August 11 - Spider Silk is Damn Cool
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own"
- Benjamin Disraeli
Go Wyden Go!
What If They Passed Single-Payer and Didn't Tell Anyone? - WashingtonPost.com : The Wyden folks quietly slipped in an amendment giving states enormous flexibility to experiment upward. Essentially, states can ask the federal government for a waiver that allows them to keep the federal funds they're receiving and do pretty much anything they want with them, so long as the coverage they provide is "at least as comprehensive as required under the Chairman’s Mark" . . . . If we don't end up with a public option at the federal level, at least have the ability for states to broaden the public participation in the system. The states are often considered, and allowed to be, crucibles of experimentation for policies like this. It's got the potential to do some real good.
The Lyft thing is neat. I've Ubered a few times but I should get that too, it seems like an interesting competitor. And I've been in SF enough to justify it. The new carpool service that they're rolling out honestly seems a lot like my carpool app! Kinda cool.
ReplyDeleteThose Broadwell chips are pretty darn exciting; it'll be nice to have that kind of power on your phone. Soon enough we won't need real computers at all, just bluetooth monitors and keyboards....
Cool! Maybe you can get royalties from Uber. :-)
DeleteThe use case you describe is very real. Whole computer on a key chain, with the display on any dumb glass. With the right kind of gestural and voice input, you don't even really need a keyboard . . .