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Oops. Ethereum has a slight code flaw. No big; just all your money might literally disappear, that's all. It's probably not important.

http://www.ibtimes.com/why-ethereum-dropping-parity-wallet-vulnerability-freezes-millions-tokens-2611560

https://twitter.com/scottjohnson/status/927899437447315456

<<It’s that time of year again. Best of luck to those participating in Nano Rhino in November.>>

https://mastodon.social/media/9CpgUM_dwVnBvPU5qao

Imagine what it would be like if America was a place where money could literally buy legislation

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/359110-gop-lawmaker-donors-are-pushing-me-to-get-tax-reform-done

<<Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) had been describing the flurry of lobbying from special interests seeking to protect favored tax provisions when a reporter asked if donors are happy with the tax-reform proposal.

“My donors are basically saying, ‘Get it done or don’t ever call me again,’ ” Collins replied.>>

Complexity is not a sign of intelligence.

It is a sign of gatekeeping.

Make things as simple as possible

But no simpler.

This is the story that Disney was so angry at the LA Times for writing that they barred their movie critics from Thor: Ragnorok pre-screenings.

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-disney-anaheim-deals/

<<Over the last two decades or so, as Disney’s annual profit has soared, the company has secured subsidies, incentives, rebates and protections from future taxes in Anaheim that, in aggregate, would be worth more than $1 billion, according to public policy experts who have reviewed deals between the company and the city.>>

the two genders

The Legender Of Zelda

and

The Legender Of Link

@jk The macbook pro is engineered out a single piece of alluminum foil

A trillion for the Pentagon: check
A trillion for the nuclear arsenal: check
1.5 trillion for business tax cuts: check
Funding single payer #healthcare: Do you think money grows on trees?

And we'll bring up our concerns to them. We are realizing that ZERO consideration seems to be given to the ethical implications of tech.

They don't even have a pat rehearsed answer. They are shocked at being asked. Which means nobody is asking those questions.

"We're not making it for that reason but the way ppl choose to use it isn't our fault. Safeguard will develop." But tech is moving so fast.

Unnamed tech dad, just this weekend: "There's only one degree I won't pay for [my kids to get]: liberal arts."

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/925828976882282496

Wowaweewa. "Twitter Offered Russia Today 15% Of Its Total Share Of US Elections Advertising" https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/twitter-offered-rt-15-of-its-total-share-of-us-elections

Oh good, yes, do let's put software designed in Russia on all of the Things on the Internet in 2017.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotlin_(programming_language)

Kotlin is a statically-typed programming language that runs on the Java virtual machine and also can be compiled to JavaScript source code or use the LLVM compiler infrastructure. Its primary development is from a team of JetBrains programmers based in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[3]

In another parallel universe:

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003) was followed - naturally - by Princess of Persia (2004), where you play as Farah, and the Prince is the sidekick who pops up to give hints and solve obstacles.

A mastodon instance, but every 3 days a random user account is replaced with a "corrupted" version, which is just a machine learning bot that learnt from their posts

Newsweek: At least 30 new monuments to the Confederacy have been built, mostly on private land, since 2000. That estimate may be low.

http://www.newsweek.com/new-confederate-monuments-are-quietly-going-across-us-690798?amp=1

If something is "off the charts" then your charts are shit. Get better charts.

When someone is described by an American journalist or novelist as "having a mid-Atlantic voice" I automatically picture them gurgling through a diving mask about 10,000 feet off the island of St Helena

ah yes, the three genders
• foo
• bar
• baz