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Outta here.
- Akiva
Elephant shoes, Akiva.
- Mark Trapp
FriendFeed API v2: Real-time, OAuth, file attachments, and more - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...
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"Today we are launching version 2 of the FriendFeed API for beta testing. We focused on making the API simpler to use, and we added number of compelling new features." Documentation: http://friendfeed.com/api...
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
OAuth? Sweet. Thanks a lot for all the new good stuff in the API: can't wait to use it.
- Mark Trapp
very nice. great work!
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
Yet another reason to like Bret. :-)
- Jesse Stay
nice!
- Daniel Rust
good job guys, I bet devs are jumping high right now
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Sweet, congrats!
- Ivan Zuzak
nice, good to see OAuth support, this will enable a larger 3rd party ecosphere around FriendFeed, I hope
- Jeroen De Miranda
After going through the documentation and playing around with some feeds, I love the fact that you can now see the subscriber lists of people who have their feeds set to private as long as you are subscribed to them and authenticate (mimicking the main site functionality). One thing that's absent is a discussion of Direct Messages. Do they show up in feeds if you authenticate? How do we find just direct messages?
- Mark Trapp
Mark: direct messages are accessed using the feed ID "filter/direct". Read more about feed IDs at http://friendfeed.com/api.... Also direct messages appear in the "home" feed.
- Benjamin Golub
Benjamin: ahhh, I see it now. I missed it when skimming that list over. Thanks!
- Mark Trapp
Can you post the wget version of the command line?
- Gabe
Gabe: wget --user=bgolub --password=passwd --post-file=MyPhoto.jpg http://friendfeed-api.com/v2... should work. In theory. Edit: nope. I'm not sure it's possible to do with wget.
- Mark Trapp
Thanks God it is New API.
- Ahmet Alp Balkan
from iPod
Nice progress here with this release!
- Micah
I love it!
- friday night
Why is wget questionable?
- Gabe
Gabe: wget doesn't support multipart forms as a design decision. If you post a file, FriendFeed returns a 404, and if you post data, the query is too long for wget to handle.
- Mark Trapp
cool : )
- Gurkan Oluc
Good work, look forward to seeing what developers can create
- Joe Dawson
doublepluslike
- Vezquex
curl FTW.
- Jeremy Kunz
This is great, FriendFeed team. Good job.
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Woowoo, bgolub's password is “passwd” ;-)
- Amit Patel
Amit: I wonder how many people tested that :)
- Benjamin Golub
Thanks to bgolub posting his password, I now have all of FriendFeed's secret documents about notorious users, useless metrics, Justin Timberlake's promoting FF on Oprah's show, hiring Colbert as a spokesperson, Ev Williams being just a “distraction”. TechCrunch is going to love this! ;)
- Amit Patel
Yes big big thanks to the whole team for all their hard work!!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
thank you;) waiting for the release :) loving clone
- abdellah
from FriendFeed API Example
Yay subscribers exposed!
- EricaJoy
Finally OAuth, I had a hard time memorizing my remote key.
- Hugh Isaacs II
This is indeed very cool, anybody started on a c# version?
- Jesper Lind
pymclevel - https://github.com/codewar...
Python library for manipulating Minecraft worlds
- Mark Trapp
List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel episodes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Aired order of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel episodes
- Mark Trapp
OMG SPOILER ALERT
- Akiva
The Michael Scott Paper Company is built on the Hellmouth (spoiler alert)
- Mark Trapp
I thought it was built on a Stargate
- Mo Kargas
I thought Stargate was built on MacGyver.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
*sagenod*
- Mo Kargas
MacGyver defeats Truman
- Mark Trapp
Friendfeed's Francisco to Friendfeed's's feed, Chrome, FriendFeed Feedback, FriendFeed for Beginners, FriendFeed Hacks, FriendFeed Talk, FriendFeed Feedback (Español)
A simple extension for Chrome I just made. / Pequeña extensión que acabo de hacer. / Basically the same ol' bookmarklet wrapped in a distinctive ff button. Check it out: https://chrome.google.com/extensi...
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Love it!
- Jesse Stay
cool! extension's first success!
- Friendfeed's Francisco
Well, not sure it's working :-) I'm running OS X Chromium nightly, and clicking it doesn't seem to do anything.
- Jesse Stay
But I like having the FF logo next to my URL bar, so that's a success :-)
- Jesse Stay
It's right next to the Facebook logo
- Jesse Stay
// EDIT: ok that's messy. here: http://tinypaste.com/6081b Anybody know hoe to make it work on OSx?
