An excellent long read - first-hand account of a prison guard at one of America's privatized corporate prisons.
Yeah, America. Sooo fucking broken, Trump can do no harm.
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This from my father. Apparently the U of A is starting a "Diamond Exploration and Research Training School". Clearly I have some pretty mixed feelings about this, I could definitely benefit from a bit more knowledge, but I don't like the idea of informed competition. Still, it proves my suspicions, you don't operate a forestry management program in the desert, or a mountain climbing program in Saskatchewan, the fact they want to train people suggests they know we're close to the source...
Links: U of A, Edmonton Journal
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This on Wired, the augmented reality being worked upon by Magic Leap: http://www.wired.com/2016/04/magic-leap-vr/
The future is an interesting place...
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All our customers are big-time Capitalists. Some of them, the more attentive ones, are aware of my unvoiced socialist leanings. I would never confess to them, but I'll share with you...
examples....: Capitalism Run Amok, Double Irish Arrangement, Uber, Goldman Sachs,
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