Weekly Review #158 - Standing Rock principles, Do numbers exist? and Williams-less Star Wars
I heard from someone who had been to Standing Rock recently who had some telling facts to relate. Sounds like illegal sober Burning Man in the badlands, intense. Much respect to those passionate enough to be on the ground.
It's a native ceremony, which you're welcome to learn about, but you must respect. It's not about you having a good time.
It's run as a matriarchy, no leadership hierarchy but instead 'overlapping circles'
His phone stopped working with a full battery as soon as he arrived
They put white people on the outside of the protest mobs since if they get arrested the world notices
All new arrivals get a 3 hour orientation to make sure they're helping, not hurting, the cause through 'direct action' aka protest
I spent lots with the family playing video games this weekend - one is a flagship title by EA (Titanfall 2, highly recommended, every killstreak gets you a walking tank and you have a grappling hook) and the other is a browser title made by a 5 person team (Airconsole.com). Guess which one supports split screen?
The latter only. It boggles my mind how the mechanics of the game industry have completely left behind local multiplayer, such that tiny indie studio create games that get talked about for months. Surely there's still a market out there for these party games?
Tech
Call these guys if you're too high and they talk you back to reality. Interesting periodic table of how substances react with each other that they've got there, too!
EscapeYourBubble - Be More Accepting of Others
Browser extension that inserts media from the other side of the aisle into your Facebook. Cultivate empathy bit by bit!
Lifehacks
Do numbers exist, or are they inventions of the human mind? - Quora
Keinosuke's answer here has got me reeling. I vote 'exist', FWIW.
"Numbers are abstractions. Abstractions are things.
If abstractions were not real, then where does reality begin? If all reality ever was is abstract, then where do the abstractions end?
Numbers are real. It’s either all real, or all fake."
Fun
Star Wars Minus Williams — www.youtube.com
Remove music from videos and put back in the sound effects from the scene. Hilarity! There should be more of these! (all I know is the Gangnam style one)