Tag: bullshit
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On Penny Arcade, Exploitation, and the Myth of the Do-Everything Rock Star
[Christopher Buecheler][link] on Penny Arcade’s really sad job posting earlier this week: >You don’t want that job. There is no upside to taking it. You’ll be worked like a dog and paid like shit while you’re doing it, while Khoo, Krahulik, and Holkins continue cashing their trade show checks. > >Robert Khoo is a brilliant…
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W3C green-lights adding DRM to the Web’s standards
[This is pretty close to the worst possible thing they could’ve done:][link] >Here’s the bad news: the World Wide Web Consortium is going ahead with its plan to add DRM to HTML5, setting the stage for browsers that are designed to disobey their owners and to keep secrets from them so they can’t be forced…
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Amazon.com’s 1-Click Patent Confirmed Following Re-Exam
[This is just plain terrible news][link]. It’s the software equivalent of someone having a patent on “cash-only.” It’s a technology (and I hesitate to even call it a technology) so completely obvious that it makes the entire patent system look ridiculous by it’s inclusion. This re-exam sticks us with another 4 years of the [legal][bnn]…