- Friendfeed's Francisco
Works fine on Mac OS X 5.0.335 dev channel release. It looks like extensions are disabled on the extensions website and on Chrome internal pages, but if you go to like http://google.com the bookmarklet pops up just fine. You can try to remove the %20 in the action_url string, but removing it didn't seem to affect my usage either way.
- Mark Trapp
Good work, Francisco.
- Micah
Thanks, Micah. @Goadkicker Super!
- Friendfeed's Francisco
Actually, it seems to work, just wasn't working on the link to the extension. Seems to work fine on other pages though so I think we're good.
- Jesse Stay
Neat
- ✔ ǝuǝƃnǝ
Great to hear, Jesse. Btw. What does the facebook button do? :-)
- Friendfeed's Francisco
Francisco, here's the Facebook one: https://chrome.google.com/extensi... - from what I hear it was written at a Facebook hackathon by an intern there.
- Jesse Stay
I really like the small scrolling bar they styled there. Sweet.
- Friendfeed's Francisco
If you could combine FFcheck with the bookmarklet, that would be very useful
- Shey
and friendfeedTranslate - if someone does this, I suggest using kynetx to do it. It will give you one jquery-based language to write extensions with one code base across most browsers: http://kynetx.com
- Jesse Stay
*ears perk up*
- Micah
Jesse, are you an advisor to kynetx (I see they're based in Lehi)? Do you know what their business model is - have they stated anything as such publicly. It certainly looks interesting.
- Micah
Micah, I am not an advisor, nor do I have any vested interest. I just really like what they're doing. Their business model is in building custom apps for brands interested, or in consulting. I'm not sure what other types of deals they do. Their developer platform is free though. You can ask @windley or @fulling on Twitter though and I'm sure they can answer more detailed questions than I'm aware.
- Jesse Stay
Of note, @windley wrote the Digital Identity book for O'Reilly, and has a very strong identity background. I fully expect them to go full force into the identity realm with what they're doing. Imagine completely customized context (such as this extension, but even more), through extensions, action cards, and bookmarklets, across all browsers.
- Jesse Stay
@Shey do you have a link to ffcheck? never heard of it. EDIT: never mind. http://ffcheck.com ..I think it's doable. ;-) as for ff translate ...
- Friendfeed's Francisco
Lol, if it's doing so, I had no idea. @Slippy
- Friendfeed's Francisco
Wow, just what i needed, thanks Francisco!
- Majento
@Slippy ¬¬ haa I should have seen it coming! I'm glad it's useful, Majento.
- Friendfeed's Francisco
cool, but like the bookmarklet doesn't work in recent builds of chrome (e.g. 5.0.375.99)
- scott willeke
I'm gonna test that and update.
- Friendfeed's Francisco
what seems to be the issues?, it does work fine in 5.0.375.99 (Build oficial 51029) beta and 6.0 dev channel (windows 7)
- Friendfeed's Francisco
it's not working for me, too. can we solve this problem?
- ToMtOm
Yeah, seems to be broken in the current stable version. Clicking the button doesn't do anything. :( I guess it's back to the regular bookmarklet for the time being.
- Curdy G
It broke for me too.
- Skyler Call
from Android
I've been checking it for the past week or so and it only seems to be broken in old installs of chrome. new installs are ok. I dunno what could be causing this. :P
- Friendfeed's Francisco
doesn't work any more: chrome 15.0.874.121 on OS X
- ✔ ǝuǝƃnǝ
sorry, eugene I've been having trouble to make it work on all installs. are you testing it outside of the chrome extension gallery as well? If you or anyone could help reviewing the background page code, here it is: http://tinypaste.com/6081b
- Friendfeed's Francisco
The Province of Skyrim and its Notable Locations - http://www.gamebanshee.com/skyrim...
Map of all discoverable locations in Skyrim
- Mark Trapp
Particletree » Visualizing Fitts’s Law - http://particletree.com/feature...
Basic overview of Fitts's Law and the Rule of Infinite Edges.
- Mark Trapp
Minecraft Overviewer - https://github.com/overvie...
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Google Maps generator for Minecraft
- Mark Trapp
Apple Destroyed Digital Color Meter! — Sustained Panic - http://www.sustainedpanic.com/2011...
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"OMFG, I just launched Digital Color Meter for the first time since upgrading to Lion. Apple has utterly destroyed it!"
- Amit Patel
from Bookmarklet
This is really annoying. Why, Apple, why? Why'd you spend extra effort to remove the feature I used all the time?
- Amit Patel
Also, Photoshop has got to be the most expensive decimal-to-hex converter ever invented.
- Tudor Bosman
Tudor++ ... man, I thought you were joking before I read the post.
