Aloha,

Here are some links I think are worth sharing.

1. A Facial Recognition System… for Cats
2. Parkour is damn impressive.
3. Elaborate Paper Origami Tessellations and Kusudamas by Ekaterina Lukasheva.
4. My new favorite Twitter account is all about fun Hacking/DIY projects.
5. For people raised in chaos, risk-taking is hardwired.
6. Why the Web 3.0 Matters and you should know about it
7. Robots can now solve Rubik’s Cubes in under HALF A SECOND
8. Blockchain technology is on a collision course with EU privacy law
9. With their latest album “Felt”, Suuns has become my favorite rock band. I urge you to listen to all their album.

Thanks for reading!

Marc

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Aloha,

In this week edition: Urban Music, VR Graffiti, How Honor affects our brain, Facebook inexorable decline, an origami simulator, and decentralization.

1. NAS Performs “The World Is Yours” with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.
2. Honor as a cultural mindset affects cognition . Activating honor improve performances in hierarchical thinking, but not in tasks requiring nominal thinking. Honor is mentally spatially located upwards and to the right.
3. If, like me, you are into warm and soulful house music, you will dig the vibes of Seven Davis Jr. Boiler Room set. Sweet disco love songs mix by Dj Spinna.
4. Some impressive GIFs of VR graffiti using this very cool-looking video game available on Steam.
5. German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal and Facebook might have lost around 2.8 million U.S. users under 25 last year..
6. A very cool Origami Simulator.
7. The decentralized future is coming and it will change our lives in more ways than the web did.

Thanks for reading!

Marc

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Aloha,

In this week edition: Decentralization, Ambiant, Streaming and the responsible music fan dilemma, society as imagined by tech bros, facing alcoholism, futuristic jewelry, and animal maths. Enjoy!

1. The decentralization movement is well explained in this Guardian article: The punk rock internet – how DIY rebels are working to replace the tech giants.
2. Some dark electronic vibe by Sophia Loizou . I recommend you list to her excellent ambiant album from 2016.
3. How to be a responsible music fan? Damon Krukowski explains the problem with the current revenue model for independent music creators.
4. Is this the society we really want? A critic on the cashierless AmazonGo stores.
5. My name is David Flink, I’m a leader in tech, and I’m an alcoholic.
6. Nora Fok’s inspiring futuristic jewelry.
7. Humans have launched their heaviest rocket ever, deployed a car into orbit, and recovered two of three boosters. The car sound system will play David Bowie on loop.
8. Many animals can count, and some better than you.

Thanks for reading!

Marc

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Aloha,

Here are some links I think are worth sharing. 

1. A fascinating introduction to Decentralized Identity. Could we record in an anonymous way all of human history with such a system?
2. De l’importance de la souveraineté technologique: Le siège de l’Union Africaine espionné par la Chine pendant 5 ans.
3. This week was all about Chassol’s magnificent ultrascores ,  Wooden Shjips’ psychedelic rock, and Canshaker Pi’s indie rock.
4. A portable DNA sequencer for less than 1000$. How many years until we can all get one and get our DNA analyzed at home?
5. If you are a freelancer, deciding what to charge a client is always difficult. HackerNews commentsare worth the read.
6. Patchwork,  a decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt.
7. Pursuing perfection is detrimental to you and your work.  Accept good enough, and show your work more often!

Thanks for reading!

Marc

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