marcusbooster

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by marcusbooster 15y ago
The problem with the news feed is it assumes I want the same level of engagement with every project I follow. On my own repos, then yes, show me every comment and commit. But usually if I'm following a framework, I just want to know when so
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
You could chalk it up to stress testing that pointed out a flaw. And to GitHub's credit they provided a quick fix and a professional response, kudos to them. Peace has been restored in the Valley, and the trolls are left to twiddle their AS
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
Mafia thugs in Italy have been doing this for years.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
I was referring more to the latent sexual confusion.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
I think his sentiment resonates with the numerous outsiders who are amazed that this kind of drama always seems to bubble up from the Ruby community.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
And less likely you'll actually find it.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
I'm only going from the article, which is evidently flawed (TechCrunched!), but it could effectively add a tax on social networking sites operating in the state. States compete for companies all the time and this could provide an opening fo
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
It doesn't. And it would.
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Adam Curtis documentary trailer: "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace"(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by marcusbooster 15y ago|0 comments
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
How many unicorn dollars can I pay you to keep these posts off the front page?
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The Record Industry is "Pissed" About Google Music(businessinsider.com)
3 points by marcusbooster 15y ago|0 comments
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
For what it's worth, LifeHacker liked it: http://lifehacker.com/5800500/first-look-at-google-music-our...
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
This sounds more like an argument for open source. Ignoring efficiency issues, I'd much rather view a JavaScript framework on GitHub than in a View Source window.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
I don't mean to disparage all the good journalists out there, they certainly exist and I have massive respect for the ones that go to jail for their sources. But WikiLeaks has already built a reputation and technical infrastructure, importa
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
This is probably way for them to aggregate potential exclusive story ideas. I'd treat it like you were going to speak to a reporter anonymously, they may have your back, they may not.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
The biggest argument against immortality is that your chance of ending up in eternal pain goes way up. There are countless scenarios where you end up stuck in the bottom of the ocean, in a cave, maybe in jail, forever and ever.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
Also check out "The Little Schemer", it's great.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
The debate over hygienic-macros is not as straight-forward: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.lang.lisp/dcX15VC5BdM... Some* argue that hygienic-macros are an unnecessary burden because sometimes you need to capture variable names an
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
He makes a good point. Since Google recently went after the content farms that hurt their search results, it would be nice if they extended that to authors and legitimate content producers.
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Law enforcement have known about iPhone tracking since at least last year(news.cnet.com)
47 points by marcusbooster 15y ago|10 comments
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
It makes no sense to store it on the device for tracking purposes. It would make sense to store this information on a server, so why aren't they? Is it a mistake, or are there laws that preclude this? Maybe it's track now, figure out what
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
Going off-topic, but what the hell. I grew up memorizing stats on the backs of baseball cards and playing sports video games, so I agree that knowing the numbers is as much a part of my understanding of the game as the actual rules. What I
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
Only because of the horrid sports journalism in the US that reads like a police blotter. I follow some Euro-soccer and was amazed at the difference in quality and breadth of the writing.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
Here's the full segment from 60 Minutes: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363070n
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
It's back up, with comments disabled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWYqsaJk_U8 And it's a very well made video.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
If "poker" doesn't have broad enough support—enjoyed by millions in the US across the political spectrum, large television presence—I don't know what does. Wikileaks does not continue to operate because the US backed off, it continues to op
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
Someone who "became visibly upset and arrogantly pointed his finger in the agent's face when asked why he did not have an airline ticket for a return flight." is different than someone who expresses discontent in a non-threatening manner.
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
This is a commercialized version of a technique used by the "guerrilla gardeners" movement that has taken root in many blighted cities. The idea is that there are many vacant, ugly, fenced-off, lots that the owners/flippers have no plans
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
I don't disagree that the points being made are over the top—at least at this time—but it seems like the Ruby conferences have brought this increased scrutiny upon themselves. And you're probably right, my limited impression of the Ruby com
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by marcusbooster 15y ago
Pressure the sponsors. They include such HN favorites as GitHub, MailChimp, Twilio, Balsamiq, and others.

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