- Andrew C (✓)
I admit I liked the old Digital Color Meter, but an RGB to Hex converter without Adobe Creative Suite is just a click away: http://www.javascripter.net/faq...
- Mark Trapp
I can convert manually but why? The old app let me just move my mouse pointer and it showed me the RGB. Now I have to manually type in the red, blue, green values into a converter program. Bleh.
- Amit Patel
Here's a third party app: http://fructivity.com/
- Amit Patel
Decimal to hex? I just use a calculator application, and do it by hand.
- Julian
There are some universal truths in our culture. Please list them in the comments below.
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Joan Jett loves rock and roll.
- John E. Bredehoft
Clifford is a big red dog.
- John E. Bredehoft
"You" ain't nothing but a hound dog?
- Mark Trapp
The rich get richer.
- Fred Yankowski
This, too, shall pass.
- DGentry
Leroy Brown is the baddest man in the whole damn town.
- FFing Enigma
It's less dangerous with the lights out.
- ha3rvey ($10 HUGS!!!)
(for Los Angeles area readers) You're killing me Larry!
- John E. Bredehoft
Some people are asshats. If you let them get to you, they win.
- DGentry
You don't step on Superman's cape.
- ha3rvey ($10 HUGS!!!)
There is a light that never goes out.
- Joe The Sausage
Every rose has Its thorn
- Dean "Karnatos" Michaud
The rhythm's gonna get you.
- Eric
Rick will never give you up.
- Josh Haley
There's a little black spot on the sun today.
- ha3rvey ($10 HUGS!!!)
This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my...
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- Tyler (Chacha)
All TV and no beer make Homer go crazy.
- Joe The Sausage
My brain hurts!
- John E. Bredehoft
I received three submissions via Twitter from @redstickrant (Clifford): ""Never get involved in a land war in Asia." "Why, yes, I do want fries with that..." "History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark."
- John E. Bredehoft
No means no, and that means no.
- Joe The Sausage
No deposit no return.
- John E. Bredehoft
Crazy Gideon is in fact CRAZY! And if you wantacomputer he hasacomputer.
- Anika
"Crazy Eddie, his prices are IN-SA-A-A-A-A-ANE!" (I had to look that one up in Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... )
- John E. Bredehoft
If you need a car or truck, you must go see Cal.
- Anika
LL Cool J needs love.
- Anika
There ain't no place like a hole in the ground.
- ha3rvey ($10 HUGS!!!)
Cash rules everything around me.
- Derrick
Tomorrow is not only another day, but it's also when the sun will come out.
- Anika
It's always in the last place you look.
- suzanne
Video killed the radio star
- SteVe C
No matter where you go, there you are.
- Bill Bittner
It is easier said than done.
- Anika
Soy milk does NOT make a good White Russian.
- suzanne
Your luggage is almost heavier than you can carry, and most of it you don't need.
- Micah
The lines at Ikea are always longer than they appear.
- Anika
Anika, you mean you have to pay for that stuff?
- Micah
People want it cheap, then complain when the quality is poor or there are long-lasting adverse effects.
- Rick Cogley
Gmail will *always* be in Beta.
- Anika
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
- Glenn Slaven
People crave sugar, salt and lard.
- Robert Hafer
Universal truths are cultural assumptions :)
- Barbara
Change!
- John E. Bredehoft
Everything is in the details.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Most people dont want the truth
- Tony C (Unrated)
You can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
- Kenton
There ain't no mountain high enough.
- Anika
Aw shucks, Josh!
- Rick Cogley
In government errors are not punished; only their disclosure.
- Rick Cogley
The most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.
- Rick Cogley
Failing projects have magical curative properties and future benefits.
- Rick Cogley
Soylent Green is People.
- Colette
Cadbury bunny poops eggs.
- Arlan K.
You can't always get what you want.
- Brent - Yes I am
String cheese should not be eaten like a stick of cheese but in strings.
- Mona Nomura
We might be vanilla but our labs are chocolate.
- Morgan
People who are always looking for an easy way out are the easiest ones to scam
- Rah-PM 2012
Farts smell like shit
- Rodfather
Farts have poo particles floating in them. GROSS
- Mona Nomura
The only things open after midnight are Waffle Houses, clubs/bars, and legs
- Rah-PM 2012
Hey, he who smelt it dealt it
- Rob H.
Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.
- Rob H.
++ Robert
- The Amber
Your actual talent in a specific area is not enough to make you a success in that area
- Rah-PM 2012
Walter don't roll on Shabbos.
- Rick Cogley
No one puts Baby in the corner.
- SteVe C
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man of good fortune must be in want of a wife.
