Excellent example for the recent metadata spying topics: Paul Revere.
Excellent example for the recent metadata spying topics: Paul Revere.
Using Metadata to find Paul Revere – Kieran Healy
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The Conservatives made bad choices with respect to Library and Archives Canada. Now Moore is saying …
The Conservatives made bad choices with respect to Library and Archives Canada. Now Moore is saying some weasely things about how he might restore some of the necessary funding. Let’s see if he follows through.
Heritage minister considers restoring some funding to Library and Archives – Canada – CBC News
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The US’s massive surveillance is obscene. After so many years of tech-savvy privacy and freedom advocates…
The US’s massive surveillance is obscene. After so many years of tech-savvy privacy and freedom advocates trying to raise this issue, I’m glad it’s now gaining some public scrutiny. Yet, it’s surprising how little people are actually outraged about this. This is not your government doing your work, this is government dangerously out-of-control.
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Hidden or not the Conservatives’ agenda is building…
Hidden or not, the Conservatives’ agenda is building its legacy as one that significantly diminished many of Canada’s positive attributes. Here’s a good summary.
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I thought it was interesting how this post separates getting licence to destroy something from whether…
I thought it was interesting how this post separates getting licence to destroy something from whether it’s part of the sphere of moral influence or not.
The Moral Status of Rocks – Justin Halldór Smith
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One’s inner spit is not the same as one’s outer spit. This article is right on, though I’ve never really…
One’s inner spit is not the same as one’s outer spit. This article is right on, though I’ve never really understood why we act this way.
The Microanatomy of the Self: Where Does It End? | In Their Own Words | Big Think
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It’s impressive how far Germany has proven and is proving that solar and other renewable energy sources…
It’s impressive how far Germany has proven and is proving that solar and other renewable energy sources are not just viable and practical but in this case have even led to a more secure energy supply than you see in other countries such as the USA.
Germany’s Energy Transition
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Whether for happiness or money, higher education seems to be a plus
Whether for happiness or money, higher education seems to be a plus
Should You Go to College? The Atlantic FAQ
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The regular APA style is such an awful thing. I wish it would stop being the default mandated style …
The regular APA style is such an awful thing. I wish it would stop being the default mandated style in so many situations. I cannot understand the rationale for peppering a page with (Author, date). It totally distracts from the focus of the content.
There’s a reason we have nice things like the ability to make superscript numerals and footnotes.
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These are their own thing but that thing could’ve been bred from a Jan Svankmajer and a William Kentridge…
These are their own thing but that thing could’ve been bred from a Jan Svankmajer and a William Kentridge.
Watch Piotr Dumala’s Wonderful Animations of Literary Works by Kafka and Dostoevsky
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Piotr Dumala’s beautiful Kafka animations while definitively their…
Piotr Dumala’s beautiful, Kafka animations, while definitively their own, also make me think of something born from breeding a Jan Svankmajer with a William Kentridge http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/animations_of_literary_works_by_kafka_and_dostoevsky.html
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is a long…
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is a long time favourite and these video versions run the gamut of interesting and creative to just awful. Worth taking a look, especially the Orson Welles version (by way of openculture.com) http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/07/18/20-versions-of-the-cave-a-video-roundup/
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I don’t think calling him a videogame god…
I don’t think calling him a videogame god does justice to what this is. It’s a profound social experiment and for the winner, I wonder down the road whether he might regret what he’s won or become something nobody could have imagined. Which, to be realistic might also just be a blip of celebrity in time. Still, this strikes me as likely to transform the content of the game and its players into som ... continue reading