[FRIAM] [WedTech] Fwd: #GoogleWalkout ✊Apple's repairs 🔨hologram lecturers 🏫 blockchain utopia 🏙

[Gillian Densmore]

Hmmm iphones sort of vintage. When I think vintage I think: Lisa, or
Mac2/M2ceye  Apple2plus etc.

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:58 AM Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:

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> From: TLDR <dan at tldrnewsletter.com>
> Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:18 AM
> Subject: #GoogleWalkout ✊Apple's repairs 🔨hologram lecturers  🏫
> blockchain utopia 🏙
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> Over 1,500 Google employees world wide walked out of the office today to
> protest the company's handling of sexual harassment cases. The employees
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> TLDR Daily Update 2018-11-02
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> Big Tech & Startups
> Stories about tech giants, startups, and venture capital
>
> Google employees worldwide are walking out today to protest handling of
> sexual misconduct (2 minute read)
> <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2018%2F11%2F1%2F18051026%2Fgoogle-walkout-sexual-harassment-protest/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/Gjwr3yRHMQKruHiM67UFrOKD7P20hNfDOs0qINTVNkU=61>
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> Over 1,500 Google employees world wide walked out of the office today to
> protest the company's handling of sexual harassment cases. The employees
> have five demands: an end to forced arbitration for harassment and
> discrimination cases, an end to pay and opportunity inequity, a public
> sexual harassment transparency report, an anonymous process for reporting
> sexual harassment, and elevating the Chief Diversity Officer to report
> directly to the CEO and appointing an employee representative to the board.
> They are using the hashtag #GoogleWalkout to spread the message on Twitter.
>
> Apple launches vintage repair pilot program to fix aging iPhones, MacBooks
> and more (1 minute read)
> <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2018%2F11%2F01%2Fapple-launches-vintage-repair-pilot-program-to-fix-aging-iphones-macbooks-and-more%2F/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/P7sLdQ88hE7wlEFmOSYHAy5vg_Jy70CCPAlr5Qu7RC8=61>
>
> Apple is launching a new "Repair Vintage Apple Products Pilot" that will
> repair older Apple products. Currently the program will let you get repairs
> on the iPhone 5, 2012 Macbook Air, and 2011 iMac. They'll eventually add
> support for the iPhone 4s, 2012 Macbook Pro, and 2012 Mac Pro. All repairs
> are contingent on part availability.
>
>
> Science & Cutting Edge Technology
> Stories about scientific breakthroughs and futuristic technologies like
> AI, blockchain, and space travel
>
> A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada (5 minute
> read)
> <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F11%2F01%2Ftechnology%2Fnevada-bitcoin-blockchain-society.html/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/K034ADZBUwabu7G_eVklscB99ksYx_94AdodGaKhfcg=61>
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> Jeffrey Berns is a lawyer turned crypto-millionaire who made hundreds of
> millions from investing in Ethereum. Now he wants to use that money to
> create a city run by the blockchain in the middle of the Nevada desert,
> complete with a high tech park, college, and e-gaming arena. He spent $170
> million buying a huge tract of land larger than Reno, and has spent over
> $300 million in total on the project for offices, planning, and a staff of
> 70. He's going to give away all of the decision making power to a
> blockchain run by residents, and 90% of any dividends will go to residents,
> employees, and future investors. Every resident and employee will have what
> amounts to an Ethereum address, which they will use to vote on local
> measures and store their personal data. Construction will begin in 2019.
> Berns believes that his city will "either be the biggest thing ever, or the
> most spectacular crash and burn in the history of mankind. I don't know
> which one. I believe it's the former, but either way it’s going to be one
> hell of a ride."
>
> 'Hologram' lecturers to teach students at Imperial College London (1
> minute read)
> <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Ftechnology-46060381/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/Ea2CuObv1AaO-B_8JgvKHfdYJtVFEVEYf2_YokwnoZU=61>
>
> Imperial College in London will now be using hologram technology similar
> to that used to animate images of Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and other
> celebrities in order to beam in speakers from around the world. The
> lecturers will have displays in front of them so they can point, speak, and
> interact with people. The hologram is generated by projecting light onto a
> glass screen and using a backdrop that gives the illusion of depth. It
> costs only in the low thousands of dollars per session, so it's affordable
> for universities to do regularly.
>
> $5bn project to map DNA of every animal, plant and fungus (1 minute read)
> <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fscience%2F2018%2Fnov%2F01%2F5bn-project-to-map-dna-of-every-animal-plant-and-fungus/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/VbcahqqcCS0_Kbaox2zgERA0vadAecWhjtLAWuXz6P0=61>
>
> The Earth BioGenome Project is a $4.7 billion "moonshot for biology" that
> aims to sequence the genomes of 1.5 million species. Less than 3,500
> species are currently sequenced, and only about 100 of those are at
> reference quality. Harris Lewin, chair of the project, believes that the
> project could be as transformational for biology as the Human Genome
> Project. He says "Having the roadmap, the blueprints...will be a tremendous
> resource for new discoveries, understanding the rules of life, how
> evolution works, new approaches for the conservation of rare and endangered
> species, and...new resources for researchers in agricultural and medical
> fields."
>
>
> Tools, Media, & Open Source
> Sites, tools, podcasts, videos, open source libraries, and other
> interesting stuff you should check out
>
> BERT (Github Repo)
> <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgoogle-research%2Fbert/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/pqh1lKU4TeAsFc30WqDuwJDcEj_yF5UM-Ij4m9mD-7k=61>
>
> Google has open sourced TensorFlow code and pre-trained models for BERT,
> its breakthrough general purpose "language understanding" model. It's
> trained on a large text corpus like Wikipedia, and can then be used to
> perform really specific NLP tasks like "question answering". From what I've
> read, it seems to be much more effective than older NLP models, people seem
> super excited about this and it's gotten 3500 Github stars in one day, so
> if you're smarter than me you might want to take a look at this!
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> finally found one I'm happy with. Lots of great TypeScript tutorials and
> resources here, curated by Marius Schulz, a front-end developer at Facebook.
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>
> Miscellaneous
> Random stuff techie people might be interested in
>
> China is exporting the Great Firewall as internet freedom declines around
> the world (5 minute read)
> <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F11%2F01%2Fasia%2Finternet-freedom-china-censorship-intl%2Findex.html/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/topsHLjE30Q5RLgqm-XMzhxtgh2ypeRVnFAy3aJxz-Y=61>
>
> China's Great Firewall has been shockingly effective as they've repeatedly
> cracked down on attempts to undermine the firewall through VPNs and the
> dark web. A report by Freedom House says that internet freedom has declined
> for the eight consecutive year, and now more countries are embracing the
> Chinese model of internet censorship. Now President Xi Jinping is working
> with foreign governments directly to help them build their own firewalls.
> Xi Jinping advocates for a doctrine of cyber sovereignty, meaning each
> country should have control of the internet within its own borders. 57
> countries have now bought telecom infrastructure, AI surveillance tools, or
> attended or hosted trainings by Chinese censors.
>
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