Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for March 8th from 16:03 to 11:40:

• NASA – Mission Patches –
• The Improbable, Bold History of Space Concept Art – How We Get To Next –
• Associations Among School Absenteeism, Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Illness, and Income — United States, 2010–2016 | MMWR –
• 2017 SRI Technology and Consciousness Workshop Series Final Report | A Future Worth Thinking About –
• STS 133 Decal – Shop Nasa | The Official Gift Shop of Nasa –

This is an auto-posted collection of my public links posted to Pinboard.in for March 8th from 08:30 to 14:33:

• Facebook’s Privacy Cake – Stratechery by Ben Thompson –
• Facebook’s pivot to privacy has huge implications — if it’s real – The Verge –
• Why Facebook’s pivot to privacy could backfire – The Verge –
• The spirit of old Facebook lives on in a new game called Emily is Away <3 – The Verge –
• You May Have Forgotten Foursquare, but It Didn’t Forget You | WIRED –
• A comprehensive (and honest) list of UX clichés – UX Collective –
• Doctor tells patient he doesn’t have long to live through hospital robot’s video screen – Story | KTVU –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for March 5th from 12:31 to 06:52:

• Citing Civil Rights, Cities Are Banning Cashless Retail – CityLab –
• The “Tragedy of the Commons” was invented by a white supremacist based on a false history, and it’s toxic bullshit / Boing Boing –
• Obergefell v. Hodges: the database engineering perspective @ Things Of Interest –
• Lyft warns it may never make any money –
• MWC Barcelona 2019: Los Angeles to Require Scooter Companies to Share Data http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumFullText/~3/0FJioNxxtok/mwc-barcelona-2019-los-angeles-to-require-scooter-and-bike-share-companies-to-share-data –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for March 4th from 17:59 to 11:23:

• Bernie Sanders news: a Clinton-era Democrat makes the case for the left – Vox –
• The Failures of Neoliberalism Are Bigger Than Politics – Roosevelt Institute –
• Pocket Offers a Glimpse Into a 15-Year-Old’s iPhone http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAtlantic/~3/B-wHxSNOM58/ –
• The Occupation review: short, sharp, time-sensitive political thriller – Polygon –
• Generative Deep Learning [Book] –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for March 2nd from 21:01 to 09:35:

• ‘Nancy’ Comic Artist Olivia Jaimes Gives Extended Interview – “Autocorrect is terrible for this. Autocorrect has probably killed hundreds of jokes for people, because they have a great idea and they write it down, but they spell it wrong, so it changes to something else, and then they’re like, What was this idea?”
• Nancy, a 1930s comic strip, was one of the best comics of 2018 – Vox –
• Infinite Detail review: The dystopia that awaits when the Internet goes out | Ars Technica –
• Opinion | The A.I. Diet – The New York Times –
• Opinion | The Official British Policy? Mayhem – The New York Times –
• Southwest Key Tells Separated Migrant Families to Use Copacabana Travel Agency to Reunite –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for March 1st from 18:19 to 20:21:

• No Redemption – Motherboard –
• Is This Concept Art Of A Mysterious Space Launch Mothership A Missing Link In Area 51’s Past? – The Drive –
• CIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch Mothership – The Drive –
• Airman Schools Mark Cuban On How Military Procurement Is A Mess In Four Simple Words – The Drive –
• China banned millions of people with poor social credit from transportation in 2018 – The Verge –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for February 28th from 21:16 to 13:24:

• Warner Bros Repeat Tom Cruise-Emily Blunt Sci-Fi Hit Edge Of Tomorrow | Deadline – "The film will be produced by Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally, and Masi Oka" — wait, *that* Masi Oka?
• A Physician’s Overview of the Best Fitness Trackers and What’s Next –
• Tim Cook on Twitter: ““After a month of using the Series 4 Apple Watch, I’m reminded what data can mean for my heart and, by extension, my mind.” https://t.co/rvfQZVTbbe” – I did not expect this
• Rick Wakeman – Wikipedia –
• Target confirming an offensive cyber operation –
• Science fiction when the future is now –

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for February 27th from 23:16 to 13:04:

• Halide creators launch Spectre, an AI-powered long exposure camera app for iPhone – 9to5Mac –
• YouTube Creator Blog: More updates on our actions related to the safety of minors on YouTube – "A small number of creators will be able to keep comments enabled on these types of videos. These channels will be required to actively moderate their comments, beyond just using our moderation tools, and demonstrate a low risk of predatory behavior." Would really love to get an opinion on how public opinion is shaping how companies decide they meet the requirements of COPPA etc
• Pinboard: bookmarks for danhon tagged ‘tealphoenix’ – Some of the research I bookmarked for the MIT Tech Review wrist ECG piece
• America’s Cities Are Running on Software From the ’80s –
• Earliest Signal Ever: Scientists Find Relic Neutrinos From 1 Second After The Big Bang –

This is an auto-posted collection of my public links posted to Pinboard.in for February 27th from 17:03 to 22:02:

• Why Portland’s Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed – CityLab –
• The Process of Database Refactoring: Strategies for Improving Database Quality –
• Taking census of physics | Nature Reviews Physics –
• TI Claims Breakthrough BAW Technology | EE Times – Get yourself a total like vice president of High Speed Data & Clocks.
• Fox Rocked by $179M ‘Bones’ Ruling: Lying, Cheating and “Reprehensible” Studio Fraud | Hollywood Reporter –

This is an auto-posted collection of my public links posted to Pinboard.in for February 27th from 14:46 to 16:51:

• The New Contours of Cyber Conflict – Lawfare –
• Dan Hon – MIT Technology Review – Look mum
• The phone-makers bringing buttons back – Suddenly having massive Nokia nostalgia
• How I Wrote Cassady https://www.magicalwasteland.com/notes/2018/2/28/how-i-wrote-cassady –
• Some Concerns https://www.magicalwasteland.com/notes/2019/2/5/some-concerns –