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58: Always On Vacation In California

58: Always On Vacation In California

FromAccidental Tech Podcast


58: Always On Vacation In California

FromAccidental Tech Podcast

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Length:
120 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description


Follow-up on discussing sexism in technology, Anil's experiment, empathy, ad hominem tu quoque, and cultural rigidity.
Facebook buying Oculus:
Outrage from Oculus' Kickstarter backers, including from Minecraft creator Notch, and the expectations that Kickstarter creates in "backers".
Why did Oculus sell? How far into the future did Oculus' "vision" extend, and what will happen to its vision now?
Why did Facebook buy? Does Mark Zuckerberg have a clear vision for Facebook's future?
Facebook's Hack language extension to PHP:
PHP is poorly designed but very practical.
The risks of using Hack (Marco's two posts).


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Released:
Mar 28, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.