
Scripting News
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Scripting News is the longest running weblog on the internet. Dave Winer, a software developer and writer, explores developments in the journalism, as well as a range of other issues that ignite his interest.
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12h ago
The way to get even is to win. A lot of people don't get that, and it's almost always their downfall ..read more
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12h ago
I’m not giving money to Democrats. I will give to campaigns that run hard-hitting ads telling the full truth about what Musk is doing now. I want to see the actual ads before I chip in, and will do so enthusiastically, but they can’t be anemic ..read more
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12h ago
Hypercard stacks were the equivalent of websites.
If it had been built around the Macintosh Toolkit, and had an API that fit in with Mac apps, there wouldn't be a web, we'd all be using Macs. Alas it was all on its own, didn't work with Mac apps. Missed opportunity.
A lot was lost because the Mac development model was far in advance of what existed on the web, and it was well-thought-out unlike the app model of the web, which is a hodgepodge of horribly designed modules that don't work well together.
I was a Mac developer at the time, so I know a lot about this moment of history.
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15h ago
The Dems don't do positioning. The Repubs run circles around Dems. They are masters at positioning. It's not hard, you just have to decide to do it ..read more
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1d ago
Musk will defund Medicare.
More than death panels.
Say goodbye to everyone who needs health care
Because almost no one can afford it without coverage.
That's what they mean when they say they'll cut $2 trill.
That's your health care ..read more
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2d ago
Anne Applebaum writing in the Atlantic says that people in the US feel like we're living in an occupied country. I get it. That's what it feels like to be in a Silicon Valley company that has been acquired by another Silicon Valley company, a subject I wrote about on Wednesday. I wish there was some way for us to communicate with each other about this, because I'm sure my description comes closer to the way Musk sees it, though they are very similar ideas. One of the defects of the social web is that we live in little bubbles and not much information is exchanged over bubble boundaries. So if ..read more
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3d ago
I wonder what Kurt Vonnegut would have thought of twitter-like systems ..read more