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2018-02-06 (Tuesday)

Comments I've posted on other sites

  1. Freesound - “Epic Tribal Drums” by notembug

    Did you know this is used in episode 5 of ‘Derry Girls’ on Channel 4? You’re listed in the credits…

Links

  1. Look for the Lungfish

    Some great paragraphs from a good post by Charlie Stross about questioning all assumptions when imagining what our future is like.

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    Phil Gyford @philgyford • • #

    Algorithms clever enough to give us recommendations, yet not clever enough to know when we don’t want recommendations.

    (Where by “algorithms” I mean “people and the global economic systems in which they function”.)

  • philgyford’s avatar
    Phil Gyford @philgyford • • #

    Something about ‘Phantom Thread’ really stuck with me. I have now satisfied that craving for Welsh rarebit with poached egg on top.

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  • benedictevans’s avatar
    Benedict Evans @benedictevans • • #

    LinkedIn: ‘congratulate Sarah for starting a new role as ‘unemployed’ at ‘seeking opportunities’.

    Seriously, how hard is it for a site whose *only* purpose is finding a job to build structured data for people, you know, needing a job?!

  • Cennydd’s avatar
    Cennydd Bowles @Cennydd • • #

    The more we frame design as problem-solving, the more we overlook that design creates problems too.

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    brianbehlendorf @brianbehlendorf • • #

    @SomaFmRusty You and I remember a time when "sell-out" was an insult, not a compliment. That time is long gone.