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Sergei Brin ... says Google Plus was a mistake

Actually, what he was was his involvement was a mistake. If he'd said G+ was a mistake it would have appeared in the headlines of every tech journal and blog in 96 point type.
posted to MetaFilter by CheeseDigestsAll at 9:49 AM on June 7, 2014

Google is known corporate partner of the NSA.
Signing up for Google+ is filling in your own file for Big Brother.

And make no mistake, Snowden revealed the Uncle Scam IS Big Brother.
posted to MetaFilter by Flood at 7:50 AM on June 7, 2014

Chrome is similar in its 'outing'. Whenever you first install Chrome, it asks you to 'sign into' Chrome. You can turn this off, but it is always there at first. It is so convenient and will keep your bookmarks in sync. Unless, of course, you don't want all your 'job search' bookmarks to show up on your PC at work.

I think the real reason Google+ fails is that it is unnecessarily complicated. Things may have changed, but when it first started I used it to keep track of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by eye of newt at 7:08 AM on June 7, 2014

Google's overreach and G+ creep have done something that Microsoft never could: convinced me to use Bing.
posted to MetaFilter by oddman at 5:37 AM on June 7, 2014

I know this is mean but I would like people who work for google feel somewhat ashamed of themselves. Maybe the co-creator of G+ is slightly ashamed, but I bet he's working it out, 1% style.
posted to MetaFilter by angrycat at 4:25 AM on June 7, 2014

Christ, what an asshole.
posted to MetaFilter by schmod at 2:26 PM on June 6, 2014

UP MR T
posted to MetaFilter by George_Spiggott at 4:51 PM on June 6, 2014

I'm just hoping the Equality State gets their shit together so they won't be the last.

WY just gave women the right to vote in order to have enough population to be granted statehood, to get more women to the territory where the guy/gal ratio was ~6 to 1, and to attract more people (women) to vote for Democrats and not Republican (1869 political versions) in an effort to keep abolitionists/black suffrage out of the state. (One of the primary backers... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by barchan at 3:53 PM on June 6, 2014

So the bad news is, I'm a doofus, and the good news is that the oil change seems to have cleared everything up! City and highway mpg are spectacular once again. I was quite surprised. Lesson learned: double- and triple-check that manual to get the timing on the first and second oil changes right.

Thanks again, MeFi.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by nicodine at 10:23 AM on June 6, 2014

First gay couple to get a license in Milwaukee County
posted to MetaFilter by desjardins at 3:43 PM on June 6, 2014

CHA
posted to MetaFilter by Metroid Baby at 2:52 PM on June 6, 2014

YOU GUYS SOCK
posted to MetaFilter by A dead Quaker at 5:19 PM on May 20, 2014

[Milwaukee] County Executive Abele Orders Courthouse Open Late to Allow Couples to Marry
posted to MetaFilter by desjardins at 2:50 PM on June 6, 2014

This came out in 2006 but it's still one of my favorite overviews of the heady Warp era: Eraserhead's Warp Records Memorial Mix.
posted to MetaFilter by naju at 1:25 PM on June 6, 2014

Every Autechre fanatic has very strong opinions about what albums are masterworks and which are merely good. I'm convinced each era has something really compelling to offer to someone, but not everyone is on board with everything they've done. #TeamConfield
posted to MetaFilter by naju at 1:56 PM on June 6, 2014

If I were in charge of the work crew, I would install the letters in the wrong order and then leave town.

TMURP
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt at 1:55 PM on June 6, 2014

> I would install the letters in the wrong order...

URP™
posted to MetaFilter by ardgedee at 1:58 PM on June 6, 2014

Shootings are becoming a weekly occurrence = not best of web, and just plain 'ole crappy news to read about. Every week.

