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Auto Bird ID
Machine “intelligence” is becoming quite sophisticated and the freely available demonstrations such as the capabilities of Google Photos make such capabilities available to us all. I recently became familiar with the bird identification service from the Cornell Ornithology lab from … Continue reading
Pic togo for Flickr
I am very interested in the new Photos service from Google. Aside from the free price, the magic Google performs to identify and organize what appears in the images (without your help) seems an interesting and useful capability. I remain … Continue reading
TWIT evolving, not changing
Disregard my post on changes to the TWIT podcast network. Leo Laporte now says he overreacted and TWIT will find new ways (evolving) to do what it has been doing rather than abandoning live chat and streaming. Modifications will be … Continue reading
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FCC proposal to address divide
According to Pew data from 2013, the most recent year for which numbers are available, 54 percent of those making less than $30,000 a year have broadband, compared with 88 percent of those making more than $75,000. The same survey … Continue reading
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Coding for kids
In a recent post, Larry Cuban takes on the topic of “coding for kids“. He labels it as a new vocational emphasis and raises some of the obvious concerns regard just what subject area it would replace or the issue … Continue reading
Ad blocking is immoral
I recently read a blog post on the attitudes of those who block ads. The post considered various positions taken by those who employ ad blocking plugins. I tend to agree with the comments (there must be an ad on … Continue reading
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