Author: richard
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Podcasts and Social Media
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen you listen to podcasts, and you read articles, and you visit websites you always see Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Instagram, to name the giants. In every podcast episode you hear the guests say “You can find me under this name on this network, and the same name on that network.” The…
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Linear Bike Rides
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlmost all of my bike rides are loops. The reason for this is that I am a single person, so I usually need to end where I start, either to get home, or to get to the car. This means that if I do a 30km loop it has to return to…
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A Desire to Dump WordPress
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn theory WordPress is a fantastic tool to write a blog, without needing to learn to code. In practice I am tired of WordPress and I have been tired of WordPress ever since they started to use blocks, and ever since I noticed that it uses React. React and Meta I know…
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Cycling From Haute-Morges To Nyon Along the Top
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I cycled from Haute-Morges to Nyon along the top. I did this because I was curious to see what route the GPS would recommend. The natural thing to do would be to cycle downhill towards Rolle and the lake. The Route Instead I cycled upwards towards Montricher. From there I cycled…
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On The Any Distance – Workout Tracker
Reading Time: 2 minutesI watched the Apple keynote and thought “This is demonstrating a dystopia, with the Pure Vision Goggles, rather than a eutopia. A dystopia where everyone is alone, working in VR, rather than surrounded by people. The dystopia continued on with an app. In the age of two factor authentication they want to authenticate…
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On Being Told Not to Fear AI
Reading Time: 3 minutesThey love to say “Don’t fear AI”. They all say “AI is meant to help people with their work”, “AI is meant to be a personal assistant” and more. It’s not AI we fear. It is stakeholders, governing boards and accountants. They are the people we fear. Throw in Inhuman resources for…
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The Reddit Emigration
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know of Reddit and I have an account that I use every so often. I have never felt the need for a site like Digg or Reddit, because I don’t feel the need to look at what people are sharing and reading, and promoting or demoting. For a long time it…
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Driving the Microlino OnThe Outskirts of Geneva
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Microlino is made by the same people that made the trottinette that I loved getting around with when I was unable to drive for a month due to overtaking a slow moving vehicle where I had plenty of visibility. The beauty of the Microlino is that it’s a small light weight…
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The Noise Pollution of Caribana and Other Music Festivals
Reading Time: 3 minutesSummary In the 21st century technology exists that could make music festivals sound good for festival goers, whist not ruing the night of sleep for neighbours of the festival. I would like EPFL and other academic groups to work towards finding a way to make music festivals more considerate of neighbouring humans,…
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Time Spent being Social
Reading Time: 3 minutesWho do you spend the most time with? Before the pandemic, it would have been the climbing, hiking and diving friends. I would meet them every week, year round. it was a strong group of peopla and I liked to see them. Adventure Groups It is with this group of people that…