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Driving a Tesla Model 3 is seeing the future, and it is like Driving an IPad and @ 4 cents a mile
Mary just got the Tesla Model 3 she has been waiting for– she is loving it. And for a reason. It is absolutely magic– driving it is like visting the future, now. All sorts of things have evolved, seemingly … Continue reading
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Big Data versus Humanity
I never used the tools of Big Data and artificial intelligence to build profiles of masses of people. And on purpose. I realized what could be done– the power in knowing too much, the temptation to manipulate. But now others … Continue reading
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I want “Crypto-pay” to be the AliPay for the non-Chinese world — OpenPay!
I am in China and AliPay is everywhere. With your smartphone (which everyone has at least one of) you scan the QR code at convenience stores, in your taxi, at the subway, anywhere– to instantly pay for things. Many people … Continue reading
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Learning to Love 78rpm Records
I am loving 78’s and you might too. Here are some of the ways I have learned about these things that I knew nothing about a couple of years ago. The Internet Archive is digitizing 5,000 per month and so … Continue reading
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Collector or Digital Librarian?
Do you think more often of your date of birth or date of death? Do you think of the start or the end? Do you think of the project or the deadline? Do you think of your journey or your … Continue reading
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The Great 78 Project
Announced a month ago with 15,000 digitized “sides” of 78 RPM records, I am trying to understand it and to understand myself through it. B George of the Archive of Contemporary music is also the Internet Archive’s music curator but … Continue reading
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Upgraded Secure Communications Applications I am Now Using
I am upgrading the security of my communications while still being easy to use. I thought I would share what I currently use in case it is helpful to copy and I would appreciate comments. I want end-to-end encryption so … Continue reading
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Using Amazon.com for Supplies Globally– uh, Not Yet
I thought I was so clever– instead of buying all the parts for our books scanners from industrial vendors then assembling&testing&reshipping from Richmond California, we could send many parts to where they were needed and assemble in our scanning centers. … Continue reading
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Content Addressing is Magic
It is conjuring from the ether, it is wishing things into your hands, it is just saying its name and it will appear. It is pure magic. And it may become a very important part of our future– in the … Continue reading
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Successful German Model for Permanently Tenant-Friendly Housing
Started in 1989 and now made up of 107 apartment buildings in Germany, a network of housing projects called Mietshäuser Syndikat, have locked themselves into a structure that allows almost complete autonomy for each housing project, with a couple of … Continue reading
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