A pirate is one who robs or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognized sovereign nation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate (those commissioned by a nation were called Privateers or Corsairs) The most famous corsair was Sir Francis Drake and England was the main nation in promoting them. (more)

A CAPTCHA (/ˈkæp.tʃə/ KAP-chə) is a type of challenge–response test used in computing to determine whether the user is human in order to deter bot attacks and spam.[1] The term was coined in 2003 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper, and John Langford.[2] It is a contrived acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart."[3] A historically common type of CAPTCHA (displayed as Version 1.0[clarification needed]) was first invented in 1997 by two groups working in parallel. This form of CAPTCHA requires entering a sequence of letters or numbers in a distorted image. Because the test is administered by a computer, in contrast to the standard Turing test that is administered by a human, CAPTCHAs are sometimes described as reverse Turing tests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA (more)

turn all electronic communications into a Stupid Network-based Internet (Always On Network) (more)

perceived vs real? (more)

P2P = Person To Person or Peer To Peer as in serverless connectivity (more)

P2P AdHoc Network, typically WireLess, etc. (more)

Doc Searls says he heard that Barack Obama's team is looking for some Internet-policy input, immediately. (more)

Oxygen saturation is the fraction of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin relative to total hemoglobin (unsaturated + saturated) in the blood. The human body requires and regulates a very precise and specific balance of oxygen in the blood. Normal arterial blood oxygen saturation levels in humans are 97–100 percent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_saturation_(medicine)

earbuds "designed" to work with GooglePixel android phone such as my Pixel 6 - bought them to "replace" my PixelBuds, because (more)

Amazon Echo smart-speaker (more)

Green hydrogen (GH2 or GH2) is hydrogen generated by renewable energy[1] or from low-carbon power.[2] Green hydrogen has significantly lower carbon emissions than grey hydrogen, which is derived from fossil fuels without carbon capture. Green hydrogen may be used to decarbonize sectors that are hard to electrify, such as cement and iron production. Green hydrogen can be used to produce green ammonia, the main constituent of synthetic fertilizer. It can also be used for long-duration grid energy storage,[3][4] and for long-duration seasonal energy storage.[5] As of 2021, green hydrogen accounted for less than 0.04% of total hydrogen production. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_hydrogen

see Lean Startup, Lean Canvas, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Production, Lean Enterprise, Lean Development, Lean Product Development

vs mental health

Google earbuds - have wire connecting the 2 pieces, but no wire connecting to phone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_Buds (more)

amazon echo device - smart speaker with alexa (more)

Amazon Alexa smart-speaker (Amazon Echo), IntelligentSoftwareAssistant (more)

Amazon Echo smart-speaker: I bought one in 2016 (2nd generation) (more)

Politician's Syllogism

Linus Lee: A GPS for the mind. If we want to build better thinking tools, I think it’s important to have a mental model for what thinking is, so that we can design human + tool systems that better accomplish whatever it is. (more)

Linus Lee: Notion, AI, and Me. Over my last year of independent work, I built a lot of prototypes and stepped one foot into research land (more)