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Category Archives: Thoughts
OAuth paranoia
One day after I posted the lack of respect for OSS apps in Twitter “ecosystem” (a word they seem to like a lot these days), they announced that the API request for trending topics will now return the promoted tweets. … Continue reading
Medos que se tornam verdade
Quando coloquei que o Tadeu Schmidt deveria calar a boca eternamente, acabei concluindo com uma preocupação (que poderia mais ser um reductio ad absurdum) de que se nos esportes aceitam-se os trocadilhos engraçadinhos e deixa-se a notícia, o fato, de … Continue reading
Python: why str.join() and not list.join()
or “Slowpoke finally understands Python When I was in Australia, one guy kept asking why Python had the “horrible” (in his opinion) str.join() instead of obvious (in his opinion) list.join()? After working with JavaScript for a while, I can understand … Continue reading
Why 3.3.1 is the best thing what happened recently
The IT industry is in turmoil over a change Apple did in their iPod/iPhone/iPad license: Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally … Continue reading
Realism != Immersability
It’s been around 3 months that I’m away from World of Warcraft. Not because I’m trying to give up my addiction or because I’m pissed with something Blizzard changed; the problem is that I don’t have a proper place to … Continue reading
Why the iPad matter
or “It’s not the change, but it’s the seed of it” So Apple announced yesterday their new product, the iPad. Some people call it table, some people call it a big iPhone/iPod touch, some call it “balloon boy”… But, in … Continue reading
Why Go feels like a balloon boy
One of my friends like to use the expression “balloon boy” to everything that gets a lot of attention but it turns to be a lot less interesting in the end. Go is a new language created by Google that … Continue reading
GPL and the web
A few years ago (two or three), I saw Richard Stallman at FISL where he said that things like Webmail were bad ’cause you don’t have any control over the software it runs in the server. In a way, he … Continue reading
Why the new Star Trek bothers me
For a while, I’ve been ranting about the new “Star Trek” movie by J.J.Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. This morning I finally realized why it bothers me and why the line “OMG, boobies in Star Trek?” … Continue reading