Notes

Hurricane #Patricia #Katrina compared from space https://x.com/projecthelpsos/status/657777495794585601

“Ivory laundry of the world” Hong Kong. 26 years since the ban & they still selling! These fuckers should be shot!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/10/21/ivory-laundry-of-the-world-traders-in-hong-kong-offer-poached-ivory-for-sale/

Fundamentalists taking control of country and persecute those who don’t submit to their God. No, not ISIS.

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/23/christian_fundamentalists_plot_against_the_constitution_what_kim_daviss_newly_unearthed_emails_reveal/

Computer animation of #Patricia. We should name the next big hurricane #Rasengan, and the next one #Rasenshuriken

http://earth.nullschool.net/#2015/10/23/1200Z/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/overlay=wind_power_density/orthographic=-105.01,17.24,3000

Hurricane #Patricia is so powerful existing computer animation model breaks down!

https://www.facebook.com/EarthWindMap/videos/vb.1421330998100626/1699306906969699/?type=2&theater https://x.com/cambecc/status/657521871299047424

↩ In reply to @nicwn

Why? b’coz Hong Kong gov is fucking useless.

‘Why is Hong Kong keeping this trade alive?’: Chinese actress Li Bingbing joins call for total ban on ivory sales http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1871369/why-hong-kong-keeping-trade-alive-chinese-actress

HOLY Plasma Waste Converter!! No more landfills! Awesome science delivers again! https://itun.es/us/FSoOq.c?i=354957284

MIT Media Lab reaches out to jailed Syrian activist with research position in Center for Civic Media /by @Joi http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2015/10/22/mit-media-lab-r.html

Diversity in the TV writers’ room: Writers and showrunners of color lag far behind on-screen representation. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2015/10/diversity_in_the_tv_writers_room_writers_and_showrunners_of_color_lag_far.single.html

Story of couple who adopted twin boys but one is actually a transgender girl. NPR Fresh Air https://itun.es/us/s_RWm.c?i=354858057

I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/FvTN9siaT-M?a Computer Show “Communities”

I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/WaawXXqXExo?a Computer Show “Arts”

“everybody in the area now understands that raping girls may actually carry consequences” Wow. Not shit! #India #rape http://nzzl.us/ey6Md9E

How Useful Is Christensen’s Theory Of Disruptive Innovation? - Forbes http://nzzl.us/0WLHBC7 /via @sxren

↩ In reply to @fukumimi

@fukumimi LOL! I’m talking about @narrativesci

↩ In reply to @fukumimi

@fukumimi You can see the formula he follows to write that piece. Without imagination. Guess we can Narrative Science it. Lol!

↩ In reply to @nicwn

All those hardware are being replaced by motors, batteries and software. Hmm… may be we’ll see a real TAMIYA car!

I think the story isn’t just Tesla beats Google on one thing. It’s that the car game has changed by software. http://www.inc.com/john-brandon/how-elon-musk-just-beat-google-to-make-the-self-driving-car.html?cid=sf01002&utm_content=buffer7e04b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

I grew up on Japanese, British & American cartoons, which were awesome! Now they have horrific CCTV shit from China

Mentioned on Hidden Brain: Professors Are Prejudiced, Too - NYTimes http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/professors-are-prejudiced-too.html?referer=

The relationship between students and teachers is not incidental in education. It’s central https://itun.es/us/oB-u9.c?i=354653839

So… an alien invasion may be imminent… once they find out we’re eavesdropping on em. http://nzzl.us/wFhYDLM

↩ In reply to @jebbery

@jebbery @porlando @Furuzonfar Awesome. Reschedule it to late nights like after 11 pm please.