space for private, media-focused apps like Cluster, Notabli, Path and others. If any of those apps make it to “the dustbin of Internet history”(hyperbolic much?), it’ll be because they’re either not good apps or people just aren’t interested.
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So great seeing Beetlejuice after all these years.
How to Stop her Crying (by arfmoochikncheez)
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