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bangbang··on Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
So much of the discussion is about what he said has any truth. I think this is beside the question. He Wrote and distributed materials criticizing his employer's core HR mission while alienating coworkers.

If you're a person targeted in his manifesto, I'd suspect you'd no longer want to work alongside him. That's reason enough to fire him on the spot. He's creating a hostile work environment via coworkers and media.

For those that doubt it, I say try it at your job and see what comes of it.

Honestly, what did he think would happen?

bangbang··on EBay Valet
I wonder if this will depress the market. Perhaps they will start all items at $1.
bangbang··on The Economics of a Kickstarter Project
Thanks for the breakdown.

Kickstarter's spirit isn't about profit, it's about enabling an person's passion project to become a reality. The tone of the post strikes me as odd.

bangbang··on Response of US Govt to Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, and LinkedIn [pdf]
TL:DR - A very polite "No!."
bangbang··on How to get Gogo in-flight wireless internet for free
The researcher rubs me the wrong way for a few reasons:

1. 15 days for a major company not nearly enough to remedy this issue.

2. The activity log reads like a ransom timeline. This isn't some l33t hacker exploit it's simple session hijack and mac spoof. You're not owed anything for finding this.

Anyone that tries this could tread carefully. If you get caught (chances are slim), it wouldn't be hard to convince a jury that you're hacking an airborne plane's network.

<fun hearted bit of sarcasm> Did you know a bathroom lock is woefully insecure!?! Time to hold the government ransom about this exploit and collect my millions. If they don't pay, I'll post it on the internet. </sarcasm>

bangbang··on To my daughter's high school programming teacher
Right. So how did you react? Did you have your mom write the family a letter? Post it to tumblr? Write an angry post about the poor management of the restaurant? Or did you handle the situation as an adult and move on with your life?
bangbang··on To my daughter's high school programming teacher
If the most adversity you experience in life is high school you're either very fortunate or very unfortunate, hard to say which.
bangbang··on To my daughter's high school programming teacher
When this child grows up, there will be no parent to write a blog post. My point being, we all have to learn to navigate this difficult world. Stern letters from mom eventually have to stop.
bangbang··on To my daughter's high school programming teacher
Kids say terrible things. This isn't the sign of a bad teacher or a worthy of a internet rant, it's an opportunity to prepare her kids (Not just the girls) for the real full-contact brutal reality known is the the real working world.
bangbang··on To my daughter's high school programming teacher
I cringe reading this.

Since when it is alright to tell teachers how to do their job in bullet pointed letters?

* Be an adult and talk about any issues, complements or concerns during the class.

* Talk with them in person or on the phone.

* If you wish, post to your blog after the issues have been resolved. To put a global context on the situation should be supported with evidence as it pertains to life as a women in the IT industry. (See what I'm doing here with the bullet points?)

Parents theses days...

--edit-- As I'm reading some of the responses to my post, I have to ask, what pillow soft existence did many of you grow up with? Kids (and people) say terrible things. This isn't the sign of a bad teacher, it's an opportunity for this blogger to prepare her kids (Not just the girls) for the real full-contact brutal reality known is the the real working world. Life gets waaaay harder than this.

bangbang··on Technical feasibility of decrypting https by replacing the computer's PRNG
Wouldn't a easier path for decrypting SSL be to go directly to Cert providers and hit them with a NSL?
bangbang··on Snowden Interview with Jacob Applebaum
It's possible and somewhat easy to pwn a system's bios and have it phone home unpon boot. This was demonstrated at Defcon 20.
bangbang··on Text of letter to Edward Snowden from his father and father’s attorney
"Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!" What did it say?
bangbang··on Scripts from over 10,000 movies
These are certainly not what's used to shoot the movie. These appear to be closed captioned data from the films.
bangbang··on Programmer creates 800,000 books algorithmically, starts selling them on Amazon
Do you not see your texts as noise in the literary signal?
bangbang··on Apple script resizes iPad banner and pushes Samsung verdict out of view
Hum... I donno. My understanding is that apple no longer redirects to .co.uk for UK users since the ruling. This seems a little convenient to me.
bangbang··on The Problem With TL;DR
"Reddit users" is akin to saying "internet users"... Sure many people think of steve urkil, but anyone with depth realizes that the "culture" is wide and varying.
bangbang··on One of these things is not like the other: Apple store, Microsoft store
I agree. This is a great reason to by a mac. It would be nice if the competition did this too.

I don't get why are so offended that another store is similar to one they like. It's just an electronics retailer.

bangbang··on One of these things is not like the other: Apple store, Microsoft store
I enjoyed the Microsoft store, as well as the sony store in LA.

Personally, I've grown bored with the apple store and don't have a reason to visit any longer (Same old inventory and experience for years). Now, the MS & Sony stores had several things that I haven't seen in retail stores before (3d binoculars, high end cameras etc..) and was very engaging. If I had a need for what they were selling (and wasn't such a amazon fanatic), I'd have no problem dropping in. I think this is a good trend.

The Mac fans are being a little too precious, IMHO.

bangbang··on Makerbot CEO: Let's try that again
(Top of page)
bangbang··on Movie Streaming Subscriptions: Netflix, Amazon Prime & Hulu Plus Compared
Note- The Amazon Prime subscription also includes other worthwhile services (Free books, Free expedited shipping on other parts of their service, etc).
bangbang··on Show HN: real-time map of Kickstarter projects
Fantastic! One UI issue: When i zoom in on an area, and click a location, it automatically loads the video. I'd much rather see the project "popup" on the map and then have the option to see the video.
bangbang··on Best Open Python Books
Ah, yes, correct.
bangbang··on Best Open Python Books
Learning Python by Mark Lutz is worth a mention for those who want to understand the "why" as well as the "how".
bangbang··on Mac OS X 10.8.1 is out.
The OS now updates via the App store. Interesting...
bangbang··on Show HN: I mixed selling t-shirts with a little bit of game theory
I agree. I personally was about to pull the trigger on a T but the price point was juuuust beyond what I'm willing to pay. I doubt I'm alone in this thought.
bangbang··on Stack Exchange is not a forum: the role of “niceness” on a Q&A site
When someone takes the time to help me with a problem. I will thank them.

SO is powered by people and people appreciate appreciation.

bangbang··on Want to Do Mobile Payments? Here's a Free Tablet
Did you see the Gopaygo demo video? Waaay too complicated.
bangbang··on Build muscle memory with your favorite editor
In OSX, are all dialogue boxes able to be accessed by the keyboard?
bangbang··on MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge
No Ethernet??
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