Aram Zucker-Scharff

It appears the NYC subway system has a 75% shortfall in rail capability to meet the needs of Brooklyn commuters in a post-L world. The Williamsburg Bridge can only carry three more trains an hour to Manhattan, and that’s not going to be enough to get everyone to work via Facebook https://ift.tt/2wYqMTo through IFTTT

“I started to feel why everyone is so excited: There is always, always one more knob to turn, one other thing to tweak that could make the computer more thoughtful-seeming. […] “Messing with machine learning scratches a nerd itch to understand the world and master it a little, too—to reduce reality to inputs and outputs, […]

“While theoretically open to all viewpoints, the participants in these livestreams overwhelmingly come from the political right and the far right, including some of the most prominent white nationalists in the US. The resulting conversations inevitably focus on topics such as race science, white identity, and the so-called “Jewish question” — and generate thousands of […]

‘Disruption’ is just building an unprofitable company, in an attempt to create a monopoly, by lying to your customers and then switching how much you charge them once you’ve eliminated consumer choices. Inspired by Silicon Valley’s hyper-growth, companies elsewhere are burning cash in hopes of being the next big thing. via Facebook https://ift.tt/2L5SOiu through IFTTT