Life
A day later than normal but a busy weekend…Ok…I was dying repeatedly in Battlefield 1 and couldn’t be arsed to post last night. I’ve been busy! Honest!
Media
Finished The Defenders. Well worth a watch if you liked Daredevil.
Also finished Game of Thrones this evening and loved this series. Roll on series 8.
Links
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Ellen Pao: This Is How Sexism Works in Silicon Valley
If you read one thing today, make it this. Many lessons that we all need to learn. -
BBC – Future – The bunkers built to survive an apocalypse
Can’t believe these are being talked about again. Sad. -
Identity Thieves Hijack Cellphone Accounts to Go After Virtual Currency – NYTimes.com
Nothing is safe, not even virtual currencies. -
Photos: China has one of world’s largest bitcoin mines — Quartz
These farms blow my mind. So much effort to mine a bitcoin. -
Estonia could offer ‘estcoins’ to e-residents – e-Residency Blog – Medium
Love what Estonia are doing – first true digital country and economy? -
New app scans your face and tells companies whether you’re worth hiringWould you be nervous with an artificial intelligence evaluating your interview skills? Come discuss in The Climb, Ladders’ Facebook Group. | Ladders
Just wrong. This isn’t the future I want. -
8 Lessons from 20 Years of Hype Cycles | Michael Mullany | Pulse | LinkedIn
Gartner Hype Cycles are interesting but I don’t always believe them. Turns out I wasn’t far wrong – we are crap at predicting the future. -
Louis Rossetto – Pi.co
I loved the origial US Wired magazien so this interview is a treat. Buying it in the UK meant trips to specialist newsagents or Borders in Glasgow which I still miss. The UK edition, while good, just isn’t the same. -
The best photos and videos of the 2017 solar eclipse
Amazing images from last week. -
Daring Fireball: Wading Through AccuWeather’s Bullshit Response
AccuWeather can’t be trusted. Delete the app, use Dark Sky, Carrot Weather or Hello Weather instead. -
Location Tracking
Perfect post from the authors of Dark Sky on why you can trust them…and how the misuse of your data must be pretty widespread.