{"id":180767,"date":"2017-01-10T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/01\/10\/linkage-247\/"},"modified":"2017-01-10T05:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T10:35:00","slug":"linkage-247","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/01\/10\/linkage-247\/","title":{"rendered":"Linkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesjchoi.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/bayes-theorem-began-as-defense-of.html?m=1\">The .Plan: A Quasi-Blog: Bayes&#8217; theorem began as a defense of Christianity<\/a> (<i>The Plan<\/i>) Interesting from a historical perspective, meaningless from a theological perspective,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybudget360.com\/millennials-employed-military-food-services-and-retail-jobs-income-wages\/\">Guns and Chipotle: Millennials are the most employed generation in two occupational areas: food services and military<\/a> (<i>My Budget 360<\/i>) Might explain why millenials (though they were more likely to vote for Hillary than any other group) did not turn out in droves for an avatar of the status quo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenddemocracy.press\/all-signs-point-to-a-corporate-takeover-of-the-marijuana-industry-by-bayer-monsanto\/\">All signs point to a corporate takeover of the marijuana industry by Bayer, Monsanto<\/a> (<i>Defend Democracy Press<\/i>) So the monopolists see money in weed.  I guess that this is a form of &#8220;arriving&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/01\/05\/media-spokesmillenial-actually.html\">Media spokesmillennial actually 55 years old \/ Boing Boing<\/a> Ich bin ein millenial? (<i>Boing Boing<\/i>) I&#8217;m younger than him, so I guess that I&#8217;m a millenial, QED.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2017\/01\/04\/hyperface-a-fabric-that-makes.html\">Hyperface: a fabric that makes computer vision systems see faces everywhere<\/a> (<i>Boing Boing<\/i>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/10\/avoid-facial-detection-algorithms-with-a-t-shirt\/280253\/\">Avoid Facial Detection Algorithms \u2026 With a T-Shirt<\/a> (<i>The Atlantic<\/i>) Basically dazzle camouflage, like the Zebra, and those striped ships from WW I and II.  They are hideous, but privacy is not free.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/01\/07\/tv_anchor_says_alexa_buy_me_a_dollhouse_and_she_does\/\">TV anchor says live on-air &#8216;Alexa, order me a dollhouse&#8217; \u2013 guess what happens next<\/a> (<i>The Register<\/i>) Ummm&#8230;.Increased activities on their audience&#8217;s credit cards?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/real-in-other-words\/the-clinton-foundation-stories-18423be590e2#.7w6x29c2j\">The Clinton Foundation Stories \u2013 REAL in other words<\/a> (<i>Medium<\/i>) Note that the author is a Vince Foster theorist, but the basic point, that the Clinton Foundation was dishonestly and poorly managed stands.  I think that the foundation was the equivalent of the right wing welfare that the think tanks provide in DC.  The Clintons wanted to keep their posse together.  I should note that I founded, incorporated, and successfully prosecuted a 501(C)3 application from start to finish, and so I have some knowledge of the subject.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2017\/01\/hacked-americas-allies.html\">Those Times the NSA Hacked America&#8217;s Allies<\/a> (<i>Juan Cole<\/i>) Glass houses\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-discovery-of-medieval-trellech-and-the-plucky-amateurs-of-archaeology-70915\">The discovery of medieval Trellech and the plucky amateurs of archaeology<\/a> (<i>The Conversation<\/i>) Getting my history\/archeology geek on.  Also an interesting commentary on the powers of dedicated amateurs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-switch\/wp\/2017\/01\/06\/kodak-says-its-bringing-back-ektachrome-film-and-photographers-everywhere-smile\/\">Kodak says it\u2019s bringing back Ektachrome film, and photographers everywhere are smiling<\/a> (<i>Washington Post<\/i>) It&#8217;s a boutique product, but it&#8217;s nice to see it back.  I want Kodachrome back.  (See vid)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/01\/09\/texas_man_loses_job_and_jailed_after_cops_confuse_cat_litter_for_meth\/\">Man jailed for 3 days after Texas cops confuse cat litter for meth<\/a> (<i>The Register<\/i>) Live in obedient fear, citizen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is Paul Simon, the lyrics version because I could not find an official version of the video:<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7FqXCBqFeFU\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The .Plan: A Quasi-Blog: Bayes&#8217; theorem began as a defense of Christianity (The Plan) Interesting from a historical perspective, meaningless from a theological perspective, Guns and Chipotle: Millennials are the most employed generation in two occupational areas: food services and military (My Budget 360) Might explain why millenials (though they were more likely to vote &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[806],"class_list":["post-180767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-linkage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}