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Following the data and money in the streaming industry
Thanks again to those who joined us for our salon this past Tuesday. One of the purposes in holding the salons, beyond the primary one which is to have smart conversations and connect fellow subscribers with each other, has been to play, learn, and experiment with OBS Studio. We published a Future Tools issue about it in October, and since then I’ve been slowly but steadily expanding my knowledge and proficiency using it. However I cannot learn in isolation, but require context and in some instance immersion, if I am to truly comprehend the value of a tool.
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About Those Vaccine ID Cards…
An idea that’s simple as an abstraction–vaccine ID cards–turns out to be extremely difficult once real-world operational realities must be dealt with. Authorities around the world have made it clear that they will do “whatever it takes” to vaccinate their citizenry with one of the first available vaccines.
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Do You Really Think the Empire Will Sacrifice the Dollar to Further Enrich Billionaires?
As for stock markets–the devil take the hindmost. Let’s keep it simple: US dollar up, stocks down. US dollar down, stocks up. Stocks up, billionaires get richer. Since that spot of bother in March 2020 when the US dollar (USD) soared and stocks cratered, the USD has been in a free-fall, boosting the wealth of America’s Robber Barons and various other skimmers, scammers and other undeserving scoundrels.
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#AxisOfEasy 174: Drupal Deploys Emergency Fix For Critical Vulnerability
Last week, a report surfaced that Zoom had shut down the accounts of student survivors of the Tiananmen Square massacre who were meeting virtually to commemorate the June 4, 1989 event.What to do about fake news when the gatekeepers are worse …and more in AofE #145
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What to do about bias?
The relationship between algorithms and bias is both problematic and an opportunity. Problematic in that it has the potential to amplify and exacerbate entrenched biases and inequality. However it’s also an opportunity as we can now document and identify institutional or cultural bias in ways that were not previously possible.
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2021 is Already Optimized for Failure
One sure way to identify a system “optimized for failure” is if all the insiders are absolutely confident the system is “optimized for my success”. I often discuss optimization here because it offers an insightful window into how systems become fragile and break down.
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Mark E. Jeftovic
Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture.
Jesse Hirsh
Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.
Charles Hugh Smith
Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.
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