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How far should the intersection of the arts and tech go?


Rapid7’s Chief People Officer and culture architect, Christina Luconi, spearheaded the company’s decision to shut down their offices for the entire day on October 20th to participate in Tech Gives Back.


"Color composition is one meta-tag that you are unlikely to find in most museum collections databases. Running an object’s image through a computer vision tool can extract and output data related to its color clusters, partitions, and histogram data." Can this help with detecting art forgeries?


It's pretty wild that Beats doesn't use any special hardware or tech in their headphones, but is able to retail for $199+.


I found that interesting as well, I thought with the high price tag that high price components would be in there.

I wonder if the design/acoustics of the ear pieces contribute to some of the "better sound". Or maybe it is just another example of consumers thinking it sounds better because they shelled out more money.


Beats are not high-end headphones, they are high-end fashion accessories. The hardware used is beside the point.


"A couple of dollars an hour may not seem like much, but for low-wage workers they add up to a lost lifeline." Curious to see how much of an impact DipJar can make.


It's all about propaganda. Looks like not much has changed in Russian government ideology over the last 25 years.


USA are smarter , they co-opt leaders with scholarships so they can be sure they'll have american puppets everywhere.Blatantly true in most European countries and the EU itself. Most of our leaders joined the "young leader" program at some point.


Wow didn't know this. What is the young leader program ?


Doesn't every well financed institution do similar things? I thought that was the substance of public relations: getting your side of the story out there. It even happens on a small scale e.g. Yelp reviews.


No, every well financed institution does not hire people to role play hundreds of sockpuppets to create a false impression of support for its message.


Actually the US has an entire (metaphorical) army of think tanks and other propaganda outlets which do exactly that.

The sockpuppets tend to be more influential than drive-by commenters though. Some of them actually pretend to be respectable journalists and opinion-formers. The Church Committee in the 1970s blew the lid on this.

Operation Mockingbird is a famous historical example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

The National Endowment for Democracy is more recent:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Endowment_for_Democrac...

Given history, it would take someone with more faith in open government than I have to believe there are no equivalent online operations today.


It's one thing getting your side of the story, and another one blatantly overflooding the forums with your side of the story. In electoral campaigns there are rules against such practices, but bought reviews or fake followers are issues way more difficult to address. And as somebody else put it, financial institutions seldom try to justify with it an invasion of other countries.


Really even yelp reviews? How much vigilance does one need to not be coopted by propaganda . . .


It's called creative placemaking and it brings communities together. http://www.artplaceamerica.org/articles/principles-of-creati...


Like Venice, Hamburg could use its vast system of waterways for transportation. If it's going to happen in any European city, I think Hamburg is one of the most logical options. It is after all, often referred to as the Venice of the North.


People often forget to mention that Venice is car-less. It was one of the most relaxing and unique things about the city to me and not a single person mentioned it to me before I visited.


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