Well, we already know that the answer to a lunatic with a gun is another lunatic with a gun.
posted to MetaTalk by y2karl at 12:07 PM on June 6, 2014

Buried in the article and deserving more attention: (Motion), the only video installment in the Artificial Intelligence series.
posted to MetaFilter by ardgedee at 11:53 AM on June 6, 2014

Never let a stoned Tom Friedman use your toilet.
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 9:22 PM on June 5, 2014

The best I can find for you is a German case-series from the early 90s. Reading it, it is anecdata at best (subjective decrease in pain only, using retrospective patient questionnaires, no controls), and given that the only RCT I can find had to be stopped early (Blazecock Pileon linked to the same one) you will have difficulty persuading a radiologist to break IRMER regulations (or US equivalent) on an unproven treatment even if you can get a rheumatologist to put the request in - it's not... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by tinkletown at 8:13 AM on June 6, 2014

when you not only permit a criminal organization to flourish in your midst, but award it special status, and when you not only fail to hold its leader accountable, but kiss his ring instead, this is what you get.
posted to MetaFilter by bruce at 10:52 AM on June 6, 2014

I guess it's all the guilt for doing evil shit like this that makes the Church so adamantly anti-abortion now.
posted to MetaFilter by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 10:33 AM on June 6, 2014

In a septic tank. A septic tank like human waste! The people who did this are human monsters.
posted to MetaFilter by FunkyHelix at 10:29 AM on June 6, 2014

You're only as Young Adult as you feel!
posted to MetaFilter by 2bucksplus at 2:31 PM on June 5, 2014

Adults should be reading Chilton's manuals, 2600 magazine, and toothpaste tubes.
posted to MetaFilter by Ice Cream Socialist at 2:21 PM on June 5, 2014

Yes, Adults shouldn't bother reading Slate.
posted to MetaFilter by drezdn at 2:15 PM on June 5, 2014

Non-compete agreements have happened in British elections, on a national level and for individual constituencies, and it's very much not a new idea in Canadian politics, although having it done as a kind of ad hoc pairing would be novel.

The question in Canada would be the logistics. Voters are generally supportive of such deals for the scenario where other parties don't field candidates in a particular constituency / riding, but not when it's their own party standing... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by holgate at 10:17 AM on June 6, 2014

How many times are we going to have the same discussion over posts people think shouldn't grace the front page of Metafilter? Look, I think cat videos are pretty useless and don't exactly elicit quality comments because, well, what the hell is there to discuss? But I don't come in here attempting to persuade the powers that be to disallow them. You like vanilla ice cream, I like chocolate; I'll consume what tickles my taste buds and avoid what doesn't. It's a choice anyone can make.
posted to MetaTalk by gman at 4:44 AM on June 6, 2014

The Apple post would have been fine if it had held off until the Keynote was done. It would have been a way better post if it had actually included the new announced technologies and had some actually analysis of what these were going to allow. Even the same post done when the Keynote started would have been better. Instead that post existed solely so someone had a place to chat. It was just a way of making sure no one else made the post in a timely manner.

Firstz!
posted to MetaTalk by cjorgensen at 7:51 AM on June 6, 2014

Can you ask to Skype/Facetime? Use the pretense that you're worried about Tom's alleged aggression and would feel better if you could see him, live action, in real time.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by payoto at 7:29 PM on June 5, 2014 marked best answer

This is a really really sweet takedown.
posted to MetaFilter by Potomac Avenue at 6:20 PM on June 5, 2014

The Earth inherits the meek
posted to MetaFilter by Renoroc at 7:07 PM on June 5, 2014

Everybody but the fuckups lost.

I have it on good authority that the bums will always lose.
posted to MetaFilter by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 6:56 PM on June 5, 2014

Tim Geithner's book caused a little flare-up on the feeds. Some selected links:
Politico: Why Geithner drives liberals nuts “We were bailing out the financial system in order to do something to right the financial system and then reform the financial system,” said Jesse Eisinger, a prominent journalist at ProPublica who shared a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on practices that led to the financial crisis. “Instead, we essentially got the status quo and banks that are... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by the man of twists and turns at 6:40 PM on June 5, 2014

There was a point, when the initial shock was stabilized, that Obama and Geithner had the major players of the financial industry in the White House and could have wrung real changes out of them.

They instead continued to offer reassuring hugs.

