liamondrop's comments

I was born and raised in the US, so of course this seems upsetting and offensive to read.

BUT, as humiliating and degrading as the treatment of these girls may sound to western ears, you have to pull back and see that there is a larger picture and that these conditions were created in a context of constant threat of serious violence from all sides.

This is NOTHING like an employer asking you to log into your FB account. This is about a country preventing the murder of its citizens. Forcing you to expose all your potential secrets sends a pretty strong deterrent message to anyone who would try. Being extremely invasive at the airports and doing serious screening and interrogation is how Israel remains a relatively safe place to live for its citizens and guests.

As the woman from the embassy pointed out, there are a lot of things wrong with a lot of systems. At least this one was kind enough to allow a phone call and to quickly arrange safe passage home.

Allowing the viewport to be user-scalable would be a helpful option. In Nexus S browser, the cube is stuck off to the side in portrait and covered up by the explanation panel in landscape.

if I never see another fork-tongued ribbon with the stitching and the little stars, it will be too soon

Just you. It's an exercise meant to push the boundaries and get people thinking creatively. Also, the triangle thing is a pretty common and useful hack.

Have to agree. Working on anything that is not my own leaves me feeling like I have a void that can only be filled by taking some tangible step in the direction of my personal goals before going to sleep. Taking action consistently has created the habit.

Agreed. 44% funding rate? Compared to other methods of fundraising, I'd take those odds any day.

While it may be technically valid, artifice in modern usage is probably most commonly associated with deception & fakery. So, as a job title, I'd say it sounds pretentious and a bit out of touch, like someone who right clicked on the word "engineer" and espoused an adventitious synonym in order to have the earmarks of sagacity.

* puts down sandwich * backs away slowly * forward article to office, so they understand what I must now do * reaches for flamethrower...

>> But social advertising is so new that nobody knows for sure. It's still unproven, untested and largely unstudied.

FB ads have been around for several years and there are plenty of businesses dropping $10Ks a day and making a very healthy return. It's been proven, tested, and studied ad nauseum.

What is the agenda of these articles, exactly?

If you had ever banged your head against FB's ad approval process, you would have a better sense of how little they give a shit about what their advertisers think. They most certainly don't have people posing as customers and sending warm fuzzy emails.

Rather than really proving any point, this and his other articles are great examples of how to use semi-incendiary link bait to snatch some buzz and, perhaps, a client or 2.