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Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Rapid Advance of Artificial Intelligence: is it the problem, or the solution?

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In some ways, it's both: Davos Highlights AI's Massive PR Problem [...] Artificial Intelligence: The Evolution of Automation Pe...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Ubiquitous Alexa; is the Amazon AI assistant starting to be everywhere?

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Kinda looks that way. The title of the article below refers to cars, but the article itself goes into much more. More about Alexa being inc...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

Is the Star Trek Communication's Badge
Finally a Reality?

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Yeah. Well, kinda, sorta, in a way... does Bluetooth count? You decide: Published on Dec 15, 2016 To a Star Trek-obsessed kid growing u...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Russia Hacking Our Election:
The Year's Biggest Fake News Story

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Tancredo: Biggest Fake News Story of the Year Is Russia Hacking the 2016 Election [...] So, pardon me if I consider President Obama’s moral...

Why Apps Won't Matter in the Future: Aggregators

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... and smart bots and personal assistants: Oh, and streaming. As technologies quickly change and evolve, so will the many ways we use t...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Modern Russian Dance Music

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File this under "Not your grandfather's Russia". I was perusing foreign radio stations on my Alexa app, when I came across th...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

Russian cyberhacking, and our election.
What's the most important lesson?

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Russia Today: Not your grandfather's Russia. At least, not in every way. Some things haven't changed much, others have changed a lo...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

My New Mountian Dulcimer

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I'm getting a Roosebeck Grace Mountain 5-string Dulcimer : I've always wanted to play a musical instrument. The string dulcimer ...

My Samsung Galaxy S4. Too Old Yet?

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Verizon is nagging me to upgrade my phone to a Galaxy S7. But I haven't even learned all about my S4 yet. This video shows a bunch of t...
Sunday, December 04, 2016

What's up with the vote recounting?

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Something shitty I'm sure. Here is one theory: Yes, I know, an anonymous youtube post that makes fantastic sounding claims. Seriou...
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

The Trump Win; how we got here

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It was a combination of many things, but primarily Hillary's mistakes and weaknesses , combined with shifting demographics and politica...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016

OMG is The Donald Going to Win?

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I predicted it would be Hillary , and said I'd have to eat crow if he won. Anyone got a good recipe for crow? I had almost done a pos...
Monday, October 31, 2016

It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To

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And I think I wanna. The title of this song by Lesley Gore could easily be the motto for both Republicans and Democrats in this election. ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Why the Republican Party is Going to Die

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It may still have a pulse, but how long will it last? Could there be an Elephant in the room they have refused to deal with? Read on: A R...
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Monday, September 12, 2016

Fifteen Years Later

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Never forget: 15 years of Allahu Akbar-itis      
Sunday, August 14, 2016

The Many Contexts of Gun Control

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How Leaving America Changes What People Think About Guns When you live abroad, you start to see your home country differently. I speak fro...
Saturday, July 02, 2016

Reading to change your life...

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... for the better. From a Personal Development blog: 12 Good Reads that Will Change the Way You Think, Live and Love [...] As readers,...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Brexit: Could it break up the UK?

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That is just one of many concerns: Could the UK hold another Brexit vote? London (CNN)The UK made a historic decision to leave the Europea...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Retirement: a thing of the past?

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For growing numbers of Americans, yes: The new golden years? Work, work, and more work During the economic crisis, some Americans worrie...

Elites in Both Parties Created Trump's Triumph

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Here are three articles from Salon.com that make interesting observations: We can’t vote for either one: On world stage, Clinton and Trump...