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Oh hey, quoted (at a distance)

Oh hey, I got quoted (almost … I mean at an enormous distance) by some reputable (?) institution.
Where that body did jump to all sorts of conclusions (see my next Monday 27 April post squared with my 3 April post against (?) those), but in the passing mentioned an arms’ race known to modern man already for decades as if it were something new. In this here piece.

What’s the aim, then? To have all sorts revert to Flipping ..?

To leave you with:
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[Still? against intruders, Trier]

Culpable misinformation

The inescapable Bruce was very mild, characterising Comey’s texts as a joke. Like here, on this. Whereas puppets everywhere (in NL as well, here) can show only a handful cases if any at all where mass surveillance (like this by InfoSec Taylor:
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explains) has been key. Referring not to any paraphrase (here) of Ben Franklin (“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”) ..?

But the point is: Where failure to act may be culpable in the same way that acts may be, deliberate (intentful) misrepresentation by omitting knowledge and/or presenting false conclusions may be as culpable as outright lying. In particular, when in the public sphere (of income) where speaking the truth (the whole, and nothing but…) is part of the deal, however indirectly through defense of a constitution. Wilful neglect of that duty (that may include informing oneself properly!) is a scam, con, deceit, fraud.

So, come clean. And:
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[F..tis didn’t get away with it; too simpleton despite pretense]

Ah, some comms overview

Still looking for a definitive (if there’s such a thing) categorisation of ‘social’ media, some tweet flew across my screen (as is its type) that, well, at least has some pointers. To this TechCrunch article.
But, as I indicated already in this here my own earlier post, I asked for a classification that would not only cover some of today’s (social, actual or not, or not) media but also the past ones. To be able to see whether and if not when how, changes occurred over, e.g., the past four decades and back through times immemorial. Where the TC article only has some latter-day media, not even categorised with all dimensions I foresaw. But then, it’s something … maybe memyselfI will pick up the subject later, and expand.

For now, I’ll leave you with:
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[Unsure how open for discussion; Toronto]

Your Things’ Id, Ego, Super-Ego

Just putting it out there; my pres at the very successful IDentity.Next conference last week in Noordwijkerhout. Though it is without any actual speaker notes, you may still get the points – or we may have a discussion about certain uncertainties therein.
I’ll stop now; too much in the unwind mode still, due to the great discussions on the spot.

So, here it is. And this:
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[Things creeping up on you; Zuid-As]

Model code

In the race to get everyone and your grandmother (but in particular, ‘youth’) to code as that would be the new literacy, this here piece arrived quite in time.
In which Chris Granger explains that modelling the world around us (and taking it in), is the new literacy. [Read the article; it’s a full stretch more intricate than that actually.]

Right. With a number of sideline qualifications. But I don’t have the time right now to elucidate… They’re in the order of “But then, calculus and basic reading skills are required to understand the world and be able to deal with it. So it’s not that the old forms of literacy will go away (on the contrary; dismal education globally (sic) should be repaired, in particular numeracy) but they will be augmented. This will require a massive, huge! upgrade of about all teachers at all levels – which will not happen anytime soon. And programming skills are only the basics one needs to be able to analyse, model, and design the world around us, much like + and – are required to understand one’s income – assuming one has or needs money to live – or even money, or society’s functioning.
Let alone understand culture. Isn’t culture what is being transferred in Education ..?”

And so on. But as said, time limits… See this, too. Hence:
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[Baltimore is old. ?]

No more cat, up P ..?

OK, we’re now something like a month after the launch of Meerkat. Do we still remember or even use, or was it wiped off the MAU market by Periscope ..?
How fast some things go. Having to be vigilant on a 24/7 basis. Maybe DACs might best take over in the end, indeed, so we can get some sleep. Or, no, … in what way would that work? Users consumers sheeple may be needed to generate content that has more than machine interest otherwise ads won’t work.

But do DACs even innovate ..? Or just develop, possibly prosper (go beyond hockey stick investment recovery), and wither ..?

More importantly, how do the two not point out the futility to move innovation into its limits in just this one direction ..? B/c it doesn’t really contribute to the diversity of communicative expression, does it ..? It’s just Me, Me, Me I Am Totally Awesome Posting This Clip Ermagerd all over again.

Let’s not get too negative. Sometimes, true Innovation goes by little steps. As, here, microsteps. And not really helping humanity in any useful way. Hence, I’ll leave you with:
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[Ludwig dreamin’, static at Barça]

VoteChain

A short question: Would anyone have pointers to info on how to use blockchain methodology to have (physical-world) voting on the ‘Net but with integrity, secrecy and (non-)repudiation everywhere, from eligibility registration to tallying and publication ..?

Because I’d say there’s possibilities with said technology ( / process / methodology / application ?).
E.g., what was it again with that Swiss canton that did three votes per voter and newspaper publication of codes, and other such schemes ..?

Otherwise, this:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLIVVDmDjDI]
Will return on this subject. For now:
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[Not seen so oft; for no (?) reason; FLlW near Baltimore]

Here, First

Integrity at any level is the Yggdrasil of any CIA or other quality of the layers on top of it.

I.e., if at the platforms level the integrity of software (à la Turing, engine/programs and data) cannot be fully 100,000…% be guaranteed, no extreme of measures op top of it can restore the missing percentage, only (somewhat) limit further deterioration of the stack on top.

Okay, this being a bit abstract, a somewhat more simple and extensive explanation will follow.
Till then:
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[No base, no glory; Sevilla]

Th Ei(ght hours overtime) Team

When one has the luck to be selected and present [see below…] for the 8-i.org challenge, Dutch division, one learns.

It started when my wife, volunteer for the Stichting Babyspullen, happened to get a slot at the March 28th Utrecht session. And couldn’t find a fellow volunteer to be present all 18:00-04:00h so I chipped in (also for the ride home as public transport would be a night-mare).
It continued with all sorts of small lessons learned throughout the evening, regarding (event) management and content.

But the one thing that stood out was: How, per charity, the volunteer creatives that lend their time, were hand-selected to form as (age-)diverse teams as possible, and with a definite eye for some but optimised not maximised team competence diversity as well.

You probably get it already: Why don’t all businesses work that way ..!? Why would any buiness that wants to think of itself as Creative or Innovative or Open to Change or just We Don’t Want To Acknowledge We’re Boring As Heck, follow this model, too? Usually, almost always, the safe route, the Our Kind Of People incestuous groupthink wins out. Yes, even in creative circles, anyone not fitting the wannabe-hipster mold would be outcast, not allowed in.

So, @8_iOrg won the day, and saved it (for me, for this already), by deliberately changing common ways and demonstrating that when results are wanted (i.e., the specific objective(s) for the charities helped for free) where any level of creativity is required, one best goes for team diversity.

Now you all go out there and spread this word in your organisations. Not by babble but by actual action. For now:
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[Where would be the reason to build something standard?
 Why need a reason to be creative?
 Hopefully, all will move to standard-only-where-actually-needed…;
 Cala at Hoofddorp]

Maverisk / Étoiles du Nord