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Is Facebook making us sad?(slate.com)
79 points by mcknz 16y ago|47 comments
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Stuxnet and The Triumph of Hacker Culture(slate.com)
6 points by mcknz 16y ago|0 comments
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Steve Jobs' liver transplant: Did he game the system?(slate.com)
12 points by mcknz 16y ago|20 comments
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by mcknz 16y ago
I don't disagree with the notion that people overreact to men around kids, but I think the article itself is just a lazy appeal to emotion, and not very well argued.
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by mcknz 16y ago
A BBC story from 2006? Stories from her friends? That's the best she's got? Would be nice to see a real article on this topic with actual analysis and data. Of course it's stupid to label all men as possible predators, but there's anothe
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by mcknz 16y ago
Sometimes the market works against you -- if the public bids stall out at a certain level, then one big buyer knows exactly what to pay. Private bid makes buyers guess against an idealized competitor.
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by mcknz 16y ago
Twitter is not your friend.
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by mcknz 16y ago
Seemed to work out ok for Wintels.
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Cornell's Clairvoyant Undergrads(theatlantic.com)
1 points by mcknz 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcknz 16y ago
Microsoft had a similar problem, but they solved it by creating an Online Services Division.
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Korea Times: Is Nexus S Doomed?(koreatimes.co.kr)
1 points by mcknz 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcknz 16y ago
It's a false emotional appeal. Would you answer a five minute survey for a cup of coffee? I wouldn't. But I'd spend 5 minutes to help someone.
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by mcknz 16y ago
original text: Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists http://books.google.com/books?id=-0tDZX3z-8UC&lpg=PA79&#...
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by mcknz 16y ago
There's not enough here to draw your own conclusions about the phone -- it is simply a personal reaction and reads as such. Better reviews are more detailed, and balance the pros and cons to make a recommendation one way or the other.
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by mcknz 16y ago
Never had a problem with T-Mobile service, and I've been midwest, southwest, and east coast. Haven't been to Georgia. I'm thinking about that phone too, but some of the features missing from Galaxy S (microSD slot) give me second thoughts.
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by mcknz 16y ago
Reminds me of http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SecondSystemEffect
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by mcknz 16y ago
erp -- thought I read that somewhere, but that indeed would be a bit much to expect. I love all the stuff about Afghanistan, the VP with $50MM in walking around money. There's abstract corruption, but the detail is what really stirs the po
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by mcknz 16y ago
What is fantastic and new is that these obvious things are documented and published, by people who are in a unique position to verify them. We all know North Korea is nuts, but it's news when their BFF China calls it a spoiled child. Then
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by mcknz 16y ago
Client: "Can you make it so that print box thingy pops up automatically?" Developer: "That may annoy some users. I think most people already know how to print a document." Client: "So can you make it so that print box thingy pops up automat
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by mcknz 16y ago
and if you haven't already given up on this one: http://notpron.org/
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by mcknz 16y ago
Or: As a company, we really value work/life balance. It's just a coincidence that promotions go to people who value the former over the latter.
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by mcknz 16y ago
This reminds me why I don't slashdot anymore. By the fourth comment there's an extensive argument over universal health care. EDIT: irony noted.
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by mcknz 16y ago
Thought it interesting how absurd the "Monica" situation seems, yet we often engage in essentially the same behavior ourselves. That just doesn't sound as good on a bumper sticker. EDIT: clarification
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by mcknz 16y ago
not at all -- just thought that was the only part that martinemde could possibly object to.
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by mcknz 16y ago
"have some class" was probably a little over the top, but I can understand the frustration.
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by mcknz 16y ago
But honestly Zed, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy I just didn't "lift" your whole book and put my name on it!
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by mcknz 16y ago
I believe that describes the system we currently have. We shift between Republicans and Democrats on a fairly regular basis, without any action toward meaningful long-term solutions to our problems.
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by mcknz 16y ago
OT, but I can't help myself. It's a priority of the GOP to bring health care repeal to a vote . That way they all get their Obamacare creds without having to actually fix anything. If they want to actually repeal health care, they are go
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by mcknz 16y ago
A little of both perhaps -- Americans like the simplicity their overlords provide. Except for some of the wackos at the fringes, it's all really political theater. Candidates say what they have to say to appeal to their "base" while they
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by mcknz 16y ago
We have evolved into a two-party system because it fills a need: convenience. When most don't bother to vote, and even fewer vote with a functioning knowledge of the candidates, there is no need for a third party. This makes things easy:

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