RT @mattdpearce: What happens when there's an active shooter: Cops stop the attacker about 1/3rd of the time. (Texas State U. study) http:/… 19:09:09
Just announcing arrival of various dignitaries so far. So many of them though! 09:32:14
Ok. Starting for real now. Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. #Mandela09:59:35
RT @abumuqawama: The scenes from the Mandela memorial are crazy. Hollande chatting with Sarkozy, Clinton and Bush working the crowd. Dogs a… 11:15:18
Obama talks about his “Improbable journey”. Call back to 2004 DNC keynote. Still his best speech. :-) 11:49:41
Just looking at Obama, Bush, Clinton, Carter reminds me that occasions like this often have hidden significance. See: http://t.co/UkP0LVdQOk11:51:46
RT @OwenJones84: Much to criticise Obama about – talking of peace while raining drones on people, for a start – but blimey, he is an incred… 11:52:41
RT @gwenifill: This RT @carlquintanilla: Love the detail that, in South Africa, rain at funeral means the person who passed on "was blessed… 11:55:38
RT @evefairbanks: Obama gets the most cheers of all at #mandelamemorial. Weirdly, assumes mantle of Mandela w/ SA crowd – b/c no SA pol has… 12:24:43
RT @ZekeJMiller: Pool: Local press accounts say Bush was booed when he was shown on the video monitor, as was current South African Preside… 12:25:24
Reading – First scientific paper to be released in Elvish, Dwarvish and English (Annalee Newitz) http://t.co/JaXnx9Qg1j00:27:57
RT @EverettHerald: #SnoCo animal control says they've found the owner of the wandering mare near Smokey Point. They were reunited today. Ho… 01:11:17
Reading – Seriously, Don’t Worry About the Pentagon’s Giant Planet-Sucking Octopus (Robert Beckhusen) https://t.co/OqCzpMwRAI01:43:32
Reading – 24,000-Year-Old Body Is Kin to Both Europeans and American Indians (Nicholas Wade) http://t.co/lPujtZcQ2y16:12:55
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme Dude! Don't use MtGox. With Coinbase you can buy Bitcoin in just 2 minutes. 21:15:54
.@BYUfan Yeah. Between when we recorded the episode and when I posted the episode I said “screw this” and opened a Coinbase account. :-) in reply to BYUfan21:17:22
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme BTW, MtGox is based in Japan. 21:17:46
.@BYUfan Figured that out too once I got to the part where to find it I had to use a wire transfer. :-/ in reply to BYUfan21:19:30
RT @BYUfan: @imbou@abulsme Automation and industrialization have always disproportionally benefited the poor and middle class. 21:20:11
.@BYUfan @imbou I think the kind we are talking now it of a slightly different kind, as instead of changing the type of labor needed… in reply to BYUfan21:21:18
.@BYUfan @imbou in some cases it eliminates the need for labor entirely. However… As we noted in the episode… in reply to BYUfan21:22:38
.@BYUfan @imbou These things can’t be extrapolated linearly as we were doing, and the new technologies end up effecting much more than… in reply to BYUfan21:23:59
.@BYUfan @imbou one might expect. Historically as you point out this has meant that ALWAYS in the end after a generation or two the new… in reply to BYUfan21:27:50
.@BYUfan @imbou tech ended up a net positive despite any initial issues. Question is if new automation we are talking about is more of… in reply to BYUfan21:28:34
RT @apblake: Six months ago today, The Guardian and @ggreenwald published their first report on leaks that were only later attributed to Ed… 17:49:52
RT @MikeIsaac: So the pecking order of implementing new security measures is google, then FB and Twtr, then Yahoo, and finally MSFT. http:/… 05:51:02
