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Soaring crypto prices at the end of 2017 gave mainstream attention/interest to both crypto currency and the blockchain. The subsequent price crash separated people back into (mostly) two camps: dedicated holders and the mostly-disinterested public. While I personally have my doubts about crypto as a currency (beyond simply a medium of exchange between fiat), I [ ] The post A new hope for the…
Jennifer Faull writing for The Drum (emphasis mine): Accenture’s R D division has spent the last year developing breakthrough product placement technology that can seamlessly insert a brand into online video, including the ability to replace existing labelling. And also: “[We wanted] to [be able to] monetise (sic) huge back catalogues of existing video content as well [ ] The post All the world’s…
Scott Shane for the New York Times: Within a few days, the story, which had taken him 15 minutes to concoct, had earned him about $5,000. That was a sizable share of the $22,000 an accounting statement shows he made during the presidential campaign from ads for shoes, hair gel and web design that Google [ ] The post Economics of fake news first appeared on Dann Berg .
Christopher Glazek writing for The Outline: “The problem is that with Gawker gone there was no one around willing to proudly play the heel and do the wrong thing.” While publishing the full dossier might have been off-brand for Vox, we should be grateful that BuzzFeed is filling some of the vacuum left by Peter [ ] The post Canary in the coal mine first appeared on Dann Berg .
The launch of the 24-hour news cycle thanks to cable news The Daily Show showing the government s spin machine and the news media s hypocrisy The tea party/conservative radio amplifying the disdain and distrust of the media The internet/Facebook flooding users with content (both real and not) with both sides calling the other fake Not a [ ] The post It’s been a long journey first appeared on Dann…
Elizabeth Dwoskin for the Wall Street Journal: Computer programs that scan facial expressions have been used to detect whether people respond positively to commercials or whether hospital patients are in pain. Can they also read a CEO’s mind? James Cicon thinks they can. A finance professor at University of Central Missouri, Cicon built software that [ ] The post Finally getting featured in…
Best music videos ever made, ranked (many NSFW): 5. Whiskey Shivers Gimme All Your Lovin’ 4. DYE Fantasy 3. Major Lazer Pon De Floor 2. Biting Elbows Bad Motherfucker 1. Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart Honorable mentions: DJ Snake Lil Jon Turn Down For What, Major Lazer Bubble Butt, El Guincho [ ] The post Best music videos ever made, ranked first appeared on Dann Berg .
Nightmares are much more powerful when you re younger. I can t really remember any bad dreams I ve had over the past five years (although I m sure that I had them) but I still vividly remember a nightmare I had at age five when a wolf was stalking our family van. I was looking out the back of [ ] The post Berenst#in Bears hit close to home first appeared on Dann Berg .
From The Economist s Mapping the invisible scourge : Berkeley Earth’s scientific director, Richard Muller, says breathing Beijing’s air is the equivalent of smoking almost 40 cigarettes a day and calculates that air pollution causes 1.6m deaths a year in China, or 17% of the total. Um, holy crap. The post The Easyway to quit Beijing first appeared on Dann Berg .
The joking/not joking tone of this post really gets me. From Rob Rhinehart s How I Gave Up Alternating Current: With no fridge, no dishes, no microwave, no oven, no range, no dishwasher, no utensils, no pests, no cleaning products nor dirty rags, my life is considerably simpler, lighter and cleaner than before. I think it was [ ] The post A “simpler” life first appeared on Dann Berg .