Jens Kaas Benner

[@mikko @mikko]

The Finnish national Covid-19 contact tracing mobile app (by the @THLorg agency) has now been out for a month. Some notes:

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

The real life inspiration for Basil Fawlty.
From a BBC interview with Parkinson. I talk about the cynical manager at The Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay that I met while staying with The Pythons. He became who I based the character off of and I changed very little.

[Magnus Heunicke @Heunicke]

Tusind tak! 45.000 danskere har allerede nu tilmeldt sig det nye COVIDmeter. Sådan 💪 Tak for at hjælpe vores forskere på @SSI_dk med at følge epidemikurven.
OBS: COVIDmeter siger noget samlet om udvikling i DK. Data bruges ikke i forhold til den enkelte.
https://t.co/I6xoHTEpJk

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Dogs are being trained to detect COVID-19

[Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer @EvanKirstel]

#DIY #facemasks #PPE #PPEshortage #PPESupplies #ppes #FridayMotivation

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Bill Gates is funding factories to manufacture 7 potential COVID vaccines, even though most won't be used, so the best ones will be ready as soon as they're tested. "A few billion [wasted] in the situation we're in, where there's trillions of dollars being lost, is worth it." 👍

[Søren Brostrøm @SorenBrostrom]

Har klippet mig selv med maskine, blevet skævt i nakken. Har dårlig samvittighed ift min frisør Alaa-Eddine, som har lukket forretning, men får bøvl m. skæve frisurer når han åbner igen. Så jeg har sendt ham MobilePay med det jeg plejer at betale ham. #støtdinfrisør #COVID19

[R.E.M. HQ @remhq]

Underneath the bunker. We are going to get through it.

[Magnus Heunicke @Heunicke]

Vi har alt for mange, der ikke holder afstand ude og inde. Alt for mange, der er en del af smittekæder, som kan være dødbringende for børn m svækket immunforsvar, voksne eller ældre. Og vi har alt for stor stigning i antal indlagte. Epidemien er her. Det er nu, Danmark! #coronadk

[Jonas Schrøder @JonasSchroder]

Grænserne lukker, men fødevarer kan stadig komme ind. Dansk fødevareproduktion er også i fuld sving. Status: Der er nok til alle, vi kører varer ud hele natten og der er styr på forsyningerne fremad. Så køb ind som normalt og pas på familie, venner og kolleger! #COVID19dk #dkbiz

[Udenrigsministeriets Borgerservice @UMBorgerservice]

Besøg 👉 https://t.co/HBOIui4zKU og få svar på mange af de spørgsmål, vi får fra danskere om rejse og ophold i udlandet i forbindelse med #coronavirus/covid-19.
#covid19dk.

[Jonas Schrøder @JonasSchroder]

Vi har kørt varer ud til butikkerne hele natten. Vores leverandører er klar - fødevareforsyningen her i landet er på plads. Så ingen grund til større indkøb end normalt. Pas på hinanden og familien - og tak til #dkmedier for sober dækning af aftenens storindkøb #dkbiz #covid19dk

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Our digital design team is expanding. We are looking for an experienced mid- to senior-level digital designer to join us in our central London editorial office. Apply by April 1st https://t.co/o9C1hb9Ryj

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

It was 1976 Authur C. Clarke said:

“Don’t commute—communicate”

Predicting the end of centrally organized office work in archaic industrial revolution company headquarters.

Technology allowed tele-commuting in the 1980s.

The ego disallowed till—now.

[〈 Berger | Dillon 〉 @InertialObservr]

The Stepping Feet Illusion

At first it appears that the 'feet' are stepping & out of sync, but the illusion disappears upon turning down the contrast

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Jim Keller (@jimkxa) on working with Elon Musk (@elonmusk): "You think you have an understanding of what first principles of something is, and then you talk to Elon about it, and realize you haven't even scratched the surface." Full conversation: https://t.co/5cPfg6eygy

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Many thoughts of Arthur Clarke about satellites, 3D printing and artificial intelligence were considered ridiculous in the 1960s

[Carsten Jørgensen @Kahrzdn]

#つぶやきProcessing
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[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Imagine what machines will be able to do in the next 5-10 years.

Boston Dynamics' machine shows its agility with a flawless gymnastic routine.

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE FROM SPACE: @AstroDrewMorgan and @ESA astronaut @Astro_Luca embark on a spacewalk to finish installing a new cooling system on the @Space_Station’s dark matter detector. Ask ?s using #askNASA and watch live coverage: https://t.co/Ixd4cI3MUA https://t.co/Ixd4cI3MUA