The sad, gradual decline of the fade-out in popular music.
With a mere depression of the fast-forward button to get to the next tune, why wait out those last dwindling seconds? “It’s all about that,” says Itaal Shur, a songwriter and producer who co-authored the Santana hit “Smooth” (nice guitar jam in the fade-out). “We’re living in a skip culture.”
Dear Apple ….And Another Thing!
Robot successfully assembles an IKEA chair
Well sure. Now you tell us. What is it? Six months since IKEA bought Task Rabbit?
Pompeo Nears Confirmation but Faces Historic Rebuke From Committee
A rebuke? Either thumbs up or thumbs down. Stand up and be counted you MoFos. I cannot wait until November.
Palantir Knows Everything About You
It is interesting how VERY VERY quiet Mr.Thiel’s Palantir is these days … but it is arguable that they are even worse than Cambridge Analytica.
BTW .. click through on the link just to see the graphic build.
Why You Should Not Delete Facebook
Again not me .. but …
I’m specifically not deleting my account because:
- I intend to exercise a number of my data subject rights, and complain if Facebook does not respond appropriately.
- I’m expecting the alternatives to Facebook to improve (because they’re virtually non-existent now), and will look forward to using data portability.
”If I had time to remember my facebook password, I would delete my account now.”
Not me. Someone else. Just thought it reflected humour in truth … or is it the other way round?
The Surprising Link Between Language and Depression
Remind you of anyone?
Siri - Drafts Experiment
The following is an experiment using Siri to talk to Drafts which I will then publish to microblog. The idea works by use of special code inside of Drafts that allows you to talk to your device and it in turn happily translates that into text. The cool thing is that normally with Siri there is a time cut off. With Drafts you can keep on talking talking talking while it types and types and types. What it doesn’t seem to do is improve the ability of Siri to understand what you’re saying.
One step at a time.
Facebook moves 1.5bn users out of reach of new European privacy law
In other related news Mark Zuckerberg said to Congress that he intended to apply the “spirit” of the legislation globally.
My Wishes page got me to thinking. Why not a quotes page?
In the spirit of the emoji page provided by @burk - I have set up a ‘wishes’ page … let me know what you would like to see for micro.blog
Listening to @manton and @danielpunkass chatting … and I am confused … how are there active people on the platform posting away and not paying …. aren’t you just stopped from posting after the 2 week trial is over?
The list of new things in Things 3.5 is so long it’s like having a new app
Writing in Drafts to send to Micro.Blog later.
Editing some words later.
And …..
Wavelength clarification question.
I can record and assemble my micro.cast in wavelength ... no charge.
BUT if I want to publish it - the only place is to micro.blog ... correct?
To publish to existing blog is another $5 per month - or I do a new blog for $10.
Is that right?
Teslas and Porsches Cost Less Than Golf Carts in Hong Kong
… sounds weird … but makes sense … other than .. well … you decide.
Russia Asks Apple to Remove Telegram from the App Store
… so the question is … will they?
I gotta tell you .. the micro.blog people … they are my kind of people.
Old pieces now - but let’s not forget the connections that don’t seem to be too much reported by the ‘dishonest media’ on Betsy.
Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater, has been quietly advising Trump’s transition team, including helping vet Cabinet picks.
from Here and
She is the daughter of Edgar Prince, who founded the Michigan-based Prince Corporation, an auto parts business that sold for $1.35 billion in 1996; she also married into the massive Amway fortune by marrying Dick DeVos, whose father co-founded that company.
Yup, Betsy is married to Amway … bastion of the original pyramid selling scheme and implicated in more global corruption schemes than your average soldier and brother to Blackwater - the private ‘protection company’ that the US government had to extract itself from.
The other common connection?
Both Blackwater and Amway have had to change their names in an attempt to present a more acceptable face to the public after their crimes were unearthed. Betsy - that's who Trumpette is pointing to in the picture up there ... and her connections admitted that as much as $200 million could have been contributed to Trump's campaign. It's amazing what money can buy.