They don’t care about us
He leaned out, frantically waving to the people below, smoke billowing out behind him. Surely someone would help him get down to safety if he drew their attention?
So Long And Thanks For All The Turkey Patents | Techdirt
Here in Canada, we gave our proverbial thanks over a month ago, and since all the Americans at Techdirt have taken off for the weekend, I thought I'd take a moment to put together some advice on preparing a great Thanksgiving...
Hasnain says:
I hope none of you folks violated these patents while cooking turkey yesterday.
Posted on 2012-11-23T18:24:30+0000
A free and open world depends on a free and open web. | Google
A free and open world depends on a free and open Internet. Governments alone, working behind closed doors, should not direct its future. The billions of people around the globe who use the Internet should have a voice.
Oracle Surprised by the Present - SQL Server Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
Insider news about SQL Server and Microsoft's Information Platform
Hasnain says:
"As for academic references, we’re glad to see that Oracle is reading from the Microsoft Research Database Group. But crowing triumphantly that there is “no mention of papers dealing with in-memory databases” [your emphasis] does not serve you well. Couple of suggestions for Oracle: Switch to Bing; and how about this VLDB paper as a starting point."
Burn. (and it's always fun to see companies argue like kids.)
Posted on 2012-11-20T22:00:26+0000
How to Get Startup Ideas
paulgraham.com
Hasnain says:
"Live in the future and build what seems interesting."
That's what I'd advise college students to do, rather than trying to learn about "entrepreneurship." "Entrepreneurship" is something you learn best by doing it. The examples of the most successful founders make that clear. What you should be spending your time on in college is ratcheting yourself into the future. College is an incomparable opportunity to do that. What a waste to sacrifice an opportunity to solve the hard part of starting a startup — becoming the sort of person who can have organic startup ideas — by spending time learning about the easy part. Especially since you won't even really learn about it, any more than you'd learn about sex in a class. All you'll learn is the words for things.
Posted on 2012-11-20T01:31:33+0000
Silk — Interactive generative art
new.weavesilk.com
Hasnain says:
They need an export to .jpeg so that I can easily make new screensavers.
Posted on 2012-11-17T07:12:55+0000
Why I cycled a hundred miles to meet my first customer | CycleLove
16 Nov 2012Why I cycled a hundred miles to meet my first customerWhen I started selling CycleLove t-shirts, I made myself a quiet promise: that I would deliver my first order in person, and by bike.It seemed like a simple way of celebrating this small but important milestone in my new venture.CycleL...
When the Nerds Go Marching In
President Obama's reelection campaign brought 40 engineers into their ranks to build the technology they needed to get the president reelected. This is the very human story of how they helped out, even if they never fit in.
AIM Report: Did Mueller Know Hoover’s Dark Secret?
It may be the worst scandal in FBI history: Joseph Salvati spent three decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He was put there by u
Hasnain says:
The FBI helped frame four men for a 1965 murder in order to protect an informant. Two died in prison; the other two served more than 30 years before being exonerated.
Posted on 2012-11-15T21:14:37+0000
Google Fiber is live in Kansas City, real-world speeds at 700 Mbps
Startup founder: "It’s unbelievable. I’m probably not going to leave the house."