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by cjoh 14y ago
It goes to a backup number you add that is the phone number of a friend or other phone number you specify. Don't do what I did and stupidly use your google voice number. facepalm
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by cjoh 14y ago
Man this discussion would have been so much better had the phrase "You clearly don't understand" not been uttered.
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by cjoh 14y ago
Actually, no, they're not. They're tied at the waist. Governments antiquated technology acquisition schedules mean that govt cannot tie itself to Moore's law. Because currently government buys from an exclusive system rather than an inclusi
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by cjoh 14y ago
Wish they'd done some reasonable amount of procurement reform before this. All this means is another big payday for gov contractors
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by cjoh 14y ago
When I worked at ask Jeeves, we thought a browser toolbar was how we were going to beat google, too. In 2001.
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by cjoh 14y ago
Only one of the organizations involved here has a court mandated consent decree.
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by cjoh 14y ago
Agreed. If he's looking to "disconnect" it'd be more interesting to see him also go rural for a year.
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by cjoh 14y ago
This is more about risk than it is intelligence. It's the case that as most people get older, their tolerance for risk gets less and less: they pick up things like "spouses," "mortgages" and "children" which make it so that they cannot affo
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Google’s Political Site ‘Take Action’ To Host First Hangout(idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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Instapaper vs. Readability(informationdiet.com)
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Make More Time by Scheduling Your Media(informationdiet.com)
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by cjoh 15y ago
This is 15 year old research, sensationalized in a headline to sell advertising on Yahoo. Which, I mean, if you think about it, is kind of ironic. Here's some good info on the Dunning-Kruger effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%
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by cjoh 15y ago
Better headline: node.js surpasses turnips in search popularity: http://www.google.com/trends/?q=turnip,+node.js&ctab=0&#...
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Change.biz(informationdiet.com)
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Kickstarter's not even Close to the NEA(informationdiet.com)
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A Disclaimer is not Transparency(informationdiet.com)
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by cjoh 15y ago
Heh, I'm the author, and my book, The Information Diet, is very much about the philosophical discussion here. What's happening isn't anyone's fault, really. It's an economic issue. See here for a talk I gave about it: http://www.informatio
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by cjoh 15y ago
Google+ notifications on the search page.
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Notifications are Evil(informationdiet.com)
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by cjoh 15y ago
Sure. It's more ethical for an self-professed alcoholic to not drink, as their alcohol consumption likely affects others. That said, it's easy to not drink alcohol and not judge others for drinking it. That said, do that too often, and you'
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by cjoh 15y ago
Sure. I mean hey-- the most dangerous place in Washington is between me and a chicken wing. The good news is, the term ticks of as many vegans as it does non-vegans.
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by cjoh 15y ago
Actually no, I think it has to do with both health and ethics, as sticking to a plant based diet involves both. Our information diets have as much social ethical consequence as our food ones do.
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Sloppy Reporting on the Self Driving Car(informationdiet.com)
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Let's Start the Whole News Movement(informationdiet.com)
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Is SEO Killing America?(youtube.com)
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Why I Hate the STOCK Act(informationdiet.com)
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by cjoh 15y ago
Is there any evidence that they haven't sponsored this event in the past?
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by cjoh 15y ago
I suspect most people believe that piracy is bad, and that free speech is good. The pirate party might have a problem in this regard.
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by cjoh 15y ago
I don't mind the downvotes. Some people like to downvote when they actually mean "disagree" -- happens all the time here in Washington.
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by cjoh 15y ago
Sorry I am late getting back on this. Long day! I think the best thing I can do to explain this is to actually watch the video at http://informationdiet.com/live . It'll take you some time. I'm carving it up now. But there's a lot in there

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