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Re:Simplify Parallel Code by Encapsulating Locks on Sunday August 07, 2011 @03:14PM (#2857462)
Excellent article, it's going to take me a while to digest all of it, but analysing the success of Minecraft is a worthy goal. We can all learn from Minecraft and Twitter (and Apple!) just how much is gained by constraint and simplicity.

The Fallacy of Quantifying the New

http://hashbo.posterous.com/the-fallacy-of-quantifying-the-new

I'd like to provoke a little discussion over the whole idea of being able to spot innovation by asking a set of questions. That it is a fallacy to attempt to describe the new in terms of the old. I'd love to hear other people's ideas and will happily amend the article with what I learn from the discussion.

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