@podcastomatic @ftrain well if you watch the (incredibly harrowing) vid at http://t.co/uXli6PWk he says "20 kids walked in, 5 walk out"..

@ftrain the last time I looked at data pediatric cancer outcomes had improved about 5x since the 1990s, there has been progress

@OmarShahine as I recall it is an x64 prob?

@HoboStew It's not solvable is my point; both solutions have problems. But threading has much deeper problems, hence Darwinism, it dies out.

@HoboStew I mean, it just depends how deep you want to go down the rabbit hole to find the root problem :)

@HoboStew we explicitly suppress all discussion at Stack Exchange. The problem is not flat or threaded, it's *discussion*

@johnolilly touch laptop! I'd argue that "optimizing for tablet" makes for better, simpler websites for everyone. Fitt's law and all that.

@johnolilly I just like to say phablet. If loving phablets is wrong, I DONT WANT TO BE RIGHT

@johnolilly phaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabulous

@jessamyn she calls it "garfunkling"

@garychou I'm coming over. Be there in 15.

@hhariri @kristofclaes all laws degrade something, so there should be anarchy? I've seen that, it's called Yahoo Answers.

@kristofclaes @hhariri that's the *opposite* of e-e; failure to maintain quality standards on input is what produced Yahoo Answers. Use FAQ!

@darb alternately it might show that you have really, really, really, really low standards. :)

@psaffo I don't know about that http://t.co/hUGnUaxG

@cadab the design is awesome, as is the touch cover. Wish it was a bit faster though, the iPad 4 has spoiled me.

@ltm not really, mostly I use the browser for 90% of what I do. Desperately need an official twitter app though.

@michaelpryor except now a lot of people I talk to don't even remember e-e! #toosuccessful

@mathowie brave ripped so shamelessly from Brother Bear.

@glhaynes @publicfarley @wilshipley Fabergé eggs are still interesting artifacts 200 years later. Smartphones, nope.

@publicfarley @wilshipley small screen and small battery are not functional, but slaves to form.

@publicfarley @wilshipley cuz it's important that a device which will be utterly obsolete in 12-24 months put form over function

@wlanphear Honda Odyssey. A great choice, see http://t.co/Q4NW1RX1

@wilshipley And what's the converse of that? I care about how it works because it's a tool.

@wilshipley I like the hardware specs. I dislike the jewelry-ification of a tool.

@NathanBowers oh yeah? http://t.co/4LO3D5eU

@factormystic I would not have been caught dead with an android 2.6 device. 4.2, I'm considering a phablet, because I hate tiny jewelphones

@factormystic android is already kind of winning though http://t.co/4LO3D5eU I'm talking about furthering the lead substantially

@migueldeicaza how many with swimming pools!

@mathowie aww. Starting the timer on @theladybabies -- 6.8 years remaining :(

@NathanBowers it is though , look at sales figures and fees. Android is "good enough".

@NathanBowers it's quite good now in Windows 3.11 form, Windows 95 almost killed Apple.

@migueldeicaza yes, iOS is best for cut and paste, Windows 8 is quite decent, Android is frigging awful

@jongalloway Downtown Arby's?

@Nick_Craver it's a journey. search is frigging hard

@Greenspeak your MOM IS KINDA CRAPPY

@berkun inspired meaninglessness worthy of Rumsfeld

@mr_nil @meta_alex @daccf trust me it has been covered dozens of times. Some like to play Mother Theresa but it doesn't scale. At all.

@mr_nil @meta_alex @daccf maybe but "I haven't tried anything, tell me how to do it" is not appropriate either. q askers must do their share

@meta_alex @daccf generally the types of questions that most need to be closed are so zero effort, no research that sme is not necessary

@CodeFuMonkey @daccf close votes exist to suppress questions from those that would unfairly exploit the time of their peers

@jzy best gift ever!!

@mr_nil @daccf http://t.co/KI3o8QbN but it's been covered hundreds of times already.

@_neckbeard @daccf people don't like rules. Most of the internet has a rule of "do anything".

@mr_nil @daccf well, it was always silly and childish, per the original blog post. Don't like the rules at community college? Don't attend.

@jarrod_dixon thanks man!

@meta_alex as @daccf said in his post: if you don't agree with it, move on. Go elsewhere. Excellent advice, should be heeded by author.

@_neckbeard @daccf the point is that there are standards, at some level; if you don't meet them, you shouldn't be on campus.

@mrbusche @daccf @mr_nil if the question is "I have done no research and tried nothing, give me the answer" yes

@mr_nil @daccf funny how that advice applies to @daccf too. Don't like the quality and effort policies? Move on. Try elsewhere.

