2016-11-16 (Wednesday)
Links
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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release
Brilliant transcript of a talk by Audrey Watters on predictions about the future of technology, what they mean, why they’re wrong, etc. Very good. (via Russell Davies)
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@blech Do! I was tempted to see it again, which is unusual.
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American Honey, Nocturnal Animals and Arrival. All so very good. That is all.
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@phl Yup, not everyone could be online or has spare data on their phones.
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Rehearsing lines via crackly free teleconferencing. I’m sure this exactly how Ralph Fiennes does it.
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No answers to telco question but I tried freeconference.com which seemed to work well. I *think* its calls are standard rate in the UK.
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Can anyone recommend a free-ish conference call service in UK? i.e., only pay for the local-number calls into it? (please don’t spam me, ple
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@philgyford Odd that he can cope with “millennial” though. Almost as if he’s being purposeful contrary...
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@tomcoates Yeah, I’d suggest he just needs a new dictionary (or the ability to google) for “meme” but “trope”?! People are weird.
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I hate jargon too, but complaining about 40-year-old “meme” and centuries-old “trope” seems… wilfully dumb? theguardian.com/world/2016/nov…
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@philgyford @tomcoates I kinda want to reply asking what a “Concise Oxford Dictionary” is