Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
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My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
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Logitech webcams on Amazon? Completely sold out.
Scalpers are trying to cash in and are now asking for anywhere between 2 to 20 times the retail price on eBay. I know and understand how the market works, but that doesn't mean I can't despise it.
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Today's #Covid19UK death figure of 1228 (+209) is slightly below the 1276 I had expected based on the average rate of increase over the last 5 days. This brings the averaged increase down from 25.2% to 24.1%, slightly delaying the date at which 20K is forecast to be reached.
Bear in mind that average time from infection to death is 18 days, so I don't see any reason to expect a significant slowing until 18 days after lockdown - i.e. Good Friday, 10th April.
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It's coming up on 01h00 UTC on https://anonradio.net/ and that means it's nearly time for DJ @snowdusk_ !
InterGalactic Wasabi Mix!
About 5 minutes.
Here is where to listen:
https://anonradio.net (web player)
http://anonradio.net:8000/anonradio or use vlc, whatever.
Here is IRC: irc.sdf.org
Or get yourself a free shell account and ssh into sdf.org and then run 'com' and 'g'oto anonradio.
Join us in com mode and chat!
#covid19 #coronavirus #global #pandemic #medicine #ventilators #politics #uk
The UK Government's abject failure to provide a sufficient number of ventilators for the NHS means that hospitals will probably be forced to adopt a less generous approach when it comes to survivability assessments.
#covid19 #coronavirus #IT #ISP #broadband #uk
Broadband providers to lift data caps during Covid-19 lockdown
#covid19 #coronavirus #global #pandemic #emergency #extreme #music #breakthrough #richardwright
Coronavirus - there's more than one kind of breakthrough!
#covid19 #coronavirus #global #pandemic #emergency #extreme #politics #brexit #uk #eu
Toot Redux (first published 28th January 2019)
#covid19 #coronavirus #global #pandemic #emergency #extreme
Temporary mortuary being built at Birmingham airport
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/27/temporary-mortuary-being-built-at-birmingham-airport
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"I shook hands with corona virus patients. I shook hands with everybody. I will go on shaking hands with everybody."
-- Boris Johnson, who has just been tested positive for corona virus
🙄
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Listen, if you have an obsession with voting the biggest clowns into office, then maybe you shouldn't be surprised if your entire country turns into a bit of a clown show.
@ARandomCatholic @Counsel @freemo
Welcome to QOTO! And enjoy!
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@Counsel @freemo I just realized that I never did a #introduction !
I enjoy:
#Catholic #tech #memes #Jesus #privacy #FLOSS #Logic #Computers #decentralize #Bible #OpenSource #FOSS #Python #DiscordBots
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#JeffBezos made billions by selling stock before Covid collapse | #Business | The Guardian
As if he could be more disliked.
#phidoc #music #books #literature #symi
PHIDOC
Please note that March's Book of the Month is 'The Plague' by Albert Camus and the Track of the Month is 'Downpressor Man' by Peter Tosh.
@freemo @peterdrake No problem These are strange times! Take care - and best!
Thanks for your comments.
I was a little puzzled by your reference to ‘Quantitative Easing’ which, as far as I understand it, is an unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases longer-term securities from the open market in order to increase the money supply with the aim encourage lending and investment. In short, it’s a tool of last resort when the normal ‘opus operandi’ of capitalism has failed/is failing.
I agree that chimpanzees (and other higher apes) probably have no concept of ‘the state’, but obviously they are aware of other social structures! In addition, I strongly doubt if chimpanzees have any concept of ‘ownership’. According to Sarah F. Brosnan in her publication ‘Property in Non-human Primates’ (Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, 2011): “Property in primates is rare, and exists almost exclusively in the form of possession, not ownership”. In this context, capitalism without ownership would be a very rare unicorn indeed!
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Evening star,
There you are.
Paired with a crescent moon
Like a well-loved recurring tune;
And with some orbit warning
I'll see you both in the morning.
#SmallPoems
Thank you for the inspiration,
@mkwadee
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
Personal website:
My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
