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smcq | 16 years ago | on: Why Can't I Pick the Technology I Use in the Office?

Easy, switch to twitter and logless instant messaging for primary communication. I bet productivity would go up anyway.

Edit: I obviously meant a twitter-like internal service.

smcq | 16 years ago | on: A 2x Faster Web

You wait 2 seconds for a page load? You're amazingly generous.

smcq | 16 years ago | on: The Droid fails as a product when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Sounds like a droid fanboy to me.

smcq | 16 years ago | on: Why the mainstream media is dying

On the other hand, the problem with populating the air waves with experts is that it's hard to put on a good show and spin the story the right way if everyone on-air is authoritative.

smcq | 16 years ago | on: Billionaire (Sergey Brin) Aids Charity That Aided Him

My grandfather was literally starving to death before he immigrated. Are you seriously claiming the (theoretical) minor reductions in earning caps (for unskilled labor) we're discussing are comparable?

smcq | 16 years ago | on: Billionaire (Sergey Brin) Aids Charity That Aided Him

As the grandson of a 'slave' immigrant that was brought over to build the railroads I take great offense to your complete lack of empathy.

If they're willing to work for $8/hour here, that means things are worse for them where they are. Who are you to cast people into poverty, death, and dismay so that your economy can maintain a slightly higher salary.

smcq | 16 years ago | on: Git commits as code review?

We use git commit reviews as our primary review method, it's much lower overhead than sit down code review meetings. On the other hand, it's not quite as thorough, which works fine with a small team that's already high bandwidth.