John Philpin Ⓜ️

Co Founder | The Future Found ... if you don’t find that too many 'founds'.

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2024-11-14 20:22:57

🔗 The Onion has won the bid for Infowars’ assets. .. a perfect home.
"“The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” said The Onion CEO Ben Collins. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.”" https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/14/business/onion-alex-jones-infowars-auction/index.html

2024-10-08 11:55:35

They don’t move too fast in Oneroa!
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2024-10-04 03:37:17

Anyone successfully — or not — following Threads or BlueSky in Microblog?

2024-09-15 20:05:27

BlueSky flagging CNN links with a warning …
// @npub1hn0…29sj
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2024-08-15 05:55:34

Series 1 is being made into a Spielberg movie. Great series because it opened my ears to a US political history that I knew nothing about.
Just finished Series 2 - and certainly knew some of the McCarthy story - though the bits I knew about were hardly touched, in turn revealing a whole backstory I knew nothing about.
A large number of characters in Series 2 made appearances in Series 1. In other words a clear arc … that goes on ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/15/series-is-being.html

2024-08-14 20:04:01

🔗 Read The Whole Thing https://open.substack.com/pub/grantduncanphd/p/hobsons-pledge-wrapped-around-their
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2024-08-14 19:00:32

It can all sometimes seem to be dark, overbearing .. foreboding even, but somehow the light does get through.
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2024-08-14 04:36:49

From The Rolling Stone
"Musk proved to be an unskilled interviewer and struggled to get a word in .."
One is not surprising at all and two this is what happens whenever two loud mouths speak with megaphones whilst their ears are plugged.

2024-08-12 23:54:16

🔗 📼 🎵 📸 Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmopSVOMSsU
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2024-08-12 23:38:04

Tall masted sailing boat checked in last night - gone as sun was rising.
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2024-08-12 21:21:31

Nice change to Pika today @npub1355…nv7j - thankyou

2024-08-11 03:21:10

I like the family .. though sunlit continues to be an outlier .. and who else thinks that epilogue’s pages turn the wrong way?
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2024-08-10 20:55:59

Somebody googled me recently and emailed me asking if I was ‘the criminal profiler’, or at least connected to him.
I am, and back in 2017, I wrote a little post connecting the two of us.
I have just added the full story of when we ‘met’ a loooong time ago -and appended it to the 2017 post.
🖇️ You will find it here.
(The story started before Google.)
"In 2024 if you Google “John Philpin”, you will indeed find that there are ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/11/somebody-googled-me.html

2024-08-10 04:25:54

I don’t know much about Nate Silver, read his stuff from time to time — but just heard him on Pesca’s show. He should stick to writing .. talking is not his bag.

2024-08-09 23:30:49

Does anyone happen to know if the findanyfile.app searches inside mail apps?

2024-08-09 02:54:40

Can you even imagine …
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2024-08-08 03:27:50

They who are being parodied are apparently seeking this ‘lol’ site to ‘cease and desist’ - because really - there is nothing more important … right?
🔗 Failing What Matters Most - Your Premier EDR (Endpoint Destruction and Razing) Partner Since 2024! https://clownstrike.lol/

2024-08-08 01:51:14

There’s a new Pat Metheny album that I was listening to at the start of yesterday.
At the end of the day watching Stéphane Grappelli and Django from their hey day.
Listening seperation - 12 hours.
Performing seperation - 90 years.

2024-08-07 19:58:46

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@npub1w3m…nnrg well … clearly yes . Hello me over on threads.

2024-08-06 22:00:26

"We can’t wait to see what you will come up with …"
My gut says that phrase emerged from Apple and now everyone uses it … Today’s Craft announcement for example.
It’s use is as ubiquitous as
"Let’s get to it"
The English language is vast - and the ‘vastnesss’ affords occasional variation.

2024-08-06 20:42:01

I am boycotting Twitter .. sorry, that other name is just stupid. Wondering if I too am going to to be sued .. like Mars et al ..

2024-08-06 20:34:25

Medhi Hasan ..
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2024-08-06 20:17:59

Filed in the #ThingsYouShouldntDoubleDownOnBucket
"JD Vance’s Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful"

2024-08-06 06:43:45

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L O V E D

2024-08-05 02:45:14

‘Riots and Protests’ - all bundled together as one .. shouldn’t we expect better from The Grauniad. They are substantially different.
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2024-08-05 02:28:03

What incentive is there for a business to focus on process, quality and ‘getting it right’ if even something as big as this has zero financial impact?
"Notably, both analysts aren’t predicting a big loss from irate customers asking for compensation, in part because many likely have insurance against these risks. J.P. Morgan guessed CrowdStrike might have to put aside $500 million for potential legal action and related costs. As a ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/05/what-incentive-is.html

2024-08-05 02:20:27

A Most Wanted Man, 2014 - ★★★★½: https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/05/a-most-wanted.html

2024-08-05 02:20:25

"She is the first female vice president in U.S. history and also the first Black woman to hold the office.
If you are the first female vice president, aren’t you by definition the first black woman to hold the office?"