- Trish Haley
Lol, Steve C, that's Dirty.
- Rick Cogley
People love babies. They taste like chicken. Everything tastes better with Ketchup.
- Rick Cogley
The truth hurts
- Bwana ☠
The heart of rock and roll *is* still beating.
- Anika
Projects with accurate budgets and timeframes never get approved.
- Rick Cogley
When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
- Joe The Sausage
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
- diego morelli
You can dance if you want to.
- Anika
All rights reserved.
- John E. Bredehoft
Your mileage may vary.
- Joe The Sausage
Nobody likes a whistler.
- Liza + = ?
Offer void where prohibited.
- Joe The Sausage
Some assembly required.
- John E. Bredehoft
UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
Ron White was correct. You can't cure stupid.
- Joel Robert Perez
Everything counts in large amounts.
- suzanne
The sun always shines on TV.
- John E. Bredehoft
One thing leads to another (♫ ♪ ♫ ♪)
- Nick Humphries
People always ask for absolute truths on social websites.
- Tony C (Unrated)
from email
You can't always get what you want. But sometimes, you just might get what you need.
- Amy℠
You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever.
- Amy℠
Dogs are better to hang out with than people, even when they poop on the floor.
- Bette Cooper
A project wrangler should not be an MS Project wrangler.
- Rick Cogley
The answer to the question of life is 42.
- Colette
Even when summer is ending, Joan Jett STILL loves rock and roll.
- John E. Bredehoft
Time heals all wounds
- Carlton Prest
I am. You are.
- jeff hammond
Choo choo Charlie was an engineer.
- John E. Bredehoft
Love is a battlefield.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
You blink and two years go by. Sneeze, and decades go poof. Then it's close your eyes for that final slumber.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
When you go to Disneyland, you're not the goofy one.
- John E. Bredehoft
The apple does not fall far from the tree.
- Liza + = ?
I was going to add "the sun always shines on TV," but I already did. Oh, what the heck, I'll do it again.
- John E. Bredehoft
All through Amsterdam straight to Italy you can feel the beat of a European thing. Always Europop. https://plus.google.com/#108631...
- John E. Bredehoft
I am the winner! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Man, I'm so going to win this game now.
- Mark Trapp
from Bookmarklet
Wait, it says I won - "Found it - You" :)
- JCunwired
Note to FriendFeed: you definitely didn't make it easy to find the winning combination.
- Mark Trapp
Dammit, just found it in the JS..beaten by Mark Trapp !
- Mo Kargas
Screenshots don't do it justice: it actually pulses different colors. Just in case you didn't like the gray enough.
- Mark Trapp
For those still looking, Paul gave away the most important clue. The screenshot does, too.
- Mark Trapp
so what is it Mark? share, share
- Tweet Feeds
It looks like people are solving it, so hopefully I'm not spoiling it: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Tab, Return. It's a variation of the Konami code (which nets you 30 lives in Contra) adapted for the keyboard. Figured out the first part from Paul's clue, but it took going through the minified Javascript to figure out a) that they didn't use the original Konami code like Google does and b) what they used for keyboard equivalents for "select" and "start."
- Mark Trapp
AWESOME! but didn't the code net you 99 lives?
- Keith - @tsudo
In Contra it was 30; not sure what it was in other Konami games.
- Mark Trapp
Nice !
- Ahsan Ali
Geek!! :)
- Susan Beebe
hahah man that's intense. i guess they know their audience :)
- Frankie Warren
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja: U U D D L-Button R-Button L-Button R-Button Start. 30 lives. I'll never forget that ;p (there also was that B A B A variation too..) GG Mark.
- Zu from AOD
Tsega: likely a jQuery pulse plug-in. Something like: http://enhance.qd-creative.co.uk/demos...
- Mark Trapp
That's weird, the page is suddenly laggy, interesting. /me gone with its 30 lives.
- Zu from AOD
Nice plug-in btw. This is trippy.
- Zu from AOD
That's so awesome!
- Mohamed J
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- Outsanity
Ahhh.. Too bad it don't stay
- Outsanity
coool - it's easter already!
- Gaby K. Slezák
Cool.
- Kol Tregaskes
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude
- Johnny
super cool!
- vijay
Doesn't seem to work in Chrome, but I'm seeing it in Firefox.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
:)
- edythe
Worked for me in Chrome, but I'm using one of the older builds.
- Jandy
You have no idea how much this improves the Beta.
- Shey
Groovy.
- MLx
Works in Chrome :)
- Roberto Bonini
:)
- edythe
Back from retirement to post one thing: Spoilers don't spoil anything - http://arstechnica.com/science...
