On Technology and Relations

We’ve Married Technology and Divorced Each Other

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Instead of our devices being a distraction from our relationships, our relationships seem to be a distraction from our devices.

Source: We’ve Married Technology and Divorced Each Other – Featured Stories – Medium

On getting funding

How to get funding:

“We’re going to implement blockchain-based machine learning on a serverless container, backed by a distributed web-scale NoSQL data-lake, with a React 17.x front-end and a fully integrated immersive 3D/AR/VR/Voice UX.”

https://twitter.com/PPathole/status/1119620891443388416

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after at least 207 killed in attacks

Authorities in Sri Lanka have launched a massive security operation and imposed a curfew after a wave of bombs in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka killed at least 207 people and injured 450.

The eight blasts, some of which officials said were suicide bomb attacks, appeared timed to cause maximum casualties among worshippers attending Easter services.

Source: Sri Lanka imposes curfew after at least 207 killed in attacks | World news | The Guardian

On self driving cars and boring things

I don’t want self driving cars. I want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly I don’t need to check a schedule. I want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it’s preferable to suffering airports. I want cities that aren’t built around cars-as-default.

https://twitter.com/socketwench/status/1112417058581557249