Re: [FRIAM] Narcissism and Mass Shootings

2016-08-01 Thread Steven A Smith
Gil - I second Glen's statement here. I personally value the fact that I know many people from many walks of life with many modes of apprehending and being in the world. This FriAM/WedTech Crowd is an important part of that (even though I rarely make a showing at either table in person).

Re: [FRIAM] Can THIS guy be coach or something

2016-07-30 Thread Steven A Smith
The problem with the piece is that it's treats Trump and Clinton as equally bad. That's false symmetry. Au contraire! There is an *implication* of that, but in fact, the rhetoric used is all spot on... it is a piece NOT about the candidates, but about the voters reaction to them. I

Re: [FRIAM] weird malware

2016-07-28 Thread Steven A Smith
Frankly I can't wait until our systems all are as fluxed with symbiotic-ware (what is the benign form of malware) as our own personal biomes... maybe we are already on our way down that road? Does anyone track Stephanie Forrest's computer immune systems? I'm betting we have some

Re: [FRIAM] German engineers 3D-printed a camera that’s smaller than a grain of salt

2016-06-30 Thread Steven A Smith
They aren't describing the actual imaging A/D conversion... it i just a lense set coupled with a fiber-optic... capture and reduction is a project left to the student downstream. I'm not clear (and they dont indicate) how they actually get the opticil fidelity from a 3D printer since they

Re: [FRIAM] Mobile Vulgis was: Anyone from England

2016-06-27 Thread Steven A Smith
it, _then_ it might be a good thing. On 06/27/2016 03:09 PM, Steven A Smith wrote: That said, I'm still holding out for a 4-way debate with Bernie as Independent and Gary Johnson as Libertarian. I think the Donald would get shredded on every one of his points by one or all three of the others. I

[FRIAM] Mobile Vulgis was: Anyone from England

2016-06-27 Thread Steven A Smith
With our own election hoopla, I find myself considering the implications of democracy as we practice it (and perhaps even as we imagine or idealize it). While I am observing said hoopla with my usual "morbid fascination", I am truly disturbed by the possibility that we ARE degenerating to a

Re: [FRIAM] Anyone from England

2016-06-25 Thread Steven A Smith
Our colleagues, Matt and Janire just skyped me up yesterday and were quite concerned about the implications for them... Matt is from the UK, Janire from Spain, and they both attended University in Wales and have been doing good business throughout UK/EU/etc without any friction, thanks to the

Re: [FRIAM] Fascinating article on how AI is driving change in SEO, categories of AI and the Law of Accelerating Returns

2016-06-09 Thread Steven A Smith
Glen - I do believe we *will* and *have been* outdriving our headlights, and it is part of the "manifest destiny" of being human, maybe mammal/warm-blooded/vertibrate/fauna/life? It *might be* a necessary property of evolved life to innovate "grandly"... where "grandly" is a relative term.

Re: [FRIAM] Fascinating article on how AI is driving change in SEO, categories of AI and the Law of Accelerating Returns

2016-06-09 Thread Steven A Smith
On 6/8/16 12:27 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: `` I'm pretty much a luddite myself, or at least "conservative" in the sense of believing that we are outdriving our headlights on many fronts.'' Experiments can be risky but sometimes they pay off..

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