2024-08-04 19:54:12

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@npub1tch…uhta
DREAM .. DERAM their old record company
THRESHOLD .. their new ( and own ) record company

2024-08-03 20:32:17

Trying out a second mechanism for newsletter, blog, podcast and YouTube follows. It’s not binary … more like three strikes you’re out ..
The first I introduced a few months ago … centering around introductions … “blah blah blah, I really don’t care what you are saying, and more often than not … when that opener ends with …
"ok .. let’s get too it."
Strike 1.
The new one is that somewhere in the body, there is a ramble of context ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/04/trying-out-a.html

2024-08-03 03:14:18

I know I know .. he’s gone .. he’s useless .. he’s too old .. and yet …
"At today’s White House announcement, a reporter noted that former president Trump “has said repeatedly that he could have gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange,” and asked President Biden: “What do you say to that?”
“Why didn’t he do it when he was president?” Biden answered. "

2024-08-01 22:34:49

Just in case you think that all VCs are like Thiel and Andreesen … no … no they are not - they are just the loudest voices with the quietest money.
🔗 VCs for Kamala https://www.vcsforkamala.org/

2024-07-31 21:20:41

"Our country should move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling toward freedom."

2024-07-30 21:28:24

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@npub1xkg…gph9 shocked I tells ya … SHOCKED

2024-07-30 21:18:25

So that’s all right then …
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2024-07-30 01:47:08

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@npub1eg4…xe3t I don’t need instagram to do that
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2024-07-29 20:30:33

We all believe Zuck about the importance of Open when it comes to LLMs - right?
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2024-07-29 20:27:39

💬 Have a great day y’all
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2024-07-29 04:25:48

Well 🔗 THIS goes a long way to explaining the Andreesen, Horowitz, Thiel, Musk position on Trump. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/07/27/if-we-dont-do-it-china-will-trumps-crypto-embrace-tightens-as-he-speaks-at-bitcoin-event-in-nashville

2024-07-29 02:44:50

Youngsters probably don’t remember Autonomy. I do.
No time to write too much about it, so look it up and then don’t believe everything you read. Like this …
"Federal prosecutors on Monday painted one-time British tech star Mike Lynch as the ruthless mastermind of an $11 billion deal that defrauded Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard."
Prompted to post this now because I just listened to 🔗🎙️ Mike Lynch (Founder and CEO ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/29/youngsters-probably-dont.html

2024-07-29 01:32:42

Weird.

2024-07-29 00:40:25

Death Is Not Free: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/29/death-is-not.html

2024-07-29 00:07:54

We Are Being Forced To Conform: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/29/we-are-being.html

2024-07-28 23:44:09

I have been with 🍎🗺️ since the start and definitely felt the pain. But. BUT - thanks to Google I stuck with it.
🔗 Delighted to see this.
"Apple Maps is one of the best examples of the power of persistence I can think of. It started as a laughing stock, but now, for people in many countries, it’s arguably the best maps service."
💬 John Gruber https://beta.maps.apple.com

2024-07-28 23:13:21

Meanwhile - over on Substack
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2024-07-28 20:59:33

💬 A Reminder
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2024-07-28 20:36:35

"🔗 Some have speculated that the reason Trump picked somebody arguably more odious and evil than himself for a running mate is for assassination insurance - i.e. to discourage would-be assassins from making their move so they don’t unwittingly make a bigger piece of shit president in his place."
😂😂😂 https://open.substack.com/pub/poolish/p/the-poolish-coconut-elegy-edition

2024-07-28 20:35:35

The image is a little out of focus. Sorry.
Night sky was black, the ‘little boats’ left yesterday.
A couple of lights usually bobbing on the water. Not last night.
Today you can’t even see some of the cliffs on the island, much less the Coromandel.
Somehow the Sun is forcing itself through.
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2024-07-28 20:35:33

The Seine passed tests for levels of pollution a few days ago.
Then there were heavy rains.
Now the Seine is too polluted to swim in.
So the rain is polluted?
More pollutants were forced into the Paris part of the Seine because of the extra water?
What?

