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Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 4:22 pm on March 9, 2020
Tags: environment ( 14 ), lyft, transportation ( 4 ), uber   

more pollution

This is 180 degrees from the sales pitch ride-hailing services have been making since their inception. It’s a great case for supporting true public transit options.

Source: Uber and Lyft generate 70 percent more pollution than trips they displace: study – The Verge

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 12:22 pm on March 9, 2020
Tags: productivity ( 27 ), work ( 59 )   

our robot overlords

I defy anyone who hasn’t worked in the service industry in the last 10 years to do this for a month. Let’s see what they think then.

Source: Here’s What Happens When an Algorithm Determines Your Work Schedule – VICE

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 11:33 am on March 9, 2020
Tags: star wars ( 8 )   

star wars gets ambitious

As a fan of biting off more than you ought to be able to chew, I’m on board with massive plans like this.

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 8:36 pm on March 6, 2020
Tags: housing ( 10 )   

dystopian hippies

This isn’t the commune of so many comedies in the last 40 years, it’s a terrifying vision of how housing has priced out vast swaths of potential owners/renters.

Source: Co-living takes off as sky-high rents fuel a new trend in cohabitation

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 3:56 pm on March 6, 2020  

justice league goes to war

Burn it all down, this looks like the best super hero movie in recent memory.

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 3:36 pm on March 6, 2020
Tags: work ( 59 )   

minimum wage isn’t a job killer

Can we stop now?

Source: Minimum wage increases aren’t a job killer: Small business survey

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 3:33 pm on March 6, 2020
Tags: star wars ( 8 ), video games   

dark forces ftw

Forget multiplayer immersive environments, I just want a good game where I get to play out a Star Wars story.

Source: ‘Star Wars: Dark Forces’ 25 Years Later – VICE

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 3:30 pm on March 6, 2020
Tags: demographics ( 29 ), streaming ( 18 ), twitch   

twitch keeps growing

Not that it hasn’t been covered, but my guess is Twitch’s growth has passed a lot of professionals by.

Source: Twitch Poised To Top 40 Million Users, Especially Younger Ones 02/20/2020

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 3:29 pm on March 6, 2020
Tags: education ( 14 ), facial recognition ( 5 ), privacy ( 10 )   

you can’t talk about what we’re totally not doing

Forbidding discussion of something you deny you’re doing is perhaps the biggest tell of all time.

Source: This College Banned Students From Even Discussing Facial Recognition – VICE

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 3:27 pm on March 6, 2020
Tags: nbc, nbcuniversal, streaming ( 18 ), vudu   

you get a streaming service…

Is this for infrastructure (including ad sales skills) or just taking a competitor off the field? Both?

Source: NBCUniversal in Talks to Acquire Walmart’s Vudu Video Service | Hollywood Reporter

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