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Paul Lindner

February 24, 2017

In the wake of OnHub's being factory reset I'm resurrecting this post.

I can get an immediate 0 out of Comcast for a service outage just for asking. We're better than Comcast, right? right?

https://signalvnoise.com/archives2/six_apart_does_their_customers_right.php

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Paul Lindner

February 24, 2017

https://omg.corp.google.com/#/show-incident/4289

A distributed system is on in which the failure of a gaia flume you didn't even know existed can render your own OnHub unusable...

http://www.azquotes.com/quote/585930

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Paul Lindner

February 22, 2017

*In Search of... define:sgamster*

Google search and Google translate are stumped by "sgamster", which appears in lyrics from the short-lived Welsh Hiphop band Tystion.

If you go to the Tystion wikipedia page you'll find a link to

http://www.axkx15.dsl.pipex.com/tystion%20page.htm

that seems to have some translated lyrics. Digdug has this listed as high quality but it doesn't appear in searches.

And based on that, I'm guessing *Timewaster* is the answer.

h/t to the John Peel Radio show for this deep cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUwOQwBJCaU

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Paul Lindner

February 9, 2017

Oz Monolith

*An Update on the Oz Monolith*

So it's a little over been two weeks since we turned down most of Oz for frontends. Project Death Star removed most Google+ traffic. Purple Hummus removed contacts.google.com. Project Falcon got iOS G+ on FEDS. And the OneGoogle Notifications Widget is now exiting too.

There's still much more to do, Apiary APIs, widgets and more need to go. And lots of code to delete as you can see in the Rise and Fall of Oz by # of files below.

Thanks to everyone that removed services/code, and let me know if you're missing a killoz teams badge.

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Paul Lindner

January 31, 2017

Scanning

I guess just in case I was running some perl script I downloaded off of Matt's Script Archive on port 7888

plindner@arcwelder:[beaker]/google3$ host 172.25.65.58
58.65.25.172.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer security-scanner-amer-3.cbf.corp.google.com.

But it appears I can't make it stop :(

https://scarf.googleplex.com/checkip?target=100.109.7.129&list=

05:52:51.515942 IP 172.25.65.58.43577 > 100.109.7.129.7888: Flags [P.], seq 0:432, ack 1, win 229, options [nop,nop,TS val 1188697399 ecr 2097041011], length 432
        0x0000:  4560 01e4 1784 4000 3b06 ccee ac19 413a  E.....@.;.....A:
        0x0010:  646d 0781 aa39 1ed0 c325 02b0 5897 25e2  dm...9...%..X.%.
        0x0020:  8018 00e5 069a 0000 0101 080a 46da 1537  ............F..7
        0x0030:  7cfe 4e73 4745 5420 2f66 6f72 6d2f 6175  |.NsGET./form/au
        0x0040:  6b74 696f 6e2e 6367 693f 6d65 6e75 653d  ktion.cgi?menue=
        0x0050:  2e2e 2f2e 2e2f 2e2e 2f2e 2e2f 2e2e 2f2e  ../../../../../.
        0x0060:  2e2f 2e2e 2f2e 2e2f 2e2e 2f65 7463 2f70  ./../../../etc/p
        0x0070:  6173 7377 6420 4854 5450 2f31 2e31 0d0a  asswd.HTTP/1.1..
        0x0080:  486f 7374 3a20 6172 6377 656c 6465 722e  Host:.arcwelder.
        0x0090:  6d74 762e 636f 7270 2e67 6f6f 676c 652e  mtv.corp.google.
        0x00a0:  636f 6d3a 3738 3838 0d0a 4163 6365 7074  com:7888..Accept
        0x00b0:  2d43 6861 7273 6574 3a20 6973 6f2d 3838  -Charset:.iso-88
        0x00c0:  3539 2d31 2c75 7466 2d38 3b71 3d30 2e39  59-1,utf-8;q=0.9
        0x00d0:  2c2a 3b71 3d30 2e31 0d0a 4163 6365 7074  ,*;q=0.1..Accept
        0x00e0:  2d4c 616e 6775 6167 653a 2065 6e0d 0a43  -Language:.en..C