2024-07-28 05:23:57

Why are foreign language shows dubbed with one version of English and subtitled with a different version. I mean TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

2024-07-27 22:19:12

Maybe I am not following this kind of news tightly enough, but my suspicion is outside of the specific affected geographies it isn’t being written about too much. But it should be.
Let me translate. The Park Fire in California is the 7th largest in Recorded Californian History. It is 2 days old.
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2024-07-27 22:10:54

Over The Space of 45 Minutes: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/28/over-the-space.html

2024-07-27 22:02:11

Solving Big Questions - One At A Time: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/28/solving-big-questions.html

2024-07-27 19:30:01

I just read that the Tories don’t feel that they have fallen far enough … so are doubling down on the eradication challenge listing BOJO, Cameroon (sic), PritiP, Braverman … as potential PMs to unite the party …

2024-07-27 07:28:43

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@npub12dx…3hlp not a young adult, not the same variation - but now on the other side. There are a lot of us. Happy to read good news.

2024-07-27 07:10:43

I didn’t see the Paris opening but I understand some people are upset - it said in here.
Nah - it wasn’t people at all - it was Tate and Butker.
"Andrew Tate wrote on X, previously called Twitter, “They do not promote anything as hard as they promote homosexuality.” Tate attached a screenshot of the controversial performance in his post."
"Harrison Butker, kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, cited Galatians 6:7 to condemn the ‘Last ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/i-didnt-see.html

2024-07-27 06:56:40

💬 5 Reminders: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/reminders.html

2024-07-27 06:28:01

📺 Presumed Innocent
Another in that 🖇️ theme of ‘TV shows that were movies’. Just watched the last. Unusually for me, not as a binge - but week by week - and loved it.
Information on Reelgood
‘All’ My TV Shows
https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/04/being-a-sucker.html
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2024-07-27 06:11:43

🔗 📼 🎵 😂 Remembering Bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMjOLX_PSUM

2024-07-27 05:06:45

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Where I ask
> … If the machine is so good at finding and recommending the best people for your organization - why are they so bad at finding and recommending a good movie, book or shirt for you when you are trying to buy something?
https://substack.philpin.com/p/is-average-our-new-aspiration

2024-07-27 04:48:42

In case you were wondering about 🖇️that last post, 🖇️ I just dispatched this on t Substack, which links back.
Thinking about performance. https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/what-is-a.html

2024-07-27 04:44:49

Find Me Falling, 2024 - ★★★: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/find-me-falling.html

2024-07-27 04:44:47

Hidden Strike, 2023 - ★★½: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/hidden-strike.html

2024-07-26 23:00:06

What Is A High-performing System?: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/what-is-a.html

2024-07-26 22:11:43

In New Zealand I run my phone on SparkNZ, who sent me an email that included this line;
"It looks like the device you’re using relies on 3G for some functions, so it’s important you use our device checker to confirm whether you need to replace your device to stay connected."
As far as I know, the only function 3G has on my phone is when there isn’t a 4G network - which is surely a Spark issue, not a phone issue?
Or am I missing ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/27/in-new-zealand.html

2024-07-26 19:19:29

2 Guns, 2013 - ★★★½: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/26/guns.html

2024-07-26 04:59:34

🪦 Bob - I only just realized. I hadn’t seen the news - but it does explain why my YouTube feed was full of some of your classics. Thank you. I have laughed with you for years. So did my Mum and Dad. You were THAT good.

2024-07-26 03:34:50

I have no idea why I hadn’t seen this already - I mean - it is 6 years old. But now I have - I am sharing.
🔗 📼 Ray Dalio - Radical Transparency and Algorithmic Decision-making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXbsVbFAczg

2024-07-25 19:37:51

It just occurred to me that ‘Eno’ is ‘Neo’ is the …

2024-07-24 21:37:10

anyone else suddenly being asked by LinkedIN to verify themselves with a Govt ID?

2024-07-24 21:30:21

If you want any proof that facts no longer matter ….
Since April based on the rumor of one man, shares rose 73%.
Those same shares dropped 8% over night on the facts that revenue only grew 2%, profit dropped 45%, a second quarter of reduced deliveries of product, missed Wall Street Forecasts of the FOURTH quarter and delivery of that very rumor is delayed.

2024-07-24 19:53:12

🪦 A force of nature. A musician’s musician. A great ride and a phenomenal catalogue. You gave us you .. and everyone else. Farewell John and thank you.

2024-07-24 03:12:08

Ganapathy Kumar has 2 Billion Views on Unsplash .. that billion … with a ‘B’. https://unsplash.com/blog/behind-2-billion-with-ganapathy-kumar

2024-07-22 03:13:22

Kier Starmer Talks Our Language
Kier Starmer opened last week’s European Political Community Meeting. He talked for a little over 10 minutes and a full 25% of that speech was devoted to the exact problem we are working on at The Future Found. I think this clip might find itself on the new site we are currently building. (The Full Introduction - including Zelenskyy)
Your browser does not support ... https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/22/kier-starmer-talks.html

2024-07-21 18:51:39

Noting that Google have taken it upon themselves to destroy even more of the internet.
They know no bounds do they?

