technology
Talking tech; debates about regulating technology, privacy laws, piracy, and the pitfalls of AI.
Labor Day 2021
This week began with Labor Day which always puts my mind on my father. Dad earned the nickname “Brain” because, had he not been born into a poor family just at the edge of the Great Depression, his intelligence might have led to a very different life than the one he lived. He had to drop out of school after eighth grade to go to work in order to help support his mother and father. He found a job at the Easy Washer plant in Syracuse, NY. I know he worked there for at least 15 years, beginning when he was thirteen. Easy Washer made wringer washing machines. I also know that he worked there right through WWII, doing essential war work.
By Nancy Brisson4 years ago in The Swamp
Information is Treachery
A computer can not read - that's simply not one of its gifts. It can't see a picture, either, or listen to a song or watch a film. What a computer sees - insofar as it can be said to "see" anything - is an endless world of switches, some on, some off. Yet within those switches are patterns, some of which correspond to stories, pictures, songs or films. At command, a computer can take those switches and perfectly recreate these things, telling stories it hasn't the means to understand.
By Andrew Johnston5 years ago in The Swamp
Why The Tech Revolution Is The Best Thing Yet To Happen To Nigeria
When In 2016, the former president of the Nigeria came out to say that he created 25 billionaires ( in dollars, by the way) and Africa's wealthiest woman - Folorunsho Alakija was among them - It came as no surprise to the vast majority of the educated class; the wealthiest 0.00000012% owed their vast fortunes, not to hard work, not to being the best qualified, but to their political connections - close friends in high places.
By Adebayo Adeniran5 years ago in The Swamp
Live News Stream: A New Way To Watch The News
The news channels have learnt how to market their content and reach a global audience. Live news streaming is a powerful way of obtaining the global audience. It will have a good reach if the content of theirs is the talk of the town.
By Medusa Hornia6 years ago in The Swamp
After Huawei, TikTok also goes to the ban: so Trump attacks China
It is written Huawei, but basically it reads China. That behind the now famous ban imposed by Donald Trump against the Shenzhen technology company there is a plan to break China's wings seems now the secret of puffin. And in the last few hours a hypothesis is taking hold that would reinforce this scenario. According to reports from the Financial Times, in fact, the White House is considering very seriously the possibility of adding ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to the famous "blacklist" (which already includes Huawei). The short video social network, with over 2 billion downloads across the West and around 800 million daily active users, is probably the digital platform with the highest growth rates in the world. And the fact that he is Chinese is seen by Trump as a major threat to the United States.
By Marco Bonomo6 years ago in The Swamp
‘Covid’ Ops: Open to Gates Manipulation
Here in Britain we’ve become quite familiar with the terms track-and-trace and vaccine and how they are supposedly “fundamental” to the world getting back to normal following this “bogus Covid19 pandemic” we find ourselves engulfed in, but how about the concept of microchip and quantum-dot implants? We’ve not been told much about these measures... but they are very much part of the plan moving forward.
By Steve Harrison6 years ago in The Swamp
Purposeful Utilization of Tools
Each tool can be used for both intrinsically good and evil reasons. While some tools are built with specific intentions, of good or evil, while other tools are built out of the spirit of innovation, all tools can serve both good and evil purposes. What determines how a tool gets used? Generally, that is determined by the end-user of the tool itself and their intentions.
By Jeff McCarty6 years ago in The Swamp
