jdp23

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Google cuts head of Kenyan operation after scraping Mocality database(guardian.co.uk)
4 points by jdp23 15y ago|0 comments
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Next steps in the nymwars: suggestions for Google+(plus.google.com)
1 points by jdp23 15y ago|0 comments
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Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think(granick.com)
19 points by jdp23 15y ago|5 comments
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Google+ Failed Because of Real Names(emergentchaos.com)
1 points by jdp23 15y ago|1 comments
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Google+, nicknames, and pseudonyms: snap poll results(plus.google.com)
1 points by jdp23 15y ago|0 comments
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by jdp23 15y ago
Great analysis by Paul Ohm. I love his summary of Sotomayor's separate concurring opinion: "Wow. And Amen. Set your stopwatches: the death watch for the third-party doctrine has finally begun."
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by jdp23 15y ago
Well said. It's a pedagogical problem; and it's about gender.
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by jdp23 15y ago
You've said this several times, but it's not true. Google hasn't changed their policy; and they still ban some users for violating it.
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by jdp23 15y ago
I'm just waiting for the Google fans here to defend them and blame this on 'rogue contractors'
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by jdp23 15y ago
agreed. do you happen to have a link for the article that graphic comes from? thanks!
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by jdp23 15y ago
> The reason it seems unlikely that the problem is on our end is the correlation between being difficult to talk to and failure in the outside world. If the problem was on our end, it we would experience difficulty talking to both succe
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by jdp23 15y ago
It's Earl Blumenauer, from Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. He's also blacked out http://www.earlblumenauer.com
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by jdp23 15y ago
I checked out Confluence earlier this year and wasn't too impressed at all. So agreed, it would be great for something better to come along!
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Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley(riviteam.wordpress.com)
15 points by jdp23 15y ago|8 comments
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We need to talk about piracy (but we must stop SOPA first) (zephoria.org)
1 points by jdp23 15y ago|0 comments
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10 years since the Bill Gates security memo(zdnet.com)
3 points by jdp23 15y ago|0 comments
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by jdp23 15y ago
As Martin says "Personally I find it troubling when software professionals, who ought to be good at logical thinking, can reach so easily for such circular logic."
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by jdp23 15y ago
Not necessarily, because it's starting from inequality. Here's a simple example. Assume hypothetically that due to historical differences the vast majority of investment decisions are made by a non-diverse demographic who prefer to invest
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Facebook ads lead to homophobic parents kicking out teenage son(privacyinternational.org)
4 points by jdp23 15y ago|0 comments
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by jdp23 15y ago
"How to research a slumlord", from last year, has a lot more information about the process: http://drpop.org/2010/04/how-to-research-a-slumlord/
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The Internet is the best place for dissent to start(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by jdp23 15y ago|0 comments
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by jdp23 15y ago
As well as danah boyd, Clay Shirky's classic A Group is Its Own Worst Enemy is another good starting place: http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html
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by jdp23 15y ago
the most recent numbers i saw were about 2-1, unchanged since July
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by jdp23 15y ago
Microsoft and US-based cloud companies are facing similar "perception issues" (as they phrase it) on the Patriot Act. Unless Congress and the Administration change their positions, this is going to be an increasing burden on American compa
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by jdp23 15y ago
Great point. And founders who have taken the 90-hour-a-week path are emotionally incentivized to believe it's the only path to success -- because if not, they could have made different tradeoffs.
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by jdp23 15y ago
The people I'm talking to are moms, dads, students, photographers, recent graduates, old friends from high school in rural Pennsylvania, relatives, people at the place I get my hair cut ... okay, admittedly I get my hair cut in San Francisc
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What's the deal with sponsored stories? How are they different from ads?(facebook.com)
1 points by jdp23 15y ago|0 comments
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by jdp23 15y ago
Indeed. And I'm going to want to control what ads I appear in, just like every other endorser.
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by jdp23 15y ago
I don't think they forget about it, any more than they forget about Facebook's pattern of privacy abuses and Mark's non-apologies. If there were an easy-to-use alternative, the people I talk to would love to leave FB instantly; as it is, t
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by jdp23 15y ago
Most of the people I talk with don't like the idea of their pictures and words being shown to their friends as ads for products. Most of the people I talk with don't like the idea that things on their profile and in their feed are influenc

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