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Do you think net neutrality has any chance of surviving this year?
#android #news #internet #netneutrality #fcc
#android #news #internet #netneutrality #fcc
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Linux Release Roundup: gThumb, Peek Gif Recorder + More #linux #opensource
This week has been pretty quiet on the Linux release front, but then it was always going to be what with it being holiday season in the US. That said, a couple of juicy app updates still managed to squeak out over the past 7 days, including new releases…
This week has been pretty quiet on the Linux release front, but then it was always going to be what with it being holiday season in the US. That said, a couple of juicy app updates still managed to squeak out over the past 7 days, including new releases…
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Get ready for the biggest Star Wars face-offs since Rey and Finn versus Kylo Ren -- and the biggest Star Wars jump balls since BB-8 on the Millennium Falcon.
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The Evolution of Consciousness
No matter how you look at it - with or without metaphysical speculations - the simple fact that BILLIONS of human minds now connect to BILLIONS of other human minds through technology, is CHANGING HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS on both an individual and global scale. In a way we can look back historically at other significant paradigm shifts in how humans share knowledge, ideas and consciousness with other humans, and see an evolution towards global consciousness:
1: Language - Humans can now share significant aspects of thought and consciousness within local communities. Limited by geography and language.
2: Writing - Humans can now share, expand and store significant aspects of thought and consciousness across local and regional communities. Limited partially by geography, language, region and education.
3: Internet - Humans can now share, expand and store, significant aspects of thought and consciousness across local, regional and global communities. Minimal limitations and near ubiquitous global access.
What will be the short and long term effects of these expanding interconnected technologies as billions of human beings share a collective technological and consciousness Noosphere?
"Are we evolving into new species with hybrid thinking interlinked into the Global Mind? At what point will the Web may become self-aware? Or is it already? Once our neocortices are seamlessly connected to the Web, how will that feel like to step up one level above human consciousness to global consciousness?"
"With exponential technological advances we become increasingly and intimately interconnected. As Kevin Kelly says “Within the next 5,000 days of the Internet, we’ll create a global neural network, which for a lack of a better word, we can call the ONE”, a living conscious entity, a single mind of billions of hyperconnected individuals with a whole array of sensory apparatus. Thus, the One will get a major eyesight upgrade when the humans will get their first bionic Internet-enabled contact lenses."
#consciousness #technology #psychology #transpersonal #singularity
No matter how you look at it - with or without metaphysical speculations - the simple fact that BILLIONS of human minds now connect to BILLIONS of other human minds through technology, is CHANGING HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS on both an individual and global scale. In a way we can look back historically at other significant paradigm shifts in how humans share knowledge, ideas and consciousness with other humans, and see an evolution towards global consciousness:
1: Language - Humans can now share significant aspects of thought and consciousness within local communities. Limited by geography and language.
2: Writing - Humans can now share, expand and store significant aspects of thought and consciousness across local and regional communities. Limited partially by geography, language, region and education.
3: Internet - Humans can now share, expand and store, significant aspects of thought and consciousness across local, regional and global communities. Minimal limitations and near ubiquitous global access.
What will be the short and long term effects of these expanding interconnected technologies as billions of human beings share a collective technological and consciousness Noosphere?
"Are we evolving into new species with hybrid thinking interlinked into the Global Mind? At what point will the Web may become self-aware? Or is it already? Once our neocortices are seamlessly connected to the Web, how will that feel like to step up one level above human consciousness to global consciousness?"
"With exponential technological advances we become increasingly and intimately interconnected. As Kevin Kelly says “Within the next 5,000 days of the Internet, we’ll create a global neural network, which for a lack of a better word, we can call the ONE”, a living conscious entity, a single mind of billions of hyperconnected individuals with a whole array of sensory apparatus. Thus, the One will get a major eyesight upgrade when the humans will get their first bionic Internet-enabled contact lenses."
#consciousness #technology #psychology #transpersonal #singularity
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Microsoft Office Android Apps Officially Available for Chrome OS
When Google first announced that they would be adding Android app support via the Google Play Store to Chrome OS, one of the first sets of apps people were excited to receive via this update were the Microsoft Office apps for Android. Although these apps do not have all the bells and whistles of their desktop versions, they're more-or-less 'good enough', and would have been the first true Office apps available for Chromebooks (although there is a web version of Office 365).
Then, suddenly, Microsoft blocked the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps from being installed by Chrome OS users. They claimed it was because the apps were, in some unspecified way, not quite ready, though many people suspected the reasons were less noble. That the apps could be side-loaded and seemed to work well enough only fueled this speculation.
Whatever their reasons, they have finally come through, and users are beginning to see these apps, or some of them at least, available in the Play Store for Chrome users.
Are you a Chrome user with access to the Play Store, and if so, are these apps available for you yet?
#Chromebook #ChromeOS #MicrosoftOffice
When Google first announced that they would be adding Android app support via the Google Play Store to Chrome OS, one of the first sets of apps people were excited to receive via this update were the Microsoft Office apps for Android. Although these apps do not have all the bells and whistles of their desktop versions, they're more-or-less 'good enough', and would have been the first true Office apps available for Chromebooks (although there is a web version of Office 365).
