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1. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2013 18:10:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   The other day I saw a tweet go by that made me think twice: The idea that this issue is big enough to win the popular vote for President seemed questionable. I wondered: Who would want to use electronics during takeoff/landing? How many people actually own a smartphone or tablet at all? And how many people fly on an airplane regularly anyways? If you are reading this, chances are you fall in …
2. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2013 20:43:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   From here: In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 2 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at http://ur1.ca/5ju4k. Searches related to da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 Problem is: That is the SHA-1 hash of the empty string: >>> import hashlib >>> hashlib.sha1('').he…
3. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2013 19:28:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   Not a proud day.
4. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2013 19:24:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   I'm upset and disappointed that Google is killing Reader.
5. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2013 00:57:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   With two Onion articles ridiculing South by Southwest Interactive this year, I've heard a few folks wonder aloud if SxSW has gone too mainstream. And indeed, SxSW is larger than ever. The Austin American-Statesman writes: This year’s SXSW Interactive proved the biggest yet with 30,621 paying attendees. That was 24.6 percent larger than 2012. The festival had predicted only 5 percent to 8 percen…
6. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2013 01:40:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   Good comment: General practice in the industry is not to discuss the details of attacks publicly. As much as it sucks, the rule of thumb is that you need every advantage you can get when it comes to being attacked. You gain little by talking about these kinds of things publicly and stand to lose much (by giving away how you're mitigating the problem, for example, possibly leading the attackers t…
7. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2013 19:27:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   I love the idea of If this then that, but in practice I always want to write code to do the formatting exactly how I want it. Their built-in stuff is too simple. This sounds like a job for server-side JS!
8. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2013 17:03:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   This unicode character is awesome (\u211f): ℟ It means response: A response is the second half of one of a set of preces, the said or sung answer by the congregation or choir to a versicle said or sung by an officiant or cantor. Every comment thread you have ever seen on the internet (which are often typical) could be a "response", right? Sometimes it's like we're just going through the mot…
9. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2013 03:50:00 EDT Brett Slatkin

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   From Continuous Deployment at Etsy: A Tale of Two Approaches at the Lean Startup, SxSW.
   
   The most interesting part to me is slide 34 and 35:
   
   
   
   
   It's an intuitive explanation of why continuous deployment is the least risky way to release software.
10. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2013 00:39:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    Your first project commit on GitHub must include a license file or preable in the source. I suggest Apache 2.0. Without this your code isn't actually open source, which makes it a liability. Also, please don't be a jerk — use a real license.
11. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2013 23:23:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    Another scientist I had never heard of: Lise Meitner Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize. Meitner is often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women's scientific achievement overlooked by the Nobel committee. A 1997 Physics Today study concluded that Meitner's omission was "a rare i…
12. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2013 22:01:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    They're beautiful. They make me feel like we live in the future.
    
    
    
    The only bad thing so far is you can see GC pauses during the animation. I figure most people won't know that's what it is.
13. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2013 17:05:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    This is a good list. Notably missing is Rosalind Franklin, who was the one who actually discovered DNA. #womensday
14. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2013 22:24:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    Faces in circles is a design fad, right?
15. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2013 00:08:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    Guilty pleasure.

    

    
16. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2013 01:36:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    Great post by Rafe Colburn about the mindset of continuous deployment. Read this if you still think it's crazy.
17. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2013 00:08:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    On the list of things I do not aspire to do: Write a manifesto.
18. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2013 13:28:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    Had a great time at the http://ur1.ca/9vbq0 hackathon this weekend. Wrote Heartbeat, a timeseries monitoring API, along with Randall Leeds. As two self-proclaimed backend engineers, we managed to do nothing but client-side JS. Hah! One of the funniest moments was when we were asking for help on how to use the Streaming API with CORS, so we wouldn't have to poll the API a shitload for our real-ti…
19. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2013 12:59:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    What kind of call to action is that? This would only be good if it were relevant to me, suggesting specific blogs I might like.
20. Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2013 02:13:00 EST Brett Slatkin

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    One piece of feedback I've received repeatedly over the years is that my website is ugly and awful to read. My site was so ugly, people often comment on that fact, too. Here's a nice sample: "Could you please change your blogger theme. I find this hard to read this way :$? Interesting post nonetheless." "great post, the theme indeed sucks..." "re: theme- me too... I need a zap colors bookmarklet…

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