Episode 58
58: Always On Vacation In California
How and when to discuss sexism in technology, Facebook buying Oculus and having visions, and the Hack extension to PHP.
Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP
March 28, 20142h 0m
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Show Notes
- Follow-up on discussing sexism in technology, Anil's experiment, empathy, ad hominem tu quoque, and cultural rigidity.
- Facebook buying Oculus:
- Outrage from Oculus' Kickstarter backers, including from Minecraft creator Notch, and the expectations that Kickstarter creates in "backers".
- Why did Oculus sell? How far into the future did Oculus' "vision" extend, and what will happen to its vision now?
- Why did Facebook buy? Does Mark Zuckerberg have a clear vision for Facebook's future?
- Facebook's Hack language extension to PHP:
- PHP is poorly designed but very practical.
- The risks of using Hack (Marco's two posts).
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