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Workin' For Da Man. March 25, 2010 7:00 AM. I bring this up because of the lawsuit between Viacom and Google. Some documents have been released and Google's lead counsel posted this doozy. We will see that type of provision go away. But if the provision sticks around there may need to be a tweak to the tune of any revenues made from selling ads on those improperly posted videos go to the creator. March 18, 2010 7:00 AM. Here is a little time line I drew up in my spare time in the last weeks. 2008-06-20 -...
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In Episode 34 of the Exponent podcast. Ben Thompson talked about the process of starting his blog. And turning it into a substantial business. (The discussion starts around 18 minutes in.) It’s an interesting counterpoint to all of the recent discussions of how to turn video game criticism blogging into a business: so many people have started patreons, and there are a fair number of magazines trying to make a go at games criticism. So: games criticism patreons are a broadening of academia? Of course, I&#...
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wholeness | malvasia bianca
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About once a week, on my way into work, I stop at Pamplemousse. To have their “French Breakfast”. That’s a picture of it above: it’s just a sliced, warmed-up baguette, with butter and jam. And it’s my favorite part of my weekly commute routine. Stepping back, though: being there makes me feel whole. It feels like the right thing to be doing, it feels like the right place to read and eat. The book pictured above is. The Phenomenon of Life. Quoting from p. 355 of that book:. Which of the two induces (as as...
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Computers | malvasia bianca
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Signing up for pokemon go. A day or two after Pokémon Go came out, I decided to give it a try, so I downloaded and launched the game. (The iPhone version of the game, to be specific.) And, after being asked to enter my birthdate, I was given a choice of registering with a Google account or a Club Pokemon […]. Apple os software quality. At the beginning of the year, there was a spate of posts about Apple’s OS software quality not being as good as people would like. I didn’t chime in at the...It’s ge...
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Games | malvasia bianca
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My first impression of Imbroglio: lovely symmetry, with a fondness for twos and fours. The playing field is a four by four square, with monsters coming out of the four corners. You fight monsters with the weapons on the playing field; those weapons come in two colors, red and blue, doing one point of damage […]. I am pretty confused as to what I think about Love Live! Signing up for pokemon go. A day or two after Pokémon Go came out, I decided to give it a try, so I downloaded and launched the game. ...
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Programming | malvasia bianca
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Agile open california 2015. I’ve gone to every Agile Open (Northern) California, and it’s absolutely my favorite conference. I’ve learned a lot there, I’ve had a lot of really interesting interactions there, it always gets me thinking. For a few years, the conference was therapy for me; fortunately, that wasn’t necessary this year. I felt significantly more detached than […]. How to develop software. Interviews and whiteboard coding. Probably the most important hour I spent while I was transitioning out ...
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apple os software quality | malvasia bianca
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Apple os software quality. Makes me think that I probably should upgrade anyways.). My list of bugs:. Mavericks made two of my computers unusable. I understand that newer operating systems will sometimes use more resources, and that that can be a reasonable tradeoff. Given that Apple controls both the hardware and software, though, I assume they can give good guidance on whether a new OS will work with an older computer; their guidance was that Mavericks would. Clocks don’t reliably stay in sync. Or at l...
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rocksmith audio | malvasia bianca
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One of the problems people have with. Is the audio delay, but it hadn’t been too bad for me in the past: I’m not sure if I’m less sensitive to audio delay than other people, or if my receiver has a little less audio latency than some people’s AV setup? When I switched over to the Xbox One version of the game, though, the delay did start to bother me: I’m not sure if that console has higher latency than the 360 or if I was getting more sensitive, but at any rate: time to do something about that. This work...
