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European Public Policy Blog: The UK’s public data tsunami gathers speed: "And there should be as few ‘strings’ attached as possible so developers can easily reuse it, mash"

I sometimes feel I live in a constant data tsunami with noughts and ones crashing around my head but it is great to know that Tim Berners-Lee involvement with the previous administration is leading to further releases of government data.

 Let's get crunching...

I've always taken a strange pleasure in a private fantasy that CCTV cameras might reach a finite numerical saturation point because the state would simply be unable to employ enough people to watch the footage. And a private fantasy this must stay because "hundreds of PhD students around the world" are trying to make CCTV smarter. The aim is to fully automate the tracking process by developing sophisticated computer software that can model human behaviour patterns. Smart dumbness for any fellow fantasists who still crave freedom, I reckon.