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Paul Lindner

January 25, 2017

"Scoutjet is the web crawler for IBM Watson"

http://www.scoutjet.com/

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Paul Lindner

January 25, 2017

drowsiness-mode

Need an ML algorithm to detect sleep-typing and sound a wake up alarm. Then I can:

M-x drowsiness-mode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_drowsiness_detection

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Paul Lindner

January 24, 2017

Launching today, see spike in 404s. One contributing factor? https://plus.google.com/+whitehouse is no more.

still accessible at:

https://plus.google.com/105479712798762608629

As "The Obama White House"

fun times. fun times.

https://plus.google.com/105479712798762608629

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Paul Lindner

January 24, 2017

Tap Tap Tap

*Needed: Tap Counter Job Ladder*

[Posting since most people had not heard of this...]

_"Thank you. What do you do here?" He said, "I'm a tap counter." I'm like, "You're a what?" He goes, "Well Jeff Hawkins, the CEO, says, 'If any task on the Palm Pilot takes more than three taps of the stylus, it's too long, and it has to be redesigned.' So I'm the tap counter."_

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_says_simplicity_sells#talk

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Paul Lindner

January 5, 2017

Now...

Achievement unlocked. Google Now tells me about my own posts on my own site.

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Paul Lindner

January 5, 2017

Aristotle

No, please no. Treating omnipresent surveillance as normal at an early impressionable age feels like a step too far.

As such, there are some cringe-worthy quotes in this one...

"custom built AI with baby-centric features"

_"Aristotle was specifically designed to grow up with a child"_ -- [does anyone seriously believe that someone will be running this device 10 years from now?]

_"E-commerce functionality tied directly to key retail partners will enable Aristotle to automatically reorder or look for deals and coupons on baby consumables, formula and other baby products when it detects you are likely running low on the specific item."_

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mattels-nabi-brand-introduces-first-ever-connected-kids-room...

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Paul Lindner

January 5, 2017

_“Digital objects last forever—or five years, whichever comes first."_

You owe it to yourself to read _"Through A Glass, Darkly: Technical, Policy, and Financial Actions to Avert the Coming Digital Dark Ages"_ by +100430532548191465832. Saving the bits isn't enough.

http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/chtlj/vol33/iss2/1/

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Paul Lindner

December 23, 2016

6p

Looks like I'm the latest to suffer from the 6p rapid battery drain hardware defect... :(

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Paul Lindner

December 15, 2016

gHarmony

Sad that they didn't call it G-Love and Special Sauce

https://sites.google.com/a/google.com/deepcompatibility/home

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Paul Lindner

December 15, 2016

Just heard Superfreak in La Place Cafe.

Was on the first cassette I ever owned. (First vinyl? Kiss Destroyer)

I wonder if people will remember their "firsts" going forward in a cloud based world....

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXylLDTLqOEfkqa9onz7nF8OZV2Oot6mB9FrzK2DdmieX2Wg5iup7sNmAC...

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Paul Lindner

December 9, 2016

Happy Holidays from the Google+ Death Star Project team and the Chewbacca family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3a5j8PgQxg

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Paul Lindner

December 8, 2016

Got the Holiday Gift blues? Watch Robot Reindeer.

ROBOLIGHTS combines your two favorite things: Robots and Christmas into a 3 acre theme park of crazy. Visit it before the authorities shut it down.

https://www.facebook.com/ROBOLIGHTS

https://photos.google.com/

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Paul Lindner

December 8, 2016

Yes Virginia Eternabugs do get fixed!

