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Specifically, unless the probability for evolving a civilization on a habitable-zone planet is less than one in 10 billion trillion, then we are not the first.

I remember having this debate with my father as a boy. Incredible to be able to put a number on it.

#aliens #math

Interesting take with some valid points about Clinton's strategy in the primary.

Only quibble is that while I don't think Hillary is a particularly talented politician (Elizabeth Warren she ain't), she is one hell of a legislator.

#Hillary

A $15 minimum wage is going to eliminate some jobs. It's going to price out some smaller operators. If there weren't a downside, there wouldn't be a debate. Acknowledging this is the first step towards basic income.

#automation #minimum wage #basic income

What do we do when our ability to automate jobs outstrips our ability to create them?

#basic income

George Zimmerman Auctioning Off Gun He Used To Kill Trayvon Martin - NPR

This is what a class with a strong sense of identity does: it effortlessly recasts the group’s distinguishing vices as virtues.

#work

You can't outlaw math.

#apple #1stammendment #cryptography

On only 20% of the unit sales.

Holy crap.

#apple

If code is not art, at least it is becoming every bit as lucrative.

#art #code

Is code art? A close friend and I have argued this for a while, and have yet to reach a consensus. His main argument is that software’s utility renders it a tool, not art.

I’m beginning to think that while beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, maybe art is defined by the inspiration of the artist.

Is code art? It certainly can be.

#code #art

In a country taken over by Whatsapp, voice memos have beat out texts as the most popular way to talk to one another.

Thought this was an interesting feature when it was introduced in iOS 8. It doesn’t seem to have taken off in the US, but I could definitely see it doing so with a younger crowd. Particularly as more and more people have Apple Watch or similar devices where text input is prohibitively difficult.

#voicememo #apple watch

Clayton Morris articulates my hope for the Apple watch: by adding a lighter weight device, can I spend less time looking at a screen instead of the world (and more importantly, the people) around me?

#watch #apple