Month: June 2016
June 12, 2016
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My new band’s name
Fanboys of lethal agency
— William Gibson (@GreatDismal) June 12, 2016
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Seems @RogersHelps can turn anything to shit. Upgrade to 4K this morning means no DVR functions. Now need to revert to HD w DVR.
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I can live with this. Thanks @RogersHelps pic.twitter.com/mlDWNr6pz5
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In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) June 19, 2015
June 11, 2016
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When Products Talk – The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/when-products-talk
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June 10, 2016
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I don’t know what’s real anymore
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We need a capybara emoji
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What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
L ike most 25-year-olds, Julia Rozovsky wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. She had worked at a consulting firm, but it wasn’t a good match. Then she became a researcher for two professors at Harvard, which was interesting but lonely. Maybe a big corporation would be a better fit. Or…
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Rogers maintains their perfect record of never being able to help me do anything I want on the first attempt.
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45 minutes talking/holding with Rogers until they finally said, “nobody can figure out how to do it, we’ll give you a call later.”
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On hold for 30 minutes with my cable company. Muzak version of “Shut Up And Dance” might be the death of me.
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Period. Full Stop. Point. Whatever It’s Called, It’s Going Out of Style
June 8, 2016
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“I Love Nerds”
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Thanks for the warning
The Toronto Festival of Clowns kicks off tomorrow https://t.co/N5fdbTtIny pic.twitter.com/CTJfWFXikj
— blogTO (@blogTO) June 8, 2016
June 7, 2016
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My god, what have we become? pic.twitter.com/Cw2CKe6UEr
June 6, 2016
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It’s getting biblical in Toronto
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Tough day for surrogates
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I’m confused by how good the new Paul Simon album is.
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Any reason Canada couldn’t ban all gas/diesel cars by 2025?
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/norway-to-ban-the-sale-of-all-fossil-fuel-based-cars-by-2025-and-replace-with-electric-vehicles-a7065616.html
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Half the fun of watching Japanese commercials is figuring out what the product might be.
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June 4, 2016
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This is bugging me.
How do Salon’s conclusions come from the stats they link to?
Just me?
http://www.salon.com/2016/06/02/black_women_are_now_the_most_educated_group_in_the_united_states/
/cc @DougSaunders
June 3, 2016
June 2, 2016
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I Spent the Last 6 Months Planning My Online Death
When my friend Heather committed suicide in 2014, she left in her absence a heap of digital remains. She had deleted her Facebook account, but left up her Instagram, Linkedin and Twitter. These surviving versions of her—respectively whimsical, industrious and absurd—were like ghosts that haunted the…
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Braun SK55
http://www.minimallyminimal.com/blog/braun-sk55
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The Futility of Hiding
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-futility-of-hiding.html