Conversations
Recent online conversations I've been involved with.
| Jan 05 09:17 | EXCLUSIVE: Ken Pritchett Reports On New Video Obtained In BART Officer-Involved Shooting |
| Also disturbing is the number of comments on the SFGate article that basically say that the man deserved to die because he had been in trouble with the law before, or because his economic contribution to society was not great, or because... read | |
| Jan 05 07:47 | Apple TV Under Pressure: $99 Netflix Box To Get Amazon Streaming (AAPL, AMZN) |
| It makes more sense to me for apple to start selling AppleTV apps in the App Store. Imagine the MLB App - which could show streaming video but also have all sorts of core animation based stats views, and interactive analysis etc. (not t... read | |
| Jan 04 08:44 | Other than disconnected operation, what are some ways you have benefited from using git instead o... |
| Speed, and hunk by hunk checkins. read | |
| Jan 04 09:01 | Other than disconnected operation, what are some ways you have benefited from using git instead o... |
| I also sometimes clone a repo locally for experimentation rather than branching. read | |
| Jan 05 01:11 | Other than disconnected operation, what are some ways you have benefited from using git instead o... |
| I use the command line for most for most git functions, but gitx is good for the hunk-by-hunk commits. read | |
| Jan 05 07:09 | Other than disconnected operation, what are some ways you have benefited from using git instead o... |
| of course the most important benefit is that it makes us feel cool: http://www.unethicalblogger.com/posts/2009/01/im_using_git_because_it_makes_me_feel_cool read | |
| Jan 05 06:17 | Reading Your Mind Video - CBSNews.com |
| an excellent way to hasten the destruction of our civilization - build machines to compel people to engage in economic activity based on a meaningless feedback loop of what stimulates the brain rather than careful deliberation about the ... read | |
| Jan 05 07:00 | Reading Your Mind Video - CBSNews.com |
| well certainly advertising driven TV bears a strong similarity read | |
| Jan 05 02:53 | Miracle fruit |
| what are those? Tablets so you don't need to eat fruit? read | |
| Jan 05 01:31 | Re: Overnight success takes a long time |
| "Nice. Most observers forget that it took google search years to get to a world dominating position, and when I used to hear comments saying "Gmail only has 1% of the market etc. etc.", I presumed that the googlers involved must surely h... read | |
| Jan 04 06:56 | Our unconscious brain makes the best decisions possible (12/27/2008) |
| no reason for it not to be the brain, as far as I can see - if it isn't the brain, then aren't you introducing another kind of duality? read | |
| Jan 04 04:51 | Want to Know the Future? Here it is ?. |
| "I seem to recall buddha having an even broader definition than that?" read | |
| Jan 03 09:00 | @wisequark I've considered investing time in implementing anti-piracy measures, but I'm not sure ... |
| wow are you guys saying that there's a serious amount of iPhone piracy going on? read | |
| Jan 03 11:43 | @wisequark I've considered investing time in implementing anti-piracy measures, but I'm not sure ... |
| damn - not sure what to think of that - I'm not a fan of DRM, but I am very much a fan of ways for independent software makers to make money. read | |
| Jan 03 11:37 | Step away from the Robot. |
| 'robot's are everywhere these days, I've even seen them in Xmas cards. read | |
| Jan 03 08:51 | Re: Want to Know the Future? Here it is ?. |
| "I seem to recall buddha having an even broader definition than that..." read | |
| Jan 01 10:08 | Peeps AppStore Fail: "The item you've requested is not currently available in the US store." |
| wtf! - have they taken it down because of 'controversy' over the API again? read | |
| Jan 01 08:53 | I guess the mainland is all 2009 by now, what's next year like so far? |
| Nice jetpack, jon. read | |
| Dec 31 11:05 | Ethics fail: "... we will guarantee that if our reviewers don't like your app we will refund your... |
| Which part - the refund if they aren't going to write a favorable review, or the fact that one is paying them to do it in the first place? read | |
| Dec 31 11:10 | Ethics fail: "... we will guarantee that if our reviewers don't like your app we will refund your... |
| really? I'd have thought that paying for a review of your own product automatically distorts the process. Generally, people try to align their interests with those who are paying them. read | |
| Dec 31 11:16 | Ethics fail: "... we will guarantee that if our reviewers don't like your app we will refund your... |
| - I guess my point is that paid coverage is just advertising, period. Whatever else they call it is already a deception and so is not part of the moral equation - i.e. they're not actually reviews. What's the difference between paying ... read | |
| Dec 31 11:20 | Ethics fail: "... we will guarantee that if our reviewers don't like your app we will refund your... |
