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'The Dumbest Generation' by Mark Bauerlein - Los Angeles Times “You are six times more likely to know who the latest American Idol is than you are to know who the speaker of the U.S. House is,” a voice in the crowd tells him: ” ‘American Idol’ IS more…
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Anarchogeek: The ascendancy of Hacker News & the gentrification of geek news communities e.g. Reddit is shit now, just like Digg. Hopefully the heavily moderated nature of Hacker News (~30 mods) will keep it … clean.
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Your life will be flashed before your eyes | Technology | The Guardian In-eye contact lens display for data, etc. The singularity is near!
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The Scale-Out Blog: PostgreSQL Gets Religion About Replication The PostgreSQL community is getting really serious about replication. Good to hear, considering how much of a giant pain in my ass Slony is.
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the iPhone app from a Palm developer... Held up as an example of:
- Why you should read the HIG before building iPhone apps
- Why Apple isn’t letting just ANYONE publish an iPhone app.
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village voice > news > Scientology's Crushing Defeat by Tony Ortega
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The Early History of Smalltalk
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How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (Say Hello To Matt)
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Damien Katz: Signs You're a Crappy Programmer (and don't know it) You know those crappy programmers who don’t know they are crappy?
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Poking Holes In The Long Tail Theory Just because the Internet makes it possible to offer a near-infinite inventory of goods for sale does not mean that consumers will start wanting more obscure items in any great numbers.