Then, suddenly, Microsoft blocked the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps from being installed by Chrome OS users. They claimed it was because the apps were, in some unspecified way, not quite ready, though many people suspected the reasons were less noble. That the apps could be side-loaded and seemed to work well enough only fueled this speculation.
Whatever their reasons, they have finally come through, and users are beginning to see these apps, or some of them at least, available in the Play Store for Chrome users.
Are you a Chrome user with access to the Play Store, and if so, are these apps available for you yet?
#Chromebook #ChromeOS #MicrosoftOffice
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is set to be released worldwide on Friday and we recently posted our preview of the huge JRPG. Those of you who are interested in the audio options for the game will be pleased to know you can do a lot of tweaking in the options…
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“I’m embarrassed and ashamed. I’ve let a lot of people down and I’m hoping I can make it up to them and gradually regain their trust,” Franken told the Minnesota Star Tribune. He also said he would returning to work on Monday.
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Netflix's Female-Led Series 'Godless' Still Has 73% of Dialogue Delivered By Men http://ellemag.co/CsCN7xo
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![PC vendors scramble as Intel announces vulnerability in firmware [Updated]](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/cUSYWZrKkScSvKlWN_8JMmYHdicKTBgw2A0HZvHPcS37BVZwmb4XW-_ShIyuKFBiJa1dzY__qR51U83WXX54K93-7ozD3l1xWqk-JjFKyLTbjh2SmiQpokuTtEeBYYiUAkDmbCscIM0sY4cpZYdRH0la5E5vyh0_66Yy_04B8Q=w265-h133-p)
As of late last week, HP, Dell, and other vendors already have completed patches for their respective firmware and are preparing them for distribution.
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New theme Schematic System UI Kustom/Klwp
#support-all-formats
Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kustom.schematicsystemuikustom
Review for my friend +Corpvitizw TM
#support-all-formats
Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kustom.schematicsystemuikustom
Review for my friend +Corpvitizw TM
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Water On Mars? : Previous evidence of water on Mars now identified as grainflows | #Geology #GeologyPage #Mars
Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to a new article published in Nature Geoscience by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Read more : http://www.geologypage.com/2017/11/water-mars-previous-evidence-water-mars-now-identified-grainflows.html
Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to a new article published in Nature Geoscience by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Read more : http://www.geologypage.com/2017/11/water-mars-previous-evidence-water-mars-now-identified-grainflows.html
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I hear people saying "well, I don't visit those websites anyway, soooo..."
The thing is, people, you're assuming you know what "those" websites are. You don't. You don't because you don't get to decide which websites are "those" websites. The government is going to give the choice to your Internet Service Provider.
Here's how this plays out:
Maybe Verizon is your Internet Service Provider (ISP). They also provide cable TV access. You only use them for Internet access. Suddenly, you can't access Hulu or Netflix. You try to stream the content, but it buffers endlessly.
You've always been politically active. You belong to a party, volunteer, and visit political websites that align with your beliefs. Your ISP aligns with another party. Now when you try to participate in those online discussions, the pages are slow to load. Visit the opposition's pages and they load right away.
That's how it will work.
Now, do you still think that net neutrality isn't important?
#protectnetneutrality #keeptheinternetfree #netneutrality #thegreatexperiment
The thing is, people, you're assuming you know what "those" websites are. You don't. You don't because you don't get to decide which websites are "those" websites. The government is going to give the choice to your Internet Service Provider.
Here's how this plays out:
Maybe Verizon is your Internet Service Provider (ISP). They also provide cable TV access. You only use them for Internet access. Suddenly, you can't access Hulu or Netflix. You try to stream the content, but it buffers endlessly.
You've always been politically active. You belong to a party, volunteer, and visit political websites that align with your beliefs. Your ISP aligns with another party. Now when you try to participate in those online discussions, the pages are slow to load. Visit the opposition's pages and they load right away.
That's how it will work.
Now, do you still think that net neutrality isn't important?
#protectnetneutrality #keeptheinternetfree #netneutrality #thegreatexperiment
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From serenity comes gentleness, comes lasting strength.
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This week we reviewed the ZTE Axon M, Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact, and published our initial thoughts on the OnePlus 5T. Here's the news of the week!
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#OTD 11/26/65: France becomes the 6th space nation to have an artificial satellite in orbit as it launches Astérix (A1): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ast%C3%A9rix_(satellite)
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Tony Parker injury update: Spurs PG to make season debut vs. Mavericks: After suffering a horrific injury last season in the NBA playoffs, Tony Parker is expected to make his season debut against the Mavericks. http://dlvr.it/Q2zfJ8
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NBA fines Dwight Howard $35k for obscene gesture to fan: The Hornets big man was fined earlier this month for another obscene gesture toward a fan while playing against the Timberwolves. http://dlvr.it/Q2y0Sp
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The Nintendo Treehouse blog on Tumblr is a fascinating insight into localisation. The latest entry describes how the team localised the Super Mario Odyssey theme song “Jump Up, Super Star!” It was hard work for the team to translate the original Japanese…
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Know someone who loves edge-of-your-seat thrillers? Check out the spine-tingling, page-turning picks in our gift guide: http://spr.ly/6264DD6Ti #ALLIWANT
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