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a.k.a "You're welcome, FriendFeed." New research shows that it's more pleasurable to be spoiled than to go into a story with no knowledge of the plot elements to come.
- Mark Trapp
from Bookmarklet
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- The Real sofarsoShawn
Welcome back, Mark! I think the deep flaw in this study's approach is in the selection of short stories instead of novels, TV shows and movies, and their emphasis on literary short stories. People may not care as much about the story being spoiled if it's short and well written. But if you're reading mass-market material such as Harry Potter, a spoiler can have a much bigger impact....
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- Stephen Mack
Anyone who can read that book in 4 hours isn't bothering to get all the words.
- Kevin Fox
Stephen, I don't think the concentration on short stories invalidates the results. The long-running plot twist that nobody's allowed to know about is a relatively modern invention: take, for example, Shakespeare, who routinely opened his 5-act plays with a chorus that completely spoiled the endings. That practice went all the way back to the Greeks with things like Sophocles's Oedipus...
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- Mark Trapp
OK, so plot twists are relatively new. What does that prove? Further, the enjoyment or hatred of spoilers when consuming content is a personal preference, like whether you like oranges or not. If I tell you I hate spoilers, you can't use this bogus study (which Ars didn't bother to link to so I can review their methodology) to invalidate that. "Stephen, you actually LOVE the taste of peanuts! I can prove it with this random study of 12 people eating random food items."
- Stephen Mack
I disagree with them on principle, and in method. The group with the 'spoiler' embedded in the text as if the author had written it weren't spoiled at all -- as far as they were concerned, it is as written. Even if it is a story that doesn't have a 'twist' or wholly unforeseen event, I like stories to unfold in the order the author (filmmaker, etc.) intended.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I can't stand spoilers. I avoid watching a significant number of commercials and often avoid trailers for movies I'm very interested in. Like Harry Potter. Plus, if you paid any attention to anything, you expected Dumbledore to die, it was all a matter of when. If I knew the page number the first time I read the book, I would have been quiet pissed off around page 590. No, I don't want to know the plot aside from the vague ideas I form on my own.
- <3Heather<3
Stephen, I point that out to demonstrate that historically, the enjoyment of a work of fiction wasn't derived from the plot twist, a premise supported by the research here. While you may say that the enjoyment of a work for you is dependent on not being spoiled, it's anecdotal evidence, and doesn't invalidate anything. The larger, implied point is that it's silly to get annoyed at...
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- Mark Trapp
No, it is like getting annoyed with someone who dumps strawberries in your icecream because they enjoy strawberry icecream and don't care whether or not you do.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Well said, Jennifer.
- Stephen Mack
Mark, historical enjoyment of fiction is completely irrelevant to how I and other people enjoy it now. A description I provide of my personal preference is NOT anecdotal: In fact, there is only one source for whether or not I enjoy something (such as the taste of strawberries): Me. So when I provide you my preference, I am giving you 100% of the available data for my preference.
- Stephen Mack
Jennifer, it really isn't. If I called you up, knowing you hate spoilers, and before you could say anything told you "Hey, Titanic sinks at the end of Titanic", that would be analogous. Someone talking about a spoiler in a public forum, whether it's a blog post, a news article, or a FriendFeed post, and getting upset someone is spoiling it within earshot is entirely a different matter....
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- Mark Trapp
Stephen, there's no link to the study because it hasn't been published yet. It'll be in a forthcoming issue of Psychology Today.
- Mark Trapp
Like most things, it's just plain fucking common courtesy to not be a gigantic dick about knowing something others don't. Just cause YOU know doesn't mean everyone has to know or want to know. Your inability or unwillingness to take other's thoughts into consideration is a telling point. You CAN walk out of the cinema and proclaim loudly that you know the ending, but your ass may get beat for hipster doucheness
- Johnny
Yes, Heather et al, have explained quite accurately my above comment. Now I've already read Book 6, but for someone to spiler a good book & really the series for those who haven't even got into it and why? Because it would save 4 hours & $30, hahahhaha, no. That's being a complete inconsiderate jerk, putting it mildy; not funny at all, whatsoever.
- The Real sofarsoShawn
Oh, and I have seen people flat out punched in the head for revealing sport scores (before they aired on delay) at my local pub
- Johnny
Johnny, I'm not sure if you're trying to be intimidating, but dictating—or worse, threatening people with physical violence—what people are allowed to talk about because someone might not like the topic of conversation is pretty close to the epitome of douchebaggery, if you ask me. I don't like it when people talk about politics: I don't consider people douche bags and punch them for talking about politics when I'm in earshot. I ignore them and go about my day.
