August summary - 2016-08

August summary - 2016-08

• Her journey to citizenship http://www.radiolab.org/story/invisible-girl/ Supremacists and Sovereign Citizens
• The US president has not much power and that was by design: aristocrats feared the people (Terry Moe on EconTalk: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/09/power_to_the_pr.html).

September summary - 2016-09

September summary - 2016-09

• Tech
  • Docker anti-trust reactions.  And push to use RocketOS, rkt
  • Loud sounds kill hard drives https://t.co/AADnJMp2rR !?!!
  • Handwriting, sketching suddenly all over the place:
    • Dear Data by Giorgia Lupi & Maria Popova http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/revealing-envy-laughter-and-curiosity-through-data/
    • Julia Evans: http://jvns.ca/zines/ fanzine magazine
    • Bubble Sort: http://bubblesort-zines.myshopify.com/
  • Blockchain after the hype:
    • This article https://medium.com/@bsuichies/why-blockchain-must-die-in-2016-e992774c03b4#.33mdsfn2t pointed me to the 2 others:
    • Multichain has some experience to share: http://www.multichain.com/blog/2015/11/avoiding-pointless-blockchain-project/
    • http://www.multichain.com/blog/2016/05/four-genuine-blockchain-use-cases/
  • Linux kernel security: raising concerns but moving in the right direction
  • The Cloud: not there yet, client reluctance still high
    • http://TheNewStack.io/parity-check-beware-public-cloud-bandwagon/
    • https://lescastcodeurs.com/2016/10/03/lcc-155-java-ee-et-l-ardoise-magique/ Clever Cloud testifies that "On Premise" is still important.
• Music
  • Tal Wilkenfeld (and her baritone guitar) - Corner Painter
  • Leo Moracchioli keeps rocking
• Social
  • French racist "with a tie": https://twitter.com/PlanetePlus/status/781798246754549763
  • Mass surveillance http://www.radiolab.org/story/update-eye-sky/
• Politics
  • Turkey & human rights
  • Europe corruption http://www.lemonde.fr/evasion-fiscale/article/2016/09/21/bahamas-leaks-l-ex-commissaire-europeenne-a-la-concurrence-avait-une-societe-offshore-cachee_5001522_4862750.html
  • North Corea: parachuting USB keys with US movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwFFgg0Z9tY
  • Continuing on the "The Collapse of Complex Societies": https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329850-600-end-of-nations-is-there-an-alternative-to-countries/