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Content ID Run Amok: Isaac's Lip-Dub Proposal Removed from YouTube

2012 Jun 7, 3:14

Waxy roundup of DMCA takedown process stupidity.

So the Scripps TV broadcasts are indexed by YouTube, and the Content ID robots do the rest. And because Content ID disputes are judged by the copyright holder, complaints are routinely ignored or denied.”

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Matter Anti-Matter: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

2012 Jun 7, 3:07

ensignau:

The conversation surrounding how to liberate HBO from its cable partners and create the entertainment utopia viewers have long desired has been fascinating.

The resulting analyses of the numbers has pretty much shown that the amount people are willing to pay is not nearly enough to…

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(via Parody Tech Startup Explainer Video for Vooza)

2012 Jun 7, 3:04


(via Parody Tech Startup Explainer Video for Vooza)

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Testing 3 million hyperlinks, lessons learned

2012 Jun 7, 2:42

Won’t someone think of the URIs?!  At some point in the not too distant past, MSDN changed how you link to documentation and broke all existing links.  This included some of links in documents on MSDN.

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Changing Windows Live IDs

2012 Jun 6, 2:54

Use of my old Hotmail account has really snuck up on me as I end up caring more and more about all of the services with which it is associated. The last straw is Windows 8 login, but previous straws include Xbox, Zune, SkyDrive, and my Windows 7 Phone. I like the features and sync'ing associated with the Windows Live ID, but I don't like my old, spam filled, hotmail email address on the Live ID account.

A coworker told me about creating a Live ID from a custom domain, which sounded like just the ticket for me. Following the instructions above I was able to create a new deletethis.net Live ID but the next step of actually using this new Live ID was much more difficult. My first hope was there would be some way to link my new and old Live IDs so as to make them interchangeable. As it turns out there is a way to link Live IDs but all that does is make it easy to switch between accounts on Live Mail, SkyDrive and some other webpages.

Instead one must change over each service or start over depending on the service:

Xbox
In the Xbox 360 system menu you can change the Live ID associated with your gamertag. This worked fine for me and I got an email telling me about the transfer of my Microsoft Points.
Zune
There's no way to do this for the Zune specifically, however changing over your Xbox account also transfers over all your Zune purchased content. I don't have a Zune Pass so I can't confirm that, but all of my previously purchased television shows transferred over successfully.
Windows 7 Phone
To change the main Live ID associated with your phone, reset your phone to factory default and start over. All purchased applications are lost. Had I purchased any applications I would have been pissed, but instead I was just irritated that I had to reset my phone.
Mail
I don't use my Hotmail account for anything and it only sits and collects spam. Accordingly I didn't attempt switching this over.
SkyDrive
I didn't have much in my SkyDrive account. I downloaded all files as a zip and then manually uploaded them to the new account.
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BoingBoing reposts this great Cyberpunk parody photo from 12...

2012 Jun 5, 4:17


BoingBoing reposts this great Cyberpunk parody photo from 12 years ago, and Motherboard has a What happened to cyberpunk article.

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Ready Player One Easter Egg Hunt - Contest Announcement (by...

2012 Jun 5, 8:32


Ready Player One Easter Egg Hunt - Contest Announcement (by ernestcline)

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Working with files in JavaScript, Part 5: Blobs

2012 Jun 5, 4:13

How to create Blobs directly and via BlobBuilder.

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Side Quest

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laughingsquid: Pirate Bay Gift Cards

2012 Jun 4, 12:50


laughingsquid:

Pirate Bay Gift Cards

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arcaneimages: Wait for it…

2012 Jun 4, 12:48


arcaneimages:

Wait for it…

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Use Windows Live Hotmail with your own custom domain

2012 Jun 4, 2:49

In Win8 you login with a Windows Live account.  If you hook up a custom domain to a Live account you can login with that custom domain.

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Line Simplification

2012 Jun 3, 12:47

Neat demo of Visvalingam’s line simplification algorithm in JavaScript applied to a map of the US.

To simplify geometry to suit the displayed resolution, various line simplification algorithms exist. While Douglas–Peucker is the most well-known, Visvalingam’s algorithm may be more effective and has a remarkably intuitive explanation: it progressively removes points with the least-perceptible change.

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So Listen Carefully To That Song Of The Modem | Best Of MetaFilter

2012 Jun 3, 12:43

A thread about the sounds dial-up modems used to make prompted member Devonian to recall being a fly on the wall during the development of modem speed standards

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A book perfume for your e-book reader

2012 Jun 3, 12:21PermalinkCommentshumor book ebook perfume

Jet Set Radio HD coming soon with awesome soundtrack...

2012 Jun 1, 2:55


Jet Set Radio HD coming soon with awesome soundtrack promised. Exciting!

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Code: Flickr Developer Blog » Parsing Exif client-side using JavaScript

2012 Jun 1, 2:51

Flickr parses the exif out of images using Web Workers, and Blob (File API)!

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Working with files in JavaScript, Part 4: Object URLs

2012 Jun 1, 2:50

On the topic of blobs and createObjectURL.  Woo blobs!

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Stuxnet Explained - Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran

2012 Jun 1, 4:57

From his first months in office, President Obamasecretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America’s first sustained use of cyberweapons, according to participants in the program.

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Clippy.JS - Add Clippy and friends to any website (smore.com)

2012 May 29, 6:15

A great JS API to add Clippy or other agents to your website!  Make them talk, dance, gesture, etc

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