- Mark Trapp
I look forward to reviewing the study when it's published, but I maintain that by focusing on literary short stories, its results are inapplicable to spoilers in general.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Mark, I live in Australia. We are constantly weeks or months or years behind on TV shows etc. I live in an existence where I stand no chance of seeing a popular show and experiencing without influence. I'm ok with that and I begrudge no-one for talking about their experiences in the US. I have no expectation that someone should just hold back for that amount of time until I see it......
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- Johnny
... or I find some friends who have seen it and discuss it in private until the majority of my friends have. Common courtesy.
- Johnny
Johnny, there's a huge difference between talking about a spoiler in potentially mixed company and going out of your way to spoil something to someone you know doesn't want to be spoiled. I don't think anyone can make the argument that spoiling things to people who have made it clear they don't want to be spoiled is anything less than being an ass. But the culture of nobody's allowed to...
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- Mark Trapp
I guess I'd reiterate that, from what's been presented in the couple of articles on this today (since the original is yet to be published), I disagree with how they've classified spoiler for one portion of their test, which means I am highly suspect of their math. In the same way that you can't argue an episode of Columbo is spoiled by seeing who the murderer is in advance, slipping the information into the text makes it part of the experience.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Maybe it's just me, but the graph makes it seem like it's only just slightly more 'enjoyable'... and that's the point. If it was 70%-30% then yes, but for the most part, it's only slight.
- Johnny
I think they're trying to put to rest the "spoilers ruin it for everyone" line of thought, which while I'm not a spoiler person, I can totally understand. Some people dig it, and that's cool for them.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Jennifer, I think that's the best takeaway from this article.
- Mark Trapp
I just think that there's a reason for internet forums to have spoiler hiding ability. I doubt it's because of one or two people. It's common curtsey to hide spoilers. Chris has a habit of wanting to know what happens next. If I know he asks me otherwise he looks it up. But who's the minority? And, does it matter if the non-spoiler people are the minority? Maybe people should still be courteous and remember that not everyone wants to read about the ending.
- <3Heather<3
Is the location where you currently live more influenced by where you work, or is your work location more influenced by where you already lived? Or neither or both?
Kol Tregaskes, Suresh S, Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart and Stephen Mack liked this
work location influenced by where I live. I'm willing to switch jobs, but I'm not willing to move out of the bay area.
- Georgia
Same. I wanted to avoid working in the Bay Area and stick to the coast.
- Rodfather
I only came here for the work.
- Brian Johns
Funny, I'd actually meant on a more macroscopic level, like did you let commuting distance influence your last move or new job, but these answers are great too!
- Kevin Fox
Ah - I see. We looked for a house close to our works because we hate commuting.
- Brian Johns
I only took this job cause it was close to home. It's not bad though.
- SAM
We are only here because of work. We are moving now because we don't have jobs.
- Michelle M
I've worked at my current job for 12.5 years, and lived at my current home for nearly 10 years. I think you could probably safely say I'm influenced by inertia.
- Stephen Mack
Neither. I live in Beverly, MA because of an awesome school, but still work in Boston, where I worked before moving to Beverly.
- Bruce Lewis
I'm unemployed and technically homeless at the moment, but in general, I hate long commutes so I would prefer to take a job close to home. Like Georgia, I'd prefer to change jobs if necessary but probably wouldn't move to another place just for a job.
- Rochelle
When the job I worked at got rid of a physical office, one of the first things I did was figure out where in the country I wanted to work from. So I guess in the end, where I currently live is influenced where I work, which is wherever I live.
- Mark Trapp
Both, It's the area I wanted to live and work.\
- Dario Gomez
Where I live is influenced mostly by where the fathers of my children live.
- Que Sarah Sarah
The location of my house in relation to freeways was a big influence. It makes field work easier.
- Anika
Losing my home influenced where I currently live. But before that where I lived was influenced by wanting to live in the East Bay...I would try to find jobs to match the location.
- Spidra Webster
Live where I work. But, we really like living in the Denver burbs. It would have to be an awesome opportunity for us to move. Moved here from outside of Wash. DC in NoVA about 13.5 years ago, and haven't missed it much. Do miss the Smithsonian museums, though. That is about it.
- The Ghost of Library Past
I've lived in the same house for 42 years. I chose a job that was 4 miles away, but then my office got moved 12 miles away. I wouldn't commute much more than that.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I am actually considering this right now. My contract ends in two months so I am activly looking now. I am in a position I could move to where the job is,if I can afford the area.
