"These are not people... These are animals."

It never ceases to amaze me that there are so many people willing to support this guy and the horrific things he says.

Axios Questions the Google Duplex Demo→

This whole article by Dan Primack at Axios is ridiculous.   The calls were CLEARLY edited / cherry picked prior to the keynote just by the simple fact that the businesses did not identify themselves at the beginning of the call.   They were not done live on stage.   I thought this was blatantly obvious to everyone who was watching the demo.   Apparently not.

The people writing all the hot takes about how outraged they are today are in one of two camps.

1)  Feigning outrage for clicks.
2) Total morons who are unable to think logically.

Like everything else in a keynote,  it's a demo.   Judge the feature when and if it releases.  Until then it's a waste of time to get agitated about it.

Full House: The Next Generation

A testament to just how effective a little bit of good video editing can be.

Microsoft Surface Hub 2→

This is pretty neat.   It's good to see that someone is still pushing the envelope on what a desktop PC can possibly be.    A niche product for sure, but an interesting one nonetheless.

OnePlus 6 Impressions Roundup

For those interested in the forthcoming OnePlus 6,  I figured I would link to a couple of the better "First Impressions" videos that made their way out today.

MKBHD

Dave Lee

Youtube Raising Prices→

Looks like Youtube is raising it's ad-free pricing, (and renaming it from Youtube Red to Youtube Premium) to fund the creation of more original content like it's current hit show Cobra Kai.   They are also launching a new music service (that was already launched?) called Youtube Music,  and will eventually replace the other music service (Google Play Music) that Google has also been running at the same time.    Also somehow these two services overlap but have different pricing tiers.

If you're confused you aren't alone.   This is a mess so convoluted it could ONLY come from Google.  Jeez.

SEC Creates Satirical Cryptocurrency→

This is a brilliant tactic.    The age-old adage still holds:  "A fool and his money are easily parted."
Hopefully this will give someone out there some pause.   

Then again, there's always tulips.