The initial bailout wasn't really the problem. The lack of change and accountability afterward was entirely inexcusable.
posted to MetaFilter by scaryblackdeath at 6:18 PM on June 5, 2014

Je-sus. I thought I'd seen some big hail storms. That is positively apocalyptic.
posted to MetaFilter by smoke at 7:22 PM on June 5, 2014

French Laundry is part of Thomas Keller's empire, along with Ad Hoc, Bouchon Bakery and Per Se. Alinea's (and Next's) Grant Achatz was Keller's sous-chef at French Laundry though.
posted to MetaFilter by peripathetic at 5:06 PM on June 5, 2014

you don't see that as an obviously intentionally homoerotic piece of art?

It's obviously homoerotic. Whether it was obviously intentionally homoerotic is another question. After all, the men on that cover are contemporary with Socialist Realist Man, Mussolini's new virile man, and the men of the Physical Culture movement (which attracted a lot of gay men, but which was not, itself, a gay movement), etc. It's a model of masculinity in... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by octobersurprise at 1:18 PM on June 5, 2014

"I could do better if I had more space."

I think it is you-know-who.
posted to MetaFilter by curuinor at 1:03 PM on June 5, 2014

Basically all of these "innovations" are just ways of being a more efficient rent seeking middleman to cater to douches who want to have as little to do as possible with actual people, aren't they?

Just wait for the service that organizes all your Washio and TaskRabbit orders for you!
posted to MetaFilter by GenjiandProust at 11:06 AM on June 5, 2014

MartinWisse: I don't really see the need to diss Rockwell to praise Leyendecker and to call him forgotten may be a bit strong, but hell, any excuse to showcase these wonderful drawings is alright with me.


I didn't either -but there's a little bit more context in the OP (Beach=Leyendecker’s partner, Charles Beach).

Collectors Weekly: What was the connection between Norman Rockwell and J.C. Leyendecker?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jody Tresidder at 9:49 AM on June 5, 2014

What's going on with this guy's pecs? Was Leyendecker an influence on Rob Liefeld?
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt at 9:31 AM on June 5, 2014

Is this a good thread to post the most amazing coffeecup I own?

warning: photo contained clothed (though suggestively) homoerotic cheesecake, tiny baby puppy
posted to MetaFilter by Juliet Banana at 9:38 AM on June 5, 2014

The great thing is when you start noticing where the lines of sight go in all his illustrations -- the men are all making eye contact with each other, and never the women.
posted to MetaFilter by overeducated_alligator at 9:25 AM on June 5, 2014

I-baLL: To the people saying that the camera should be removed or that the internal storage should be removed:

Great idea! Let's start with your smartphones.

The difference is that I have to hold up my smartphone up and point the lens at things, which is visible (you can be sneaky about it, but you can sneakily record people lots of ways, and everyone agrees that generally makes you an asshole except in very special... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Mitrovarr at 12:23 AM on June 5, 2014

I-baLL: So Google Glass is bad because assholes can use it to secretly video people but other video devices are good because assholes can use them to secretly video people but it's okay because the people doing the videoing are assholes?

So if it's Google Glass, blame the device. If it's not, blame the person?

I blame the person with the device. If someone was running around with secret camera-glasses,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Mitrovarr at 12:35 AM on June 5, 2014

So Google Glass is bad because assholes can use it to secretly video people but other video devices are good because assholes can use them to secretly video people but it's okay because the people doing the videoing are assholes?

I have no idea if you're being disingenuous or what, but holding an(increasingly large, with every coming month) big fondleslab in your hand up in the air is massively different from a little bob on the corner of some... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by emptythought at 12:49 AM on June 5, 2014

iMacs are built with laptop parts, and the graphics hardware isn't supposed to be user replaceable. It's modular, so it can be replaced, but getting it out is an enormous pain. What you're buying in this case is basically a spare part from an apple service center, not something that was ever sold in stores. For comparison sake, the real desktop version of that card (the 8800GT) costs about $15 used on ebay right now.

You may be better off cutting your losses and buying... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Oktober at 9:38 PM on June 4, 2014

Oh my god! I haven't had a chance to read MaddAddam yet! Nobody post any comments until I do!
posted to MetaFilter by mittens at 5:22 PM on June 4, 2014