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Re:How GitHub Helps You Hack the Government on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @08:28AM (#5031355)
There is a persistent effort to equate "open government" not with transparency of process, but with "open" data, APIs, and so on. The term "semantic government" is not nearly as sexy, but just as ineffectual.

Likewise, the article uses the watered-down definition of "hacking", which no longer means "hack mils" but rather "hack the coffeemaker".

Re:Twitter is Pivoting on Saturday November 17, 2012 @11:10AM (#4798346)
"Admit failure and give up on trying to get normal people to tweet."

What are you saying? Fourteen year olds and ethnic minorities use this website. How normal can you get?

"An experienced Twitter user would know to add a “.” at the beginning of his message"

Thanks for the protip, Dalton.

Re:Silk — Interactive generative art on Saturday November 17, 2012 @11:04AM (#4798335)
This is so dumb. Why is this art, because it's pretty? God listen to the music. So cheesy. It's the "Alienware" aesthetic. Nerd
You say no to a rapid prototyping environment for iPhone apps using familiar web technologies . . . . JUICY J CAN'T
Re:Adobe Edge Web Fonts on Monday September 24, 2012 @03:08PM (#4566358)
Damn........ they got a font called Lobster Two

This changes everything

If we use this website to "remix" Brazzers can we get the Libyans to take their domain away
Re:SmartThings: Make Your World Smarter on Friday August 24, 2012 @12:30PM (#4428286)
Whoa... this is amazing. Classic use case for all the tools is letting me know when someone has broken into my wine cellar and turned on the taps.