... from cinema for laughing

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Meanwhile I have yet to sit through a movie in a theatre and not have some ignorant twit right behind me either 

- slurping their 5 gallons of coke,

- loudly masticating their butter popcorn or 

- simply just chatting to their mate two rows away (at least judging by the volume of their voice)

... if not all three ! I really hope this become a case, because surely if all the noise you get in a theatre that has NOTHING to do with the movie - surely laughing has to be allowed. 

Came through my feeds today. Nice

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An email signature I have used from time to time for nearly 7 years reads “John Philpin – I Am My Own System Of Record”.

Seven years ago people would ask me what I meant. Today? Not so much. It stems from a belief that the idea that an organization – any organization – thinking that its ‘system of record’ is anything but a tiny lens onto who I am … is deeply flawed.

This week's Biz Catalyst article.

Ummagumma makes top 10 new species list ... I didn't know that there was  bug named after Floyd's album.

Dear Friend,
I am Patrick Kumuila Mbaye, former Head of Accounts Department at the Diamond Mining Company of Sierra Leone. I and my partners (two others) are in urgent need of a foreign associate to work with us to facilitate the transfer of a large sum of money which we intend to invest into profitable areas of business in your country.
The money involved is eighteen million five hundred thousand US Dollars.
I am writing to know if you could be our overseas associate to handle the transaction privately at your end through your bank account.
We propose your commission shall be 20 per cent of the total money been transferred.
I wait your response to provide you with more information.
Regards,
Patrick Kumuila Mbaye

Geldof, Brown, Thompson, Blair, Sugar… you just took one hell of a beating – The Sun

... it's not whether you agree with the Sun - it is knowing that their circulation is the largest of any newspaper in the UK #influence

Wondering how to set up 1999 on AWS - wonder no more. Mr Andy Sylvester has published a 'hot to' guide on Kindle.

.. has now been added to the 1999 family. Very cool .... and now the style of the comments should have changed. But it hasn't.

Now it has !

Just posted this to my blog

For nearly 2 months, specifically since April 21st, I have been playing around with a product called 1999 from Dave Winer. It is pretty cool. Since launching in fact, I have planted some 144 posts. My first on April 21st. The last on June 10th. All hosted on my river, that Dave has kindly been hosting. In parallel, I have signed up for an AWS account and with the help (strictly speaking me clicking and cutting and pasting words that my new friend Andy told me to) into my river that he is hosting.

It’s a cool product actually. And personally a very big fan of what Dave is trying to do.

... BUT

"Does it matter that we might be living in a simulation?" That question has been raised more often since Elon Musk suggested the possibility in a recent interview. He's not the only one who thinks it's a possibility (or even a likelihood). If we're part of a computer simulation, then this election year seems like a good time for a system software update. The New Yorker's Joshua Rothman helps explain why the posthuman future has never been easier to imagine -- especially for those who work at the forefront of technology.? (After reading this, I had a terrible dream that I was reincarnated as part of a Windows Phone.)

... Dave Pell - Next Draft

Reminded of this here

First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

Seems like we don't need to make robots - we just need to turn people into automons ... 

Today, it's a technology company. Every step Bill takes, every mile he drives, is tracked. His truck is a rolling computer. From the time he punches in in the morning until he gets back to base at night, the company is watching. The company is also constantly thinking, and strategizing about even the most minute decisions and choices. UPS wants to figure out how Bill can do his job a little bit faster, a little more efficiently, right down to which pocket he uses to hold his pen.

In other words, you can almost see the Warriors as a metaphor for the way the tech industry improves, but also unexpectedly risks ruining, pretty much everything it touches.

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