Looking forward to real videos in presentations instead of animated GIFs..

b/7390256

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Paul Lindner

December 8, 2016

I hope our Phoenix UX folks are keeping tabs on Imzy. Lots of interesting interaction twists going on. Things I like:

- Custom screen names per community.
- Responsive OneUp design shows post on left, comments on right.

...and is +116834966192427446812 moonlighting as their character artist?

https://www.imzy.com/gaming/post/first_ever_imzy_gaming_awards

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Paul Lindner

December 6, 2016

Specialty Pharmacy Pfizer Farce

Still riding the blindfolded roller coaster with my wife and her metastatic breast cancer. We got a good 18 months from the 1st treatment. Fingers crossed that this new wonder drug will be even better.

I had a whole rant queued up about cancer drugs, Google's specialty pharmacy and Pfizer pricing Ibrance at 0k/month. Alas, MacOS+Chrome ate it.

Instead you can read this article and understand how we end up with ridiculous 80 monthly ransom payments copays. (Seriously life-and-death isn't subject to price elasticity of demand!)

http://www.fiercepharma.com/sales-and-marketing/pfizer-s-ibrance-pricing-shows-multiyear-market-anal...

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Paul Lindner

November 18, 2016

#til about hash array mapped tries

https://idea.popcount.org/2012-07-25-introduction-to-hamt/

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Paul Lindner

November 17, 2016

Here's your friday lol, includes the extra special Google dis:

_You know rappers like to sell drugs_
_But you do it on the streets_
_And you deader than Google buzz or Google+_

http://genius.com/Ytcracker-bitcoin-baron-lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZfg1Gtcg08

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Paul Lindner

November 17, 2016

YUDA - great logo, even better tool.

Oh and I'm already #34 on the scoreboard.

https://yuda.corp.google.com

https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6353721735624836113/6353721735448299490?...

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Paul Lindner

November 7, 2016

The early bird gets the worm

Subject: Greetings from Dropbox; Yes, I'm working on a weeknight :)

Hi Paul,

They say, "The early bird gets the worm," well this early worm would really enjoy a conversation about your skills, goals, and interest. To be brief, you have an excellent educational and technical background and I'd enjoy the opportunity to discuss your expertise a bit further (Not tonight of course).

....

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Paul Lindner

November 2, 2016

Paging the Spaces team! Talkshow had some neat features that might be apropros. Controlling the "Microphone" was one of them..

+112802115175816406059 +114740374810943095093

https://medium.com/talkshow/we-are-shutting-down-talkshow-on-december-1-98ea1dacf3c8

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Paul Lindner

November 1, 2016

gifcities

So good.

http://www.gifcities.org/?q=google

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Paul Lindner

October 27, 2016

Defense against the digital dark ages

Vint Cerf speaks today at noon! Via VC or in MTV-1950

_We create digital content in enormous and growing quantities every day. Much of this content requires software to be displayed (images, videos) or manipulated (e.g. spreadsheets and text documents) or executed (e.g. video games). In some cases, specific operating systems and hardware are needed for support. We face a challenge to preserve digital content over periods of hundreds or years because the software and associated hardware may no longer exist. There are legal issues associated with copyright of content and licensing of software as well as business models that must somehow be sustained for long periods of time. This talk will outline some of the challenges and possible solutions._

https://liveplayer.googleplex.com/view/2016-10-27-43705620-31

Location: MTV-1950-1-Bodega Bay Tech Talk

Reserved VC rooms:

RES-EXPL-10-Mount Rogers
NYC-9TH-15A239-Raft of Otters
DUB-1GC-4-Fangorn
This talk will be recorded

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Paul Lindner

October 25, 2016

Google+ WBS == 16.2 :(

http://www.webbloatscore.com/

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Paul Lindner

October 24, 2016

Needed to fire up an Etherium test node so I thought I'd give Azure a shot since they have a nifty dev-labs tool built for it.

Pretty nice. I had a VM up and running with 00 credit in about 15 minutes, even with recovering my live.com password account.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/

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Paul Lindner

October 24, 2016

Weekly GFE pushes? What year is it?

