Russia’s domestic Internet traffic mysteriously passes through Chinese routers

This isn’t a simple case of BRICS implementing their own Internet, to circumvent NSA spying… Russia’s Internet traffic has been passing through China, the purpose of which remains a mystery to the vast majority. -LW Unexplained diversion underscores insecurity of Net’s global routing system. Domestic Internet traffic traveling inside the borders of Russia has […]

Should we be freaking out about the Singularity?

An article posted on CNET revealed that Elon Musk was preparing a press release to clarify his comments and thoughts on the current state of artificial intelligence research. According to Musk: “the risk of something seriously dangerous happening is in the five year time frame. 10 years at most.” This was stated in the comments section of […]

LAW & DISORDER / CIVILIZATION & DISCONTENTS

Tech Policy (from my fav tech blog arstechnica ) bye bye patent trolls Startups can now buy insurance against threat of patent trolls. RPX wants to protect small companies from patent threats. Premiums start at $7,500. RPX is sometimes called a “defensive patent aggregator.” The company’s main business is to sell expensive memberships to big […]

The future is Machine Learning, not programs or processes.

I was once again voted the most outspoken BPM blogger on earth. Hey, why not the universe? But thanks for the mention. I won’t however waste my and your time on BPM predictions for next year and rather discuss the medium term future of process management in machine learning. Machine Learning used to be called […]

City lights viewed from space show cultural, tech differences

East-West divide persists in Berlin, US lighting similar to East Berlin’s. NASA In many areas of the US, it’s no longer possible to see more than a few hundred stars at night. Light pollution, the diffusion of things like street and stadium lights, is limiting our ability to see into space. However, while looking from […]

On Kaizen

Three new experiences that helped fill my Purposeful Living Bucket: riding a bicycle to work; planting my own herb garden, and; driving to pick up a friend from school with her baby in the backseat. * Kaizen (改善?), Japanese for “change for better”.

Realm of the Dakini

This fleeting world A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream A flash of lightening in a summer cloud A flickering lamp, a phantom and a dream Yield and you need not break Bent you can straighten Emptied you can hold Torn you can mend