- NotdaBOTTurlokin4
Our previous jobs directly influenced where we purchased a house--my wife *hated* the commute from the previous house. (That's not where we live now, but then we don't have full-time jobs...)
- Walt Crawford
Neither but a little bit of one. I've always worked in downtown Chicago and public transportation is great so it doesn't matter where I live. I wouldn't move any further away though and keep my commute to under an hour.
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I work in this area, because I live in this area. I live in this area, because I went to school in this area. I have no desire to uproot myself.
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Neither. I moved here to be closer to my aging parents, yet still close to my young adult kids.
- Mark J Severely Corny
from Android
I live where I live because it's so beautiful, even though the cost of living is outrageous. I consider it extreme good fortune that I was able to find a decent job here, hence, I have stayed in the same job for ten years. If our project loses funding next year, I will move to anywhere I need to in order to support my family
- Laura Norvig
Where I currently live is dictated by my wife's job. I would move home to Kentucky tomorrow if not for that.
- Alan
Neither. I live here cos I grew up here, my mom's here. When I was working I never had to look too far for good employers, although when Oakland Army base closed I seriously considered following my subcontracted job to Bremerton WA
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
It's where I live. I currently have quite a commute but moving is not really an option now.
- Eric
Huh. I just got ding-dong-ditched by FedEx. No package, no note. Just a truck rolling off in the distance.
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haha
- Georgia
Check for a bag of flaming poo.
- Mark Trapp
Times like this it would nice to have video evidence.
- Brian Johns
I bet the website will say you weren't home. That happened to us a couple time so we called it in. We didn't see that driver anymore on our route.
- caj needs a haircut
Sparky, funy you should mention that! We just installed a color video intercom doorbell and I was wondering how hard it would be to save a few seconds of the video stream whenever someone pressed the doorbell.
- Kevin Fox
Cocoa Dev Central: Learn Objective-C - http://cocoadevcentral.com/d...
Barebones tutorial on Objective-C
- Mark Trapp
34. The most annoying Americanism is “a million and a half” when it is clearly one and a half million! A million and a half is 1,000,000.5 where one and a half million is 1,500,000. - http://mrshl.net/post...
Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™ liked this
And they say math is objective!
- Meg VMeg
If we're getting all pedantic up in here, by that same logic, wouldn't one and a half million mean 500,001?
- Mark Trapp
Yep, that's because knowledge is socially constructed.
- Meg VMeg
Aha, that'll teach me to click into Tumblr posts to read the commentary before commenting.
- Mark Trapp
LOL I didn't bother to click through either, but I agreed with you.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
hahahahaha, oh Marshall-in-absentia
- Meg VMeg
Google+ - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Micah liked this
echo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
- Meg VMeg
Is there anybody out there?
- Mark Trapp
So funny that I didn't end up going to picasa.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Is there a URL on Facebook you can use to view all of your "likes", ala Friendfeed?
msohag, Chuck Kahn, Scoble, Alex Scoble and Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™ liked this
Or a way to import it into Friendfeed?
- Chuck Kahn
No URL, but the Graph API has this: http://developers.facebook.com/docs...
- Mark Trapp
Why do they (fb) have to give their acquisition (ff) the "silo" treatment with regards to likes?
- Chuck Kahn
ATTENTION EVERYONE. THE YEAR IS NOW HALF-OVER. CARRY ON.
Iván Abrego, Kevin Johnson, Lnorigb and 12 other people liked this
*buries head in sand*
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
k
- Mike Nencetti
Prove it.
- Mark Trapp
Actually not. The first six months of the year have fewer total days than the last six months (181 compared to 184). So the halfway point is actually...July 4, oddly enough.
- Walt Crawford
"2011 will be closing in 184 days. Please bring your final purchases up the front shortly."
- Brian Johns
That's right: halfway through July 2 it is, not July 4. (And on a leapyear, it would be the start of July 2...)
- Walt Crawford
Today I'm launching Kevin+. (I'm invite only right now.)
Berci Mesko, MD, Ken: Digital Nomad, Kol Tregaskes and 20 other people liked this
@Steve, well played. Well played indeed.
- Nathan Snyder
+K (no wait, that's Klout)
- Louis Gray
Everyone needs their daily vitamin K.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
I bet I won't be able to use my Google Apps accounts with you, either. :(
- Mark Trapp
Want to buy a Kevin+ invite.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
You've gained weight?
- JCunwired
Just wait until Rachel finds out.
- Bruce Lewis
Probably the most surreal commercial pitch I've ever seen. Couldn't stop watching. Kentucky Fried Chicken: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Red Label, chaz2b, Stephen Mack and 3 other people liked this
Is that Peter Weller?
- Vicarbott
1984: The Missing Chapter.
