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Re: The quiet war in tech - http://threads2.scripting.com/2013...
"The thing that politicians and journalists never get about tech is that, first, tech nowadays pretty much means software and, second, with software, the rules/authority/power (whatever you want to call it) are embedded in the code. So the tech will end up doing whatever the programmers tell it to do, NOT the company executives, the lawmakers, the customer, or whoever ordered that technology. Since the code is pretty much invisible, these folks can insist that it does one thing and not another, but how could they even know?" - Gordon Vaughan
RT @hnycombinator: 3 NSA veterans back up Snowden's claims of a leviathan surveillance state http://www.usatoday.com/story...
Re: Yahoo buying Tumblr - http://threads2.scripting.com/2013...
"Programmers still don't seem to feel much responsibility for their their profession as a whole (quality standards, data protection, etc.), or have much concern for each other or the next generation. Moore's Law has almost made things too easy, but it's hardly a healthy ecosystem when everything gets reinvented (and most of the people replaced) every decade or so. There needs to be some foundations laid and seeds planted, as you say." - Gordon Vaughan
Re: Outliners and word processors - http://threads2.scripting.com/2013...
"Always liked the term "idea processor", thought that really clarified the distinction. In fact, I remember being annoyed at the direction More took over time, as it seemed to increasingly emphasize presentations vs. outlines and tree charts. As a marketing strategy, that was probably brilliant, as More was one of the first in the presentation category, but I guess "editing structure" was what always most interested me." - Gordon Vaughan
Re: A semi-luddite view of Google glasses - http://threads2.scripting.com/2013...
"Compared to Palm or Blackberry, it seems like the PDA function has become a poor stepchild in the media-oriented smartphone world. But I did use to converse on Twitter with a guy in Sri Lanka (IIRC) who managed several fairly complex blogs from his smartphone. I believe it was a Nokia. I don't quite get why Google Glass gets so much hype - there must be dozens of similar concepts out there. Is there anything that isn't pretty obvious about it? The real story would seem to be sensors in general. There's going to be oodles of them, everywhere before long. Wouldn't it be just as cool to have glasses that see behind you? And enhanced hearing, magnification, so on. And there's plenty of other kinds of sensors. For instance, it's amazing to me that the accelerometers on phones haven't gotten more attention yet." - Gordon Vaughan
With iCloud, Apple Risks Repeating Many of Their Mac Mistakes - http://allthings.blogsome.com/2013...
RT @hnycombinator: BitPay Integrates Bitcoin with Fulfillment by Amazon http://www.marketwatch.com/story...
Clint was a great swim & scuba instructor - MT @CaltechBeavers Clinton Dodd Retiring from #Caltech after 34 Years http://gocaltech.com/sports...
RT @hnycombinator: Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift minimum wage http://www.latimes.com/busines...
.@MarcKBoucher A bit shocked... had no idea Toronto has that many people!! So now more than Chicago - any other Canadian cities near as big?
RT @hnycombinator: How I came to love Windows again http://betanews.com/2013...
RT @TUAW: Almond+ Router/Smart Home Hub Kickstarter blasts by goal http://www.tuaw.com/2013... [post]
RT @crampell: amusing explanation of the exasperating security (re-)clearance process for govt employees http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinion...
.@ericgarland Don't always agree w/Ron or Rand Paul, but we need more folks like them in Congress, who'll ask the hard questions.
RT @NYTNational: Senators press the attorney general on the use of military force on U.S. soil http://www.nytimes.com/2013...
RT @slashdot: Microsoft Restores Transfer Rights To Office 2013 http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott achieves a slight budget surplus, does a 180 on Medicare, blows off Tea Party http://www.nytimes.com/2013...
RT @AeroTweets Wow! MT @cosmos4u Comet PANSTARRS today, from an airplane with 1/5 second exposure: http://www.stargaze.co.jp/news...
RT @NASA_Landsat: #Landsat education resources available via NASA Wavelength: http://nasawavelength.org/resourc...
RT @Flightglobal: Latest: HELI-EXPO: Modernized 1950s-era Bell Model 47 helicopter to return to production http://www.flightglobal.com/news...
RT @hnycombinator: Now I get it, the Consumer guys at Microsoft are just plain wrong http://hal2020.com/2013...
RT @nytimesbusiness: Economic Scene: The Payoff in Retiring a Few Years Later http://www.nytimes.com/2013...
RT @NationalDefense: Pentagon weapons programs not immediately in danger, but cancellations could happen if sequestration stays in place http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog...
RT @hnycombinator: Eric Holder: Drone strikes against Americans on U.S. soil are legal http://washingtonexaminer.com/eric-ho...
RT @quartznews: Looser Venezuelan policies could bring a new surge of oil supply http://qz.com/59800...
RT @io9: Carrie Fisher confirms she's returning to Star Wars http://io9.com/5988790...
Results-Only was pretty bold & ambitious... RT @hnycombinator Best Buy terminates ROWE program http://money.cnn.com/2013...
RT @LeeCuriosity: Coronal Mass Ejection headed towards Mars. #Curiosity to hunker down and sleep safely through event rather than plan activities tosol.
RT @nytimesbusiness: ArtsBeat: Jon Stewart to Direct Serious Film, Will Take Hiatus From ‘Daily Show’ http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013...
RT @neiltyson: As best as I can tell, the only people who are fully metric-fluent in America are scientists and drug traffickers.
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