| agreed (as is so often the case we're arguing from the same side) - I think these people are not doing reviews. They are doing advertising but deceiving people into thinking that they are reviews. read | |
| Dec 31 11:06 | I want the hour I just lost to Ant + Java classpath bullshit back. |
| I think you did learn a foreign language. Just one that nobody likes speaking. read | |
| Dec 31 07:17 | Does anyone use or know of a hand grinder that they would recommend? For some reason I have the ... |
| That looks perfect. Thanks! read | |
| Dec 31 12:57 | I want a browser plug-in that 1) generates a one-time credit card # and 2) handles checkout on si... |
| Paypal itself has a virtual debit card in beta with will let you use paypal with sites that don't support it using a one-time number. read | |
| Dec 30 09:37 | is abandoning git-svn at work. I'll probably keep using it at home though... |
| I warned you about that git-svn flakiness. That aspect of it is totally oversold - and really didn't seem to work very well. read | |
| Dec 30 11:10 | is abandoning git-svn at work. I'll probably keep using it at home though... |
| yeah - well that dance you describe is part of what you pay for using it with svn. One doesn't have to do so much when just using git repos. Admittedly if you want an SVN like workflow, it's still 3 steps - add, commit, and push. Woul... read | |
| Dec 30 07:19 | Amazon.com: The 99 Most Essential Beethoven Masterpieces: MP3 Downloads: Various Artists |
| This will go nicely with the 'Complete Works of Shakespeare' I got from wal-mart with the "Only 1.99" sticker on the cover. read | |
| Dec 29 09:17 | "Scala will enjoy about the same amount of adoption as AspectJ." - Bob Lee. |
| Seems to be pretty groundless to me - AspectJ adds complexity to java to overcome some of its shortcomings. In my experience, Scala reduces the complexity of program needed to address a given problem. They are in no way analogous to on... read | |
| Dec 30 05:36 | "Scala will enjoy about the same amount of adoption as AspectJ." - Bob Lee. |
| Well I guess my point is that aspect-J had a naturally limiting qualities affecting it's adoption rate, whereas I see scala as having the opposite qualities. Although they do world class engineering, Google is quite a conservative compa... read | |
| Dec 30 04:33 | Craigslist ad: "If you are a talented, independent contractor or self employed individual in any ... |
| interesting - that's not you read | |
| Dec 30 04:33 | Craigslist ad: "If you are a talented, independent contractor or self employed individual in any ... |
| (I mean who made the posting) read | |
| Dec 30 04:37 | Craigslist ad: "If you are a talented, independent contractor or self employed individual in any ... |
| if you follow up, I'd love to hear what you discover read | |
| Dec 29 05:52 | Denote is now available on the AppStore for the iPhone and iPod Touch. |
| worth a look if you ever send yourself notes by email read | |
| Dec 28 07:16 | What happened to Gregory Lent? All of his comments have been deleted, so was his account. Was he ... |
| He is making a statement to us about the impermanence of all things. read | |
| Dec 28 06:49 | @shellen China isn't gunning for US. US shot itself and the rest of the world. |
| How is this "blame the US" meme remotely realistic? Other countries rushed to emulate the US and were envious of it's 'success'. There is an old saying - who is the greater fool, the fool, or he that follows the fool? read | |
| Dec 28 04:07 | Reading up on the OpenSocial and Facebook APIs. I even logged into Facebook again. |
| What do you think? read | |
| Dec 26 08:05 | latest TSA absurdity: "sir, you need to go back through without your hand in your pocket." yet th... |
| @Anthony - not disagreeing, but interested to know why specifically you think 'we're all to blame'? read | |
| Dec 26 03:48 | Obama the Weasel (Ted Rall) |
| Independently of the commentary about Obama - what do those suggesting that the American people are gulllible suggest they should have done instead? read | |
| Dec 24 08:15 | Up, Up and Go Away - NYTimes.com |
| @gregory - what countries would you say do not suffer from this character problem? read | |
| Dec 24 08:30 | Up, Up and Go Away - NYTimes.com |
| I like your use of the word 'suffers'. I've been thinking of it as an impersonal infection. http://tinyurl.com/7oeno4 read | |
| Dec 24 08:41 | Up, Up and Go Away - NYTimes.com |
| that link is to an essay about credit default swaps - but I am seeing that as more of a metaphor for the trading of 'trust' - I haven't found a better way to express it which is why I haven't published that piece more widely. read | |
| Dec 24 08:05 | Best Research Award for "Best and Worst of Soical Network Marketing" Q3 2008 on Flickr - Photo Sh... |
| don't trip over near your desk! read | |
| Dec 24 06:30 | Re: iPhone fart app pulls in nearly $10,000 a day |
| "Wow! I'm stunned. That has to be the most amazing iPhone related blog comment I've ever read." read |