- Mark Trapp
Oh, you use an Android tablet? That’s cool. The Holy Father has chosen iPad: http://www.news.va/en
In other news, the Vatican wants me to update Silverlight. being an atheist has never felt so right.
- Kevin Fox
Psh, that's just for Vatican radio. Nobody listens to radio: even God can't change that.
- Mark Trapp
Hm, interestingly, God's will is done by HTML5 too: the site uses HTML5 elements and loads a shim for IE < 9. Man, Flash really is going to hell.
- Mark Trapp
First World Problems: The rap http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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C2.E0 and Rachel Lea Fox liked this
Cute!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Hmmm... MC Frontalot detects frontin': http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Mark Trapp
suburbs
- C2.E0
ahh one dollar, painful
- C2.E0
I cringed at the dollar, nodded at almost everything else.
- Kevin Fox
In the elevator to the psychiatrist's office... - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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John (bird whisperer), Yolanda, Mark Trapp and 5 other people liked this
LOL I feel so much better now :D
- comix aka martha
i know. it's like, "we know that a lot of people on this elevator are probably going to see the psychiatrist and we know that many of them are potentially a little on the anxious side, maybe even struggling with riding elevators at all, so, you know... we'll try to be a little reassuring." :)
- edythe
I think I'd be more concerned with there being "little danger" instead of "no danger". We're all gonna die!
- Mark Trapp
mark, i know, exactly! heh. i mean, if you're even just a *little* worried that you might suffocate in a stopped elevator, the difference between "little" and "no" must be ENORMOUS.
- edythe
another funny thing is that the building is only two storeys. :P
- edythe
That ought to get the claustrophobics ready for their session.
- Jack&Cleo
Jailbroken http://yfrog.com/h3q4drwj
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Hmm, I guess they're right, it's bloated.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Android had this 6 months ago.
- Mark Trapp
If you have children, you should get mantises.
Kamilah Reed (K. Gill), Sir Shuping is just sir and Marianne liked this
They are so neat.
- Meg VMeg
the children or mantises are neat?
- Sir Shuping is just sir
My childhood equivalent was catching tadpoles from the stream every spring. (We put them back once they started hopping.)
- Marianne
milkweed caterpillars, which turn into monarch butterflies.
- DJF
I CAN BUY THEM?
- Blake
@DJF - and are highly poisonous, right?
- Mr. Gunn
Mr Gunn - in canada we don't eat them. ; )
- jambina
monarch butterflies are very poisonous, because of a toxin in the milkweed plants that they eat. But the caterpillars are less toxic and taste quite good.
- DJF
ignore that last part.
- DJF
You should get mantises even if you don't have children. Mantises are Awesome.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
I keep reading this as mantsies.
- Zamms
Blake, you can buy both children AND mantises. Well, nascent mantises.
- Meg VMeg
Do mantises also devour the heads of children?
- Mark Trapp
I keep reading as manties and manaties. Neither of which are probably suitable for children.
- WoH: Minding her Botts
Mark, not if you're lucky.
- Meg VMeg
i accidentally pulled the leg off a grasshopper when I was a kid and it scarred me terribly 'cos the leg kept moving (due to science).
- John Fink
Science thinks it's funny.
- Meg VMeg
I really enjoyed our pet manatee while growing up.
- I like big Botts
from iPhone
Now I feel I missed out, Glen, growing up poor and in England we never had a manatee.
- WoH: Minding her Botts
Presented without comment: http://twitpic.com/5d0aya
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Well.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Well, now you know what the White House, CBS News, and Lil Wayne have in common.
- Mark Trapp
So the new unlocked iPhone only does 3G on AT&T and costs more than getting a subsidized phone and breaking your contract. What's the pitch?
Stephen Mack and Mark Trapp liked this
FREEEEEDOM!
- Mark Trapp
I wonder who invented the underwater tea party.
Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™ liked this
Someone awesome, that's who.
- Mark Trapp
Final Fantasy XIII-2 preview: Paradigm shift - http://www.joystiq.com/2011...
Lix liked this
Stop fucking making extensions.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I'm sorry, I'll stop.
- Mark Trapp
LOL, I meant Square Enix. I didn't like X-2. Why not just make XV, or a remake of VII?
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Final Fantasy X-2 had a cheesy plot, but many of the gameplay concepts were solid, and were later incorporated into FFXII and XIII. Also, dress spheres were awesome, and anyone who says otherwise is a communist. There hadn't been a good job-based Final Fantasy in the main line since V. There's so much pressure, due to the amount of time it takes to develop an entirely new setting for...
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- Mark Trapp
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