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by Volscio 16y ago
Here's the non-scraped link: http://www.alternet.org/vision/146623/the_surprising_reason_... And reddit comments: http://www.reddit.com/r/environment/comments/bwsm2/
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by Volscio 16y ago
I agree with you. But maybe the aggregation isn't for more conversation (people like to do that within their trusted communities), but to enable better filtering. That is, you could have a rough total count of interest in a topic. Then y
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by Volscio 16y ago
Oh, also, anything that gets FAR more people to comment with their own stories would be better. For any given event, all those spectators could have something interesting to add, but few people are trained/interested in being sensors or re
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by Volscio 16y ago
I've got to say that I think as far as online news reporting goes, the major weakness right now is forums and comments. If there were a better way to collate ALL the comments on a specific incident or even on a general topic, and then filt
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AT&Ts Suicidal System: How Apple Stores Teach People to Despise the Company(bobsutton.typepad.com)
5 points by Volscio 16y ago|0 comments
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by Volscio 17y ago
Paging Lessig...we're encouraging our children to either be less curious or to willingly break copyright laws.
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by Volscio 17y ago
You have to weigh in the fact that the growth of the internet has allowed hobbyists to find each other. But then governments and international organizations will be pressured to prosecute against hackers and tinkerers. The post addresses
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by Volscio 17y ago
Quite a broad brush...
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by Volscio 17y ago
Here's my Google doc on how to disable clipboard hijacking on certain sites: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASuZYyoQwvDoZGdqYnY5cndfM... Accepting tips, suggestions, additions of other offending sites...
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by Volscio 17y ago
Everyone had some valid points and we're all a lot better for the discussion. But don't become another Mark Cuban. :)
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by Volscio 17y ago
What I find interesting about this is how China is predicted to have almost double the US's GDP by 2050, but GDP per capita tells a different story: US GDP/capita will be double China's in 2050. Then some good debate on whether an authori
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by Volscio 17y ago
Good data in the post on Google (people are definitely more wary of them now that they announce more and more projects in more and more areas of internet architecture), but small fries compared to the military contractor complex's influence
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by Volscio 17y ago
I went to college, didn't take it as seriously as I should have (dotcom daytrading era) and joined the Army afterwards. I really would have gotten more out of college if I'd gone into the Army first. Saw a lot of young 18 year olds who di