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1010011010··on Monarch: Google’s Planet-Scale In-Memory Time Series Database [pdf]
Googlers still have to use the terrible python dsl (“mash”). Even worse: they have to use it wrapped in a different terrible python dsl (“gmon”). Sigh.
1010011010··on Keeping Time with Amazon Time Sync Service
windows and apple tend to keep terribly inconsistent time, though, and windows time goes nutso at leap smears.
1010011010··on Free Your Android
How does the 'freedom' of Android compare with iOS and Windows Phone?
1010011010··on Facebook Refused No-Poaching Agreement With Google
So Google refused to hire Apple employees, but presumably didn't refuse to hire Microsoft employees. What a bad move for their culture.
1010011010··on Microsoft defends its right to read your email
Well, it will solve the problem of supporting Microsoft, a known bad actor.
1010011010··on Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK
Plex Media Center.
1010011010··on Confessions of an ex-TSA agent
> Seems to me to be very lynch mob-ish.

Really? You are comparing calling your elected representatives to a lynch mob? wtf?

1010011010··on San Francisco's guerrilla protest at Google buses swells into revolt
Why people think California is awesome (other than the weather) is a mystery.
1010011010··on Why so much hate for PHP?
PHP is not well done. Even its creator agrees.
1010011010··on Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850
They stole a few domains from me years ago, as well. They simply transferred them to someone else, rather than me. What a bunch of jackasses.
1010011010··on Google argues lawsuit concerning UK privacy should be brought in California
[citation needed]
1010011010··on Google argues lawsuit concerning UK privacy should be brought in California
"Google providing the NSA direct access to servers" [Citation needed]

The NSA appears to have tapped 3rd party fiber links, and not Google directly. Google is now encrypting data across those links, moving all client access to use https, and advocating for http/2.0 (based on SPDY) to allow only encrypted connections.

1010011010··on The copyright industry should brace itself: the Kim Dotcom saga isn't over
Copyright should be rolled back to 4 years, no renewal, retroactively.
1010011010··on Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Firmware Update Improves Battery Life
No thanks. Microsoft is a giant, anti-competitive patent troll and will not be getting my dollars.
1010011010··on Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google
Microsoft and Apple are assholes.
1010011010··on Android for all and the new Nexus 5
Didn't the GN use an OMAP processor? TI doesn't make those anymore. Maybe there were problems getting drivers, etc because of that.
1010011010··on Is Microsoft The Right Technology For A Scalable Web-Based System?
No.
1010011010··on Android and Windows Phone collide in China as market explodes
Will Microsoft be giving away Windows Phone, or suing Android manufacturers to increase the price of the competition?
1010011010··on New Zealand bans some software patents
Are you still getting paid by Oracle?
1010011010··on Microsoft reveals $900M write-down on Surface RT tablet
> 9 hours of office

Except that I hate using Office, and my job doesn't require it.

1010011010··on My startup is Microsoft-based, here's why
Sucker.

Microsoft cannot be trusted. They'll change the game out from under you at some point and you'll have no recourse, because you're depending on Microsoft's proprietary software.

1010011010··on Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national security request data
No one did.
1010011010··on Microsoft Has Hired People To Make Positive Comments About Xbox One On Reddit?
Microsoft remains pathetic, and evil. On a positive note, it looks like they're heading down.
1010011010··on Google+ Games is shutting down
... says a person impersonating bdowney
1010011010··on Hangouts Feature Emerges as a Bright Spot for Google+
Hey! It's fake bdowney! Who are you really?
1010011010··on Google to Microsoft: Remove your YouTube App from the Windows Phone Store
Microsoft is a bad actor. No sympathy for them at all
1010011010··on Why iOS Devs Should Consider Using Core Data iCloud sync
Perhaps the Google Drive Realtime API could be a substitute. https://developers.google.com/drive/realtime/reference/gapi....
1010011010··on 3D Printed Car Is Nearing Production
One wheel in the front, like a Reliant Robin? I worry about the turning stability.
1010011010··on The Idea That Launched a Thousand Civilisations (2012) [pdf]
It's a way of extending the "tribe" to large numbers of strangers?
1010011010··on The Idea That Launched a Thousand Civilisations (2012) [pdf]
> one of the religions might actually be correct

How would you propose that we set about determining which religion or mythology is "correct"?

> until we have established that religions do not reflect reality, we should at least remain open to that possibility.

The burden of proof is on the religious. If they can offer testable, reproducible proof that a religion makes valid predictions in specific circumstances, and explains how the universe operates, then they should do so. Once they have, we can call it "science".

In the meantime, as Christopher Hitchens said, "that which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence."

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