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So the lack of consideration for the load testing was the part of that post that stood out to you?

If new features in any product/service aren't defaulted to 'on', no one will ever use any of them. Normal people don't change settings. As long as you're notified of the change (wh…

Just relistened. Yeah the last 2 minutes sounded like typical Gruber, but the last 10 seconds do have an extra bit of awkwardness now with this news. Who knows.

Wow. So many people with an ungodly number of open tabs. Think you guys need to check out Instapaper and a bookmarking service such as Diigo. You'll be much happier and both you an…

It's Apple's platform, they can do what they want with it. The market (including consumers, developers, and entrepreneurs) will decide whether their rules are good things or bad th…

I actually got rid of a bunch of 3.5" floppies I had in the back room of my house this weekend. Despite feeling pretty silly about it, I still took the time to make sure to actuall…

There is a circle jerk joke in here somewhere I know it.

Making circles is way more intuitive than Facebook groups or Twitter lists, so yes, I could see my parents being able to make a Google+ circle.

Exactly. I don't want the people I was forced to add out of workplace social norms to know they're in a "Work - Others" group that gets to hardly see anything I do. These are MY so…

Thanks. That was a very helpful explanation.

Whoops. Just zoomed right past the site's About. Not sure how anyone can take this thing as more than a publicity stunt.

According to a whois the site is run by the owner of this site: http://www.paybuyer.com/ PayBuyer appears to be an ad network. In other words, the guy could care less about Android…

Maybe you're doing it wrong? Why don't you put out more effort and make it fun. Or find something else where you are willing to do so. (I am a former high school teacher.)

The problem is the $$$ plot point. Grade school teachers (in the US) are not well paid. Which is why it attracts the lazy people instead of the ones who would actually put out the …