The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
We are not making this up.
Kiddle: Google-powered safe search engine for children
Kiddle combines Google's Safe Search filter with editorially controlled keyword and site blacklists. Basically, it prevents you from running searches for specific words or phrases, and blocks certain sites from appearing in the results at all.
Continue reading “Mongoose: Preview of Google's Plan to Control Hate Speech”
Here Are The New Social Risks Of The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Christophe Degryse, Social Europe, 29 February 2016
But this 4th industrial revolution also contains its share of new risks in the world of labour, including the ‘remake’ of existing jobs, the destruction of many of them, the relocation of countless others. For society as a whole, it is a prospect accompanied by the threat of increased polarisation between the ‘winners’ and the ‘losers’ of the digital economy.
Continue reading “Jean Lievens: Social Costs of the 4th Industrial Revolution”
The general buzzy Teddy Bear notion of real time is that when new data are available to the system, the system processes the data and makes them available to other software processes and users. . . . Real time. Not now and not unless something magic happens to eliminate latencies, marketing baloney, and user misunderstanding of real time. Read analysis with chart.
Donald Trump, Open Source Insurgent and Ball Buster of Oligarch Politicians
So much has been written about Trump's primary election campaign, the “Trump Phenomenon.” I have read in the last few months hundreds of articles trying to explain it, but so far nothing rivals the three articles listed below for deep insight and explanatory power.
UPDATE: More analysis from Owl and many more links including comparisons of Trump to Teddy Roosevelt and Andrew Jackson
Continue reading “Owl: Explaining Trump — John Robb Plus UPDATE Evaluating Trump More Links”
New Tor Communication Software for Journalists and Sources Launches
A new one-to-one messaging tool for journalists has launched after two years in development. The article Ricochet uses power of the dark web to help journalists, sources dodge metadata laws from The Age describes this new darknet-based software. The unique feature of this software, Ricochet, in comparison to others used by journalists such as Wickr, is that it does not use a server but rather Tor. Advocates acknowledge the risk of this Dark Web software being used for criminal activity but assert the aim is to provide sources and whistleblowers an anonymous channel to securely release information to journalists without exposure. The article explains, Read more.
The World’s Largest Waste-to-Energy Plant is Being Built in China
It is important to note that the facility is really less about generating sustainable energy and more about finding a solution to address the mounting waste problem in the country, and it’s set to be just one of the 300 plants that the government will be building over the next three years. . . . Granted it’s not the most ideal solution, given that it will produce a lot of CO2 in the process, but considering that it will convert at least a third of the trash into electricity, it will help manage the country’s rapidly overflowing landfills and illegal dumps.
Be not afraid….
Reformist gains in Iran elections clear way for business boom
Gains by reformist candidates in Iranian elections open the way for changes to economic policy that will boost foreign investment and trade with the West, businessmen and analysts said on Sunday.
