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VC For Government Won’t Solve the Real Problem
I do not understand the jubilation over the establishment of an investment fund to help startups work with the government. Tim O’Reilly is very excited: I’m also thinking of past and present Code for America partners at the city level. … Continue reading
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Technology is Not A Substitute For Politics
LiveJournal is censoring Russian critics of Putin, apparently at Russia’s request: The company, LiveJournal, shows an error message to users inside Russia who try to read a blog maintained by prominent activist and politician Alexei Navalny, a vocal critic of … Continue reading
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Dear Techie: To Your Company, You Are Just Another “Resource”
The technology wage theft scandal has been expanded to visual effects studios: A new class action lawsuit on behalf of VFX workers just been filed in the Northern California District Court against the biggest names in the industry, including Walt … Continue reading
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We Get the Science We Deseve
Gov. Sarah Palin denounced wasteful expenditure on fruit-fly research, adding for good xenophobic and anti-elitist measure that some of this research took place “in Paris, France” and winding up with a folksy “I kid you not.” It was in 1933 … Continue reading
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Why do You Rob Clouds? Because That’s Where the Money Is!
There has been, apparently, a theft of nude pictures of celebrities and pictures claimed to be of celebrities (some celebrities have denied the shots are of them, some have said that the shots are of them). Hundreds of such photos … Continue reading
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This is the Future, Dammit, Where Are My Infinite Batteries?
Okay, so this is both interesting and disturbing: Germany, which has come to rely heavily on wind and solar power in recent years, is launching more than 20 demonstration projects that involve storing energy by splitting water into hydrogen gas … Continue reading
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Uncle Sam Should Not Need Aunt Bertha
This is an incredibly depressing story: In the United States, 95% of social safety nets are provided by charity organizations and NGOs, so finding help in a crisis situation can be confusing and distressing. Erine Gray is the founder of … Continue reading
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ATT Has Killed The Internet: Or Why Capitalism Isn’t Good for Progress
This is terrible: “Customers just look for the Sponsored Data icon and they know the data related to that particular application or video is provided as a part of their monthly service,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO … Continue reading
SnapChat, Design, Gray Hats and the Damage Done
As you have probably heard by now, SnapChat had a security breach that allowed unauthorized people to get a list of usernames and matching phone numbers. Not the worst breach in the world, but not good either. You can find … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apple, Architecture, Google, Grumpy, Policy, Programming
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Of Course Tech Incubators Should Seek Out Minorities
Amidst all of the Paul Graham fun from the last few days (Graham says he was misquoted and lied to about the purpose of the interview. Reading the full transcript, I don’t think the substance of his comments changes) an … Continue reading
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