“Earthquakes, war, murder, the burning of libraries… bad things happen fast. Reforestation, the growth of a child, the maturing of an adult, building a library… good things happen slow.” – Stewart Brand

Thinking for the (very) long-term

Using machine learning, researchers can now predict how likely an individual is to be involve in a car accident by looking at the image of their home address on Google Street View.

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I need to remember this!

“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery. Those are people who crossed an ocean to come to this country.” ? Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Quote by Amy Chua: “Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a si…”

This is genius. A Pi in a keyboard. If only I needed another computer!!!

Raspberry Pi 400 un Raspberry Pi à 1,8 GHz dans un clavier – Framboise 314, le Raspberry Pi à la sauce française….

James Baldwin, “The people of Paris raised me…”

The Republic is worth fighting.

I can’t find the words to express my admiration for these people…

We may have hit another “tipping point”; three times in the last week I’ve been asked if it’s time to replace a laptop with an iPad. Three times in a week! Someone at Apple will be happy hearing this.

I have no idea if each of these people should change. iPads are amazing machines, I’ve used one every day since they were launched. I’ve had four and loved them all.

I’m also writing this on a MacBook Pro, another amazing machine that I love.

However…

Every work day, I use a Lenovo running Windows 10; all day, every day. All because of Office. I prefer Outlook on Windows and more importantly, what I do in Excel is not always possible elsewhere.

So my advice to the changers? Stop thinking about hardware and take a careful look at the software your using. Make sure that your using your software in the best place.