2024-07-20 21:35:38

Galen Leather has a new notebook … very nice looking ..
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2024-07-19 22:08:19

I had nearly 100 podcasts in my queue … so purge time - again. Down to four and at the same time unfollowed a number of streams - mainly ‘tech’ ones where the host(s) are wandering off topic into subject areas that they clearly do not understand. #LifeIsToShort
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2024-07-19 22:02:34

💬 🎵
I find a lot ogf Andrew Hickey’s observations quite insightful. Like this one ….
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2024-07-19 21:02:28

😂😂😂😂😂
"Guilfoyle, who has not yet learned to speak, but has perfected the art of shouting, was in typically understated mode. (James Poniewozik, The New York Times’ chief TV critic, wrote that her speech had threatened to “Make America Deaf Again.”)"

2024-07-18 23:02:39

Remember all the crap about back door access being needed to a phone’s OS to protect us … yup … crap.
"FBI agents used technology from Cellebrite, a company well known among law enforcement agencies for helping them access data on phones seized or recovered in criminal investigations, to quickly access a cellphone they found with Crooks’s body, people familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post this week."

2024-07-18 00:59:59

Four Dweebs who are on record with their douchiness does not constitute ‘all’ ‘VCs’ or ‘Silicon Valley’ who are the others racing towards a love affair with ‘Trance’ ?
I think they have confused their mushrooms with ‘the ticket’.

2024-07-18 00:47:01

A new bank card for me involves a ceremony that includes cutting the old card into bits and distributing the bits into various places .. today I got my new 🍎💳, the ceremony needs a tweak .. replace scissors with hacksaw?

2024-07-17 22:53:22

Play Misty For Me
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2024-07-17 21:33:14

I’ve read a few of these from the various pundits - but I particulalrly liked this from @npub1eee…e209 🔗 It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns, It’s the Guns https://daringfireball.net/2024/07/its_the_guns

2024-07-17 21:06:35

Is it really ‘VCs’ - or a tiny SUBCLASS of VCs?
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2024-07-17 11:11:33

Thiel, Andreesen, Musk .. I see all the Valley’s Nut Jobs are revealing themselves.

2024-07-16 02:47:42

You Can't Buy Snow Leopard via Apple.: https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/16/you-cant-buy.html

2024-07-15 20:53:43

"Your ancestors survived centuries of floods, wars, famine, slavery, and plagues for you to sit on the toilet and compare your life to people on the internet you’ve never met.
Be grateful."
💬 Mark Manson

2024-07-15 20:33:58

Pretty Easy Task …
"Please put the newspaper back in the right order, Se that the next customer can enjoy it like you.
Thank you"
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2024-07-15 20:01:38

One of these headlines is not likely to the other two .. and I do not understand why it isn’t at the top in capital letters.
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2024-07-15 03:57:12

One of my great friends in the world - John from the UK, lives in Oregon with his wife and are visiting Ann’s home county … Maui and right now are at Oceans Vodka waiting for the seats to fill up to hear another great friend - Randall Rospond perform with even more friends - Tom Conway and Rand Coon.
"The World Is Small."
// @crossingthetheshold
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2024-07-15 00:46:34

"“At this time, we have no reason to believe that there is any other existing threat out there,” said state police Lt. Col. George Bivens."
Doesn’t sound right to me.

2024-07-14 23:08:04

🔗 Stepping Back From the Precipice - Sam Harris
Judging by how much you can read of this before the paywall - I would argue that Sam should make this free for all to read. https://open.substack.com/pub/samharris/p/stepping-back-from-the-precipice

2024-07-14 03:33:42

📸 Auckland on the way home on Friday.
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2024-07-14 03:23:41

Three quick Instas …. that I saved during the week …
🔗 😵‍💫 Pen Tapping - one day he might have hi own drum set.
🔗 😂 Dave Allen - teaching you how to tell the time.
🔗 🚘 A GPS for your car - circa 1971www.instagram.com/reel/C8qR…) - holy mackarel. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9IwsJTvWFT

2024-07-14 02:17:16

He missed? Seriously? One job. That was it.

2024-07-12 23:11:41

On the flip side I have lost count of the movies and shows that I have started and stopped this past week. Have I seen them all?

2024-07-12 23:09:10

Been listening on and off for a couple of days to Preet talking to Ian Bremmer. Solid.

2024-07-12 21:24:52

So wish I was going to be there.
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2024-07-12 20:33:27

📸 🌊 Quite a few boats in the bay this morning, though funny to see them all huddled together in this corner, they usually spread all over.
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