@film42 my 3 are fine but a fourth boxed one I sent to a friend developed a dead backlight

@CaseyNewton probably because the primary use case for Facebook is sharing pictures of children. I say that as a parent of 3.

@savagechickens @TimHarford also one of my favorites, here. This is my life! http://t.co/3cItA3F3

@irace you must feel even worse about devices with Unix!

@wilw did you see that Jack Nicholson wanted to take the part of the dad, and it was discussed, but would have doubled the movie's budget?

@Shmuelie can it have infinite "answers"? is it a discussion? Can science and data be applied to it? http://t.co/1NKlQaJG

@Shmuelie source code in question? yes? then probably SO. No source code, only whiteboarding? Probably programmers. But REFER TO THE FAQS!

@NathanBowers oh of course, I'm just saying, buy a dedicated thing that goes in the car.

@Shmuelie http://t.co/kkiJHjJC or try clicking the "faq" link on the site.

@TheEvanCarroll it's not good

@NathanBowers e.g. car devices belong in cars. Real GPS is like $200. Then it is always left in-car and always ready to go.

@NathanBowers oh yeah we use the garmin nuvi for car GPS. I never understood the smartphone fascination with this function. Dedicated ftw.

@NathanBowers why is this a problem now that the Google Maps app is out?

@JenAbel17 true! There was a half-aisle of iAccessories in the Target toy section, which surprised me..

@kesterallen sure email me

@jzy @jongalloway which key is the search key on iOS? hint: it's the same one, just use the keyboard too

@badeen @nathanbowers you'd have the same problem at the Mac store with "non-retina screen" placards. Touch is way more UI significant, tho.

@wilshipley move to France to increase the odds?

@louroboros http://t.co/SiMAviqN

@RadicalLib @rands religion becomes justified.

@rands from the article: "why not try to gather evidence to support our cause?" ok so evidence for abortion? Gun control? My data set wins!

@rands good advice, but it becomes "my data set can beat up your data set". Ala gun control.

@wilshipley come over to our house for dinner, we're one BART trip away, no driving even! Ever had two ladies.. babies.. all over you?

@izs yeah @kevinmontrose came up with that, I loved it too!

@fmanjoo wrong mission, wrong vehicle, wrong leaders

@er3s even worse, Hotmail discards TONS of mail as spam that isn't: https://t.co/dXpVbzzk

@NathanBowers sign. Incorrect use of "affected" vs. "effected" in the FIRST GOD DAMN SENTENCE.

@lazycoder @jarrod_dixon you're only saying that because you are all hopped up on the sugar, aren't you?

@jarrod_dixon science sez that's not how it works though http://t.co/nFDleUxR

@johnolilly actual conversation with @betsyphd : "how many legos did you order?" "I'm afraid to tell you."

@robconery I had this thought's http://t.co/zcjNaQqi

@amielmartin definitely digging it.

@kentonallen I don't think people would characterize pictures of their children as "shitty". Not quite the same as a game, or a song.

@splattne @jzy @rjallain let the truthiness of https://t.co/z3JhOXsp inside you and know that eagle was not fake: it's a TRUE AMERICAN

@jzy @rjallain I agree probably fake, but no way that kid is 2 years old. Maybe 1 year old. 2 year olds can walk, are visibly larger, etc.

@anandshimpi it's all about iteration: how fast can they smooth the edges and V2 it? OK start, but velocity is everything.

@johnolilly aw, you're too kind. Probably related: I should get out more.

@johnolilly listen to this and let the American wash all over you: https://t.co/z3JhOXsp

@johnolilly incorrect, all Eagles are born American by definition.

@VisualDragon @fmanjoo perhaps safer in the sense of killing what/who you wanted to kill? e.g. do you even own the gun you are firing?

@brentontaylor google should get a lot of the credit there too! Search is very difficult.

@BobMahar I only buy guns for ladies based on the stats. Hopefully they can keep them secured..

@WilburSullivan Fast and furious is truly a national tragedy. My condolences.

@BenXM true. not fired by a woman though. what we need is a dna trigger mechanism that only fires if you are a woman.

@Jonomyth @cshirky there you go :)

@_neckbeard @scottgal yeah other than banning assault rifles again I don't see how this guy could have even been slowed down

@cshirky I had a radical idea yesterday: only let women own guns.

@Aroxx isn't the difference that traditional hunting rifles are not semi auto and large 30 round clips? That's the assault part, yes?

@vogon clip size, rate of fire, force delivered. Do the physics. I will gladly take 50% more surviving children as at Columbine.

@vogon read the Wikipedia entry on columbine. It's quite detailed. No assault rifles, surprising number of wounded survivors.