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Wikipedia and Me

Mills Kelly:

In addition to being called names such as “pond scum,” and, “a cancer on the ass of humanity,” I even received one death threat (referred to law enforcement for investigation). Among Wikipedia administrators, the conversation drifted briefly toward an all institution blockade of George Mason IP addresses, but later settled down. What this discussion demonstrates, I think, is that robust conversation among interested parties is worth reading. The Wikipedia admin discussion aired both sides of the debate and arrived at a “no decision” decision…much like the way Wikipedia entries are edited, ending up in compromise between the interested parties.

OpenSignalMaps - The politics of WiFi names

Command Line and User Friendliness

Luke Maciak:

Personally, I think that command line is the most flexible and at the same time most intuitive user interface paradigm we have invented so far. There is a large number of people who would not agree with this statement. There is this this notion that command line is a thing of the past, and modern software must have a GUI whether it makes sense or not. Somehow a large number of computer users got it in their heads that this is absolutely terrifying, ugly, and outdated.