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Consumer level tinkerers, modders, and hackers surpass commercial r&d investments

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The washington post is reporting that consumers outspend corporate research and development firms.Story Here.
This is pretty exciting. I'd very much like to see a new generation of high tech mom and pops blossom forth. However I do wonder if it can last. As these new frontiers are conquered and the ideas behind them fleshed out it seems likely they will too will be consolidated just as the innovators of yesteryear are now mostly parts of GE.

Urban Hiking: a Preliminary Run

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Today I woke without even a blink, from a sleep I never took before the familiar face of Mario.
Bored as fuck at that point I said "fuck it," and decided to play commuter. A game I hadn't played in ages.
This trip was harrowing at times but rather a growth experience.

I walked down The Path, to the Avondale MARTA station and rode downtown, with all the real people who had real shit to do. Listening to their asinine phone conversations though I feel comfortable stating: Their shit does not matter that much.