text: In a few years, algorithms will be able to describe video content as well as humans can. Unlocking the pent up information in petabytes of video will have wide-ranging impacts on society.
  Violating the prime directive: Clouds, Flickr, and repatriation
  April 13, 2014 – 7:00 pm By Alistair 2 Comments
  I spent hours trying to get my own content back from Flickr. I found out it violates the cloud’s prime directive: Get me my stuff.
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