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🔗 🎙️ The American Dream Is A Pyramid Scheme … Sean Illing doing his thing.
🎈111/366 Ola Has Gone Lyft Was Never Here. I Refuse To Use Uber. Now What?
I have a fundamental objection to Uber. (You might have heard.)
Which is why down here in New Zealand, when one of those kind of pickups is needed I use Ola.
Make that ‘used to use’
They pulled out! Gone. No longer here. Removed themselves …
Chatting to a ‘Corporate Cabs Taxi Driver - who was doing the usual complaining about ‘Ride Share Companies’ (to be fair - I did prompt him) and I pointed out that IF there was an app I could go to and call up a real cab like I could a Lyft, Ola or MAYBE an Uber - it would make it a darn sight more convenient … and he very kindly referred me to an app called 🔗 Your Ride.
Brilliant I said. Will try it out.
I tried to try it.
App is not available on ‘my App Store’.
My App store is the U.S.A. store.
I have written to them.
I read something this past week about ‘feeds and posts’ - and I know ‘we’ do all know that the difference is there - but ‘we’ are also aware that it is not always understood … I think maybe @SimonWoods mentioned it recently? Anyway - I was about to reply with something I considered to be an excellent riposte and then stopped and deleted. My 🔗 ‘riposte’ was a reply - not a repost - and wondering if the meaning of the original use of the word that has been subsumed by modernity and partly explains the confusion?
I know I shared this when @gruber wrote it way back - but sharing again - as he just did - and a reminder from moi .. its not a matter of if they come after you - it is when - best be prepared.
🔗 Bob’s writing about Music and Musicians, but what he described has applicability to any new business launching itself onto the world.
I saw🔗 this in Visual Capitalist today.
No mention of New Zealand where a lot of people complain about the country’s debt, so I thought I might explore - and found this in Macro Trends.
And sure - while we are higher than historical - it isn’t unprecedented - even in the past twenty years. 2003 and 2012 clearly standing out from the crowd. (I wonder what was happening around the globe at that time - rhetorical folks .. and that’s the point - whatever Kiwi leaders might like to think, they are in the gravitational pull of ‘RoW’. That said, the country is clearly doing a lotte better than average.
Who am I to disagree with Austin Kleon and in fact I still don’t .. but the conclusion to the article ends with a use case for why paper dictionaries .. which to this bear seems identical to the why online. What am I missing? 🔗 Source
Was I talking about stumbling across things? Don’t think so, but an example of just that from a few months ago. No words needed to explain the images. Just click through.
🔗 Weekend Reading — Never Again Is Now — Labnotes (by Assaf Arkin)
It occurred to me watching a Martin Scorcese documentary about the life of George Harrison, how much people in music seek out opportunities to create with other musicians. In technology, it doesn’t happen, we don’t even look at each other’s software.
💬 Dave Winer
Long said that I speak three languages; English, Music and Math(s) .. sounds like @andysylvester is on a 🔗 similar track.
An Interview With An AI
There are so many of these things popping up (AIs that is), you need an AI to track the AIs.
Pi is one that caught my eye a while back, and I have had some noodles and doodles with it - when time allows. Clearly 🔗 David had a bit more time than me - because he sat down and interviewed them (?) .. or is it still an ‘it’?
Yes, as David explains at the beginning of the podcast, sometimes the flow is a bit stilted - and through my ears sounded robotic (though I think that is being fixed next week!)
The point is - which is the same point that David concludes with - yes - it is not there - but holy hell in a hand basket … the ‘interview was waaaaaay better than many I start, a darn sight more interesting and really - if you were to drop this in the middle of a bunch of reptiles … talking heads … politicians talking - who do you think is gong to hold the attention best - and I choose that particular category because they are used to being interviewed, to pitching, to telling stories. Some have even been trained ….
BUT
Even with the passionless voice - I found more passion and definitely more reasoning from Pi than a lot of people that puncture my days and nights.
Worried yet?
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Yesterday 🔗🎙️ Timothy Rybak and Kara Swisher
Today 🔗🎙️ Christopher Lyon with Lyndsey Stonebridge talking about Hannah Arendt
One common observation. by Timothy and Lyndsey (I paraphrase)
Trump is an overweight, obnoxious nothing - it is the apparatus around him that is the problem.
📺 One Lane Bridge
Two seasons worth. Another in the style of ‘Kiwi Scandinavian Noir’ 😁. It’s not a cracker - but good enough to watch both seasons over time. (Trust me - there are many a show I start - never finish - and a review of which you will not find in here.)
One Lane Bridge on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 The Brothers Sun
Despite writing this back in February - it didn’t. Quirky. Funny. Great Action - and Michelle Yeoh. I mean - c’mon.
The Brothers Sun on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 Criminal Record 🚧
‘Truth to Power’. Solid, gritty, Brit detective drama.
Criminal Record on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 The Gulf
Coincidentally found myself living on/in ‘The Gulf’ when I discovered the show, so watched it with a little bit of a ’travelogue’ perspective. 😁 One of those dark Kiwi shows - they seem to be emulating ’Scandinavian Noir’ - if that is a term. If it isn’t, it should be. Great show.
The Gulf on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 Gray
Arguably formulaic - but something about it kept me hooked. And ‘Cornelia’, don’t you love that name? If you like this genre - it is well worth a watch.
Gray on 🔗 Reelgood
📺 Ripley
Started slow. Continued slow. Finished Slow. And I loved it. The Black and White cinematography was superb. More in those grey tones than color could ever do. Have to say I was nervous of having a longer version of the film. No worries. Totally different.
Ripley on 🔗 Reelgood
Talk About Misguided and Fucked Up
Apparently, Murdock and Musk were on pace to receive the RBG Award? Nobody thought .. hang on a minute?
It gets worse. Below the fold …
Two other ‘awardees’ were 🔗 Michael Milliken
.. and 🔗Martha Stewart
… and yes I do understand second chances and all that - but still .. am I the only one out here on the edge - again?
IMHO .. Sly was the only one who deserved to be on a short list to begin with.
Love to know the backstory.