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This is Why I Hate Digg

by Riyad Kalla on 22. Jun, 2010 in Technology

As a small time publisher Digg drives me crazy.
The idea behind Digg is that “the people” will decide which content is important and which isn’t by voting on stories. I think this designed likely worked exactly as intended for the first month Digg went live and has since turned into a political dance of bullshit [...]

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States to Vote on Incest and Bestiality

by mfrissore on 23. Oct, 2008 in Humor & Fun

The religious right tried to warn us, but some of us – I’m looking at you Massachusetts and California (good thing I’m cross eyed) – didn’t listen. That slippery slope that everyone laughed at, the one about gay marriage leading to things like incest and bestiality, is now a serious possibility.
Some states, probably New York [...]

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Please Fix the iPhone – Vote on iPhone Issues for Apple

by Riyad Kalla on 21. Oct, 2008 in Technology

What you see above is a screenshot of the “Please fix the iPhone” (PFTI) site. The website is very much like Dell’s Idea Storm site in that it asks for community input on what things they want from Dell, allowing others to vote up or vote down those ideas and leave comments about them.
The PFTI [...]

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Poll Results: Hybrid Technology is Unimpressive to Most People

by Riyad Kalla on 05. Sep, 2008 in Life & World, Technology

Well the results are in from our last poll, and most people agree that they would get a hybrid or alternative-fuel car once the technology improved.
Given the combination of 1st and 2nd answers totalling almost 50%, then combining the “Yes when the style improves” giving us 60% of folks basically either saying “Yes I would [...]

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Election 2008 Candidate Positions on Science & Technology

Election 2008 Candidate Positions on Science & Technology

by Riyad Kalla on 23. Dec, 2007 in Life & World

Popular Mechanics put together a pretty bad-ass chart of the 2008 presidential candidate’s stances on Science and Technology. You can keep it handy as a reference when voting time comes around along with the 2008 Presidential Quick Reference Guide.

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2/3 of NYU Would Sell Right to Vote for Scholarship

by Riyad Kalla on 15. Nov, 2007 in Life & World

The full quote is they would give up their right to vote in the next election for a scholarship. I wonder if that stat is that surprising? Two reasons I can think of this not being that surprising is:

A lot of people felt the last 2 elections were bullshit with all the shenanigans that ensued [...]

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