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SXSW Austin Texas 2018

Postby elfismiles » Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:08 pm

... it's off to an "explosive" start ...

AusTex Unabomber 2018?
by elfismiles » 12 Mar 2018 17:36
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Meanwhile ...

Schwarzenegger to Sue Big Oil for ‘First Degree Murder’ (Audio)
At SXSW, the former California governor lets loose on climate change, Donald Trump and gives his first in-depth remarks on #MeToo.
By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE, March 12, 2018
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story ... too-217345

SXSW: Technical Glitch Hits 'Ready Player One' Premiere
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat- ... re-1093723

'Greatest anxiety attack I've ever had'...
After 2 False Starts, Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” Premieres at SXSW AND Gets Standing Ovation– Director: Greatest Anxiety Attack I’ve Ever Had”
http://www.showbiz411.com/2018/03/12/af ... es-at-sxsw

Standing Ovation at SXSW...
'Ready Player One': First Reactions From the Premiere
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat- ... re-1093730

'Ready Player One' VR Unveiled At SXSW
https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefin ... 4572741de1

Breaking down Elon Musk's surprise, sold-out talk at SXSW (Video)
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/12/elo ... ure-nolan/

Elon Musk, speaking at SXSW, projects Mars spaceship will be ready for short trips by first half of 2019
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/11/elon-mu ... -2019.html
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Re: SXSW Austin Texas 2018

Postby elfismiles » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:21 am

At the SXSW Music Festival, outrage is in the air
By Todd Martens, Mar 14, 2018 | 1:20 PM | Austin, Texas
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Alice Bag and her band at SXSW in Austin, Texas. (Todd Martens / Los Angeles Times)

"All these old men," snarled Mac McCaughan of Superchunk at one of the first major concerts of the South by Southwest Music Festival, "won't die too soon."

That vicious line hails from the longstanding indie rock band's new song "I Got Cut," aimed at politicians who have worked to limit women's reproductive rights. It also reflected the mood in the early going of this year's event. With well over 2,000 bands expected to descend here this week for one of the industry's most visible conferences and festivals, a sense of unrest hung in the air.

While past SXSWs have regularly focused on the ever-shifting nature of digital distribution, inside-baseball business chatter in 2018 was taking a backseat to social and cultural responsibility. Industry talks over the next three days will hit on subjects such as harassment, diversity and gender wage gaps throughout the music community.

Listen to L.A. Times Entertainment's podcast, The Reel »
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the ... 1337414693

MORE HERE:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/mu ... story.html
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Re: SXSW Austin Texas 2018

Postby elfismiles » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:26 am

YouTube Will Link Directly to Wikipedia to Fight Conspiracy Theories
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.
. . .
Wojcicki announced the new feature, which she called "information cues," during a talk with WIRED editor-in-chief Nicholas Thompson at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.
. . .
YouTube’s algorithm system serves to radicalize users

https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-wil ... spiracies/


CEO Susan Wojcicki to ‘Fight Conspiracies’ on YouTube by Adding Wikipedia Boxes to Videos
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=58095


The mayor of London read racist tweets about himself during SXSW as a plea for Facebook and Twitter to stop hate speech
http://www.businessinsider.com/london-m ... xsw-2018-3

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Re: SXSW Austin Texas 2018

Postby seemslikeadream » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:49 am

thanks for the updates



:)
Musk and Nolan's onstage talk was casual and meandering, littered with tidbits about Musk's work habits, his plans for the future and the more terrifying realities of artificial intelligence.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TMnH4foxM0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Rm2dvOphs
Mazars and Deutsche Bank could have ended this nightmare before it started.
They could still get him out of office.
But instead, they want mass death.
Don’t forget that.
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Re: SXSW Austin Texas 2018

Postby elfismiles » Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:03 am

Thank you slad for those videos ... here is more on the LUNAVITY jump-pack:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOx6_REBxLI
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Re: SXSW Austin Texas 2018

Postby Iamwhomiam » Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:55 pm

Lunavity appears to need a gyro stabilizer between the harness and the motors to keep it relatively level, with fixed tilt for direction and reverse, 8 axes in total besides straight up, to make it safer. Regardless, it's a one off without a developed market. A bit crazy, imo.

But here's why I dropped in: The NY Times linked to this NPR article:

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/01/585356494/the-austin-100-a-2018-sxsw-mixtape
The Austin 100
Stream or download 100 great songs by artists performing at SXSW 2018.

March 1, 201810:00 AM ET
Stephen Thompson

In the middle of every March, the SXSW Music Festival fills Austin, Texas, with thousands of musicians from around the world. It's a marathon so daunting — it's a marathon and a sprint, really — that even longtime SXSW veterans need a hand winnowing the festival's countless discoveries down to digestible doses.

That's where The Austin 100 comes in. Handpicked from thousands of bands playing at this year's festival, these 100 songs highlight the best SXSW 2018 has to offer — songs from around the world, across a broad spectrum of genres, sounds and styles.

Here's how you can listen: You can stream songs on our artist pages, or in the NPR One app. You can also download MP3s on each artist page, or grab a ZIP file containing all 100 songs here. And if you're a Spotify user, you can stream most of the mix via our Austin 100 playlist.

These six-plus hours of music are only the beginning of NPR Music's SXSW 2018 coverage: You will eventually find more recommendations, conversations, videos and dispatches from this year's festival at npr.org/sxsw. But in the meantime, enjoy the music!

The Austin 100

Please visit link: https://www.npr.org/2018/03/01/585356494/the-austin-100-a-2018-sxsw-mixtape


Enjoy!
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Re: SXSW Austin Texas 2018

Postby SonicG » Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:39 am

What happened with all the foreign band visa BS from last year??

Also, I heard someone saying that Austin is choked in traffic normally now...is it total chaos with SXSW?

She has a new one that I haven't heard all of yet but I loved Alice Bag's album from 2016
https://alicebag.bandcamp.com/album/alice-bag
"a poiminint tidal wave in a notion of dynamite"
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