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Paul Lindner

October 22, 2016

As I said on http://g/opensource-discuss :

_We’re Google. The 10x solution is to replace DNS. (And I’m only half-joking.)_

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Paul Lindner

October 20, 2016

Releasing this under Affero GPL LICENSE would have been an epic troll.

https://opensource.googleblog.com/2016/10/introducing-nomulus-open-source.html#__sid=md1

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Paul Lindner

October 20, 2016

20% project Idea

Create Google+ Communities based on donation match data from https://give.corp.google.com/b

Then expand that further, let anyone make communities with a recurring membership fee, or private profiles with a membership. Sort of like Patreon.. but better.

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Paul Lindner

October 19, 2016

Long Now

Would people be interested in attending a *Google Talk* about the *Long Now* projects 10,000 year clock[1] and Rosetta disk[2]? I'm in touch with their staff and they expressed interest and I'd like to know if it's worth my time to organize the event...

Also I recommend joining and attending their events. Lots of interesting people and viewpoints that you normally don't get inside the tech bubble. Plus it feels like you're a member of a secret society and their bar _The Interval_[3] serves up damn fine cocktails.

[1] http://longnow.org/clock/
[2] http://rosettaproject.org/
[3] http://theinterval.org/

http://longnow.org/about/

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Paul Lindner

October 19, 2016

Am I the only that's shocked that GFE pushes are paused for over a week?

If so I hope that people point out how much of a SPOF this is. [And maybe we'll finally be able to open the huge urlmap.production.any in cider without problems]

https://groups.google.com/a/google.com/d/msg/prod-notify-all/QuvZJiC0TKc/io_-O0nCAgAJ

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Paul Lindner

October 15, 2016

Found some weekend reading based on the abstract alone.

_Although it has been a part of the dark underbelly of the Internet since its inception, recent events have brought the discussion board site 4chan to the forefront of the world's collective mind. In particular, /pol/, 4chan's "Politically Incorrect" board has become a central figure in the outlandish 2016 Presidential election. Even though 4chan has long been viewed as the "final boss of the Internet," it remains relatively unstudied in the academic literature.
In this paper we analyze /pol/ along several axes using a dataset of over 8M posts. We first perform a general characterization that reveals how active posters are, as well as how some unique features of 4chan affect the flow of discussion. We then analyze the content posted to /pol/ with a focus on determining topics of interest and types of media shared, as well as the usage of hate speech and differences in poster demographics. We additionally provide quantitative evidence of /pol/'s collective attacks on other social media platforms. We perform a quantitative case study of /pol/'s attempt to poison anti-trolling machine learning technology by altering the language of hate on social media. Then, via analysis of comments from the 10s of thousands of YouTube videos linked on /pol/, we provide a mechanism for detecting attacks from /pol/ threads on 3rd party social media services._

https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.03452

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Paul Lindner

October 14, 2016

All-in on Ubiquity

Turned off my HP workstation for the last time.

You can get 6CPU, 32GB mem, 300GB disk hosts these days. They're actually pretty decent for most work. You lose hyperthreading but you get 46MB cpu cache. I/O feel relatively snappy.

Get your own https://portal.corp.google.com/

Of course I look forward to the day when all of this runs on GCE and I can remount my block device on a n1-highmem-32 (32 cpus, 208GB memory !!)

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Paul Lindner

October 11, 2016

New Kill Oz Theme songs.

Sadly out of print, but was able to buy this on vinyl over on eBay...

http://petdance.com/nr/discography/comps/busted-at-oz/

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Paul Lindner

October 6, 2016

1m LoC deleted!

