March 2012
13 posts
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an easy mistake
Friend: I don't get it. If we're a conservative patriarchy , wouldn't we want to fund Planned Parenthood? The last thing than men want in society is a bunch of illegitimate kids they have to pay for.
Me: You're mistaking a conservative theocracy for a conservative patriarchy. The crazies have pushed out the chauvinists.
Friend: Damn.
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Start as a programmer with some light-Java skills. End with a strong foundation in Android development.
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Signs of too much Tumblr
#1: I can’t find the ‘like’ button on Twitter messages or G-Chat conversations. #2: I try to reblog emails… #3: I’m convinced the red number by ‘dashboard’ has a personal vendetta against my productivity. #4: I catch myself waiting for the photos on the office wall to move in some subtle and cool way. #5: My Google Reader account thinks I’m dead.
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Clients From Hell: Freelancer Payment Protection... →
clientsfromhell:
Freelancing isn’t free. When a client doesn’t pay, copious amounts of time and money are needed to chase that paycheck. Let’s change that. TheFreelancer Payment Protection Act – which would legally protect freelancers from non-paying clients – needs your help.
Over 1,000 freelancers are already a part the campaign. The bill recently pushed through the New York State Assembly...
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Android's ScrollView and TouchIntercepter hate...
If you’re overriding a TouchIntercepter for a custom view which lives inside of a ScrollView, watch out. ScrollViews will hijack all touch events as soon as there is ANY dragging movement on the Y Axis (or X-axis if your view drags that way). This nearly drove me insane.
To get around it, you’ll need to implement your own extension of ScrollView and override its...
Lessig Blog, v2: On making visible the... →
lessig:
The standard line of the political pundits is that Americans don’t care about the corruption of their government. That the issue doesn’t, as I was lectured by panelists on a Dan Rather show, “move any votes.”
I don’t buy it. Rasmussen consistently ranks “corruption” among the handful of “very…
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