Of course I couldn't have done it without the entire teams that wrote the code and these specific products:

Firefox Toolbars
Google Gadgets, iGoogle, and OpenSocial
Hotstuff
Google Buzz and the entire Focus Frontend
Chili
Tacotruck
Mercury
Kraken
... and Oz

And big shout outs to abandoned experiments, never completed features and my agent, Klippy.

https://deletestats.googleplex.com/plindner#1286694000..1474786800!cdd

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Paul Lindner

October 5, 2016

Me, At Conference. _*Oh, I work for Google*_ .... space time warps.

Next time I might just use a fictitious company. If we can agree on a secret name Googlers can just nod understandingly when I say "Oh, I work for Massive Dynamics".

http://www.siegelgale.com/brand-naming-8-great-fake-company-names/

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Paul Lindner

October 5, 2016

Where's the schema.org markup? Where do I file bugs?

Guess I should just be happy that there's an RSS feed here... https://blog.google/rss/

https://blog.google/

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Paul Lindner

October 4, 2016

I'll be at this thing today. Will take notes and have a post trip report.

https://longnow.org/events/02016/oct/04/long-now-member-summit/

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Paul Lindner

October 3, 2016

Important article by Vint Cerf in the latest CACM.

http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2016/10/207755-were-going-backward/fulltext

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Paul Lindner

September 30, 2016

Remove the Kraken

*Remove the Kraken!*

https://critique.corp.google.com/#review/134834839

https://sites.google.com/a/google.com/opensocial/Kraken?pli=1

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Paul Lindner

September 30, 2016

Finding is somewhat ironic that the project to turn down Oz is called Deathstar. Past project G+ names included *MorningStar* and *NorthStar*

Oh and the follow on _Falcon_ project is aptly named, as you can see below...

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Paul Lindner

September 30, 2016

Chat bugs

Reported a bug in Matrix chat. Bug filed.... Via chat.

Wish Hangouts group chat had this...

Of course we could do this for G+ too. Plus mention a magic page named +Buganizer on a post and you'll get a bug filed.. Problem is that syntax errors are harder to process...

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Paul Lindner

September 29, 2016

Feature Request

Google Webmaster Tools lists links to all Chrome extensions that reference your domain...

Not sure which category id...

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Paul Lindner

September 27, 2016

Ello added a http://go/+sub button.

http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9ad48e023e0e67d4a8cda3fc9&id=9c89f17d97&e=91cf3b6099

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Paul Lindner

September 27, 2016

Added a new ubiquity instance recently. I'm happy to say that I've moved my home directory to a git repo. For internal usage git on borg is a good choice.

gob-ctl create user/lindner/dotfiles
cd ~
git init
echo "*" > .gitignore
git add .gitignore
git commit -m "initial commit"
git remote add origin sso://user/lindner/dotfiles
git push -u origin master

The trick I mention below for append only files also works for .dremel_history

http://www.1500wordmtu.com/2016/my-new-favorite-way-to-manage-home-directories-with-git

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Paul Lindner

September 27, 2016

Did Someone say *Megadeth*?

So I had to laugh at the Events Demo using Megadeth. Back in the day we used email to coordinate our outings.

\m/ forever!

Oh and I ended up losing my glasses and contracting a skin infection. Totally worth it.

_>From the farthest reaches of the net, donnell@ux.acs.umn.edu said:_
_._
_> so... dread is little more than 24 hours away. what are your bags?_

_Sorry folks, can't make this one, was really considering it, but......_
_databases calling and this other ton of work....._

_> let us move this email through, doodz, so we do not leave anyone out of_
_> this most excellent event (well, besides motorhead and metal church on_
_> the 4th of june at first ave, and the "clash of the titans" with
. slayer, megadeth, and anthrax on the 9th at Trout aire ;)._

_Say does anyone need a ticket to the clash of the titans. I bought_
_four, so far three are spoken for. Since it's general admission It_
_doesn't matter where you get your ticket, just as long as you get it._
_I also have room in my 79 Duster Partymobile for one more passenger._

_So who will it be? Who's brave enough to mosh it up with me?_

_See ya in the PIT!_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoFRpvYyY7Y

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