Google+ : For Winners.

(Private communities and hangouts get the job done for Ingress players...)


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6014259673203354705/6014259666305363442?...

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*Decreasing Dwell Time*

Has anyone looked into mechanisms for loading busses more quickly?  A couple of thoughts:
- Add a card scanner on the 2nd door, deputize a Googler to check entrants.
- On campus make a pickup stop in a secured area.  Then people don't have to badge as they board.
- Install two badge readers on double-deckers, one on the stairs, one by the driver.
- Do not wait for tardy passengers if the bus is running late, there's probably another one right behind.

I wrote most of this post while the Van Ness bus boarded passengers @Sacramento which was blocking an entire lane of traffic.




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It's breeding season for -Snowy- Great Egrets.

Next time you're on the west side of 1201 Charleston look up to the trees and you'll notice a dozen -Snowy- Great Egret nests.  Maybe you'll even catch them flying from tree-to-tree carrying newly found twigs.  They really get going on the weekends when they have the campus to themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Egret


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Come stop by and see my new old timey map of the internet.


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6004781190344044017/6004781188693572658?...

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*Mockito verboseLogging, plus GuiceBerry hints*

Want to see your mock activity?  Do something like this:

mock(SharingJsonService.FutureInterface.class,
    withSettings().verboseLogging());

Also: Injecting a GuiceBerry mock?  Reset it in a teardown!

There's probably a better way to do this, but.....  I created a Mock inside a GuiceBerry module, then injected it into the test class.

There were two tests that mocked the same method, the second test would blow up because it saw the previous stub, and returned null for the second invocation instead of re-stubbing.

Adding a Mockito.reset(...) on the injected value fixes that.

Thanks to verbose logging I was able to figure that out.

Phew, time for bed.




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*want*  - couldn't find an internal bug for this, anyone know?

_Add support for [deprecated = true] on all types of definitions_


https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/issues/detail?id=329

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Why did no one tell me about this?  Would've been so useful for some mobile debugging a little bit ago....

https://xsds.corp.google.com/




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*ouch*

Ints#tryParse is your friend.


https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-992

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Somewhat amused that the java output from protoc doesn't pass our own internal lint checks :)




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Can we add a 'has sane permalinks' checkbox to Ariane?

Or maybe an SDD - _SEO Design Doc_.  For a company founded on search we do a crappy job of following our own webmaster guidelines...




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Emacs tip o' the day

  % g4d someclient
  % emacs
  M-! g4 diff -du
  M-x diff-mode
  # review patch
  # Find interesting diff, C-c C-c to open file at diff point




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Thanks to Malte for ControllersForbiddenDependenciesTest

Millions of browsers and data plans are breathing a sigh of relief.

#infrastructureworkingwell




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We found the doppleganger for  @103403111903646616992 in the #SELFIE  video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdemFfbS5H0


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#protip  - Use _cs -local_ to edit  files found by a code search query.  Here's me cleaning up an experiment this morning:

  *emacs *

If I know all the files need editing I'll also do bulk g4 edit first:

  *g4 edit *




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Considering setting up a Google Code Orphanage.

OWNERless code could automatically be "gifted" to a code-orphanage group of maintainers.  Those volunteers could then put the code up for adoption or retire it in a sensible way.


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5995965251408653457/5995965253170844578

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Punting to your users and their elected officials considered harmful.


http://lj-advisory.livejournal.com/

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Full list of Google supported Donors Choose projects.


http://www.donorschoose.org/donor/2275665/?tab=PROJECTS_SUPPORTED

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Bayfair bus just ejected everyone at GWC because of "low fuel". How can this ever happen?




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Can we acquire Xoogler founded startups and then have them fix the code they left behind?




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I wonder if there's anything to learn here, especially with our push to split into multiple apps.


http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5534814/twitter-music-is-officially-dead

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So we have new *Die Techie Scum*  and *Tech out of Oakland* graffiti at the West Oakland Park & Ride

If Transportation folks can get someone on this it would be great (time is of the essence for this kind of stuff)

If not I'll try and pick up some solvent and rags this evening and clean it up...




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But first let me take a #selfie  ...

Cannot be unheard...


https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=B7keer7m66imh4urkuzdnunp7pi#body-content

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Twitter for business marketing department is cranking out the art...   5 pitches in 2 weeks.  All related to tv show integration.  (In this case the Oscars..)


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Listening to some UK Garage today.  Altavista reference made me smile.

_You won't find us on Alta Vista_
_Cult classic not bestseller, you're gonna need more power_
_Plug in the free phase and the generator, crank it up to gigawatts_


https://play.google.com/music/playpreview?preview=AE9vGKqCnCd3p4qn9iqqezTaS3AvK63bBfq4F2l1DgNR4I3HhL...

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When I want reliable stats I always turn to BirdSignals


_We'll all be watching and cheering for our favorite athletes on TV in the next few days. In fact, 81% of Twitter users say that they will watch at least some part of the games. Of those, over half said they will be likely to Tweet about it as well ++ ._

_Through our TV conversation targeting, we make it easy to promote Tweets to users engaged with specific events on TV. This feature allows you to interact with people as they talk about a TV show on Twitter before, during and after it airs._

_++ Source: #Birdsignals, Twitter & Vision Critical, February 2014_


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Understandable how this search result was tagged with a menu.  Because 'food' I guess.

Reported at http://go/bad


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Needed: Periodic testing for developer sample apps.

I've been importing a number of Google's sample Android apps into Eclipse and/or Android Studio.  It's painful.  If we could periodically download and run these Apps on a fresh Android Studio/Eclipse(/Xcode?) we might save developers a lot of time and catch broken examples sooner.   Automation for bonus points...

Here's just a few things I bumped into:

- GMS changed their APIs between v4.0 and v4.1  Half the things I was trying to do didn't work.
- Most examples have a hard coded compile version which means the import fails unless you've been downloading SDK versions for the past couple years.  Once you figure this out it's an easy fix, but it's still another roadblock.
- Developer Console vs Cloud Console.  'nuff said there..

Here's some of the bits and pieces:

https://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/wiki/Android
http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/auth.html
https://developers.google.com/+/quickstart/android
https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/getting-started




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They're on to us..
#socialscore


https://plus.google.com/+CircleCount/posts/EHNwotc282F

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Just noticed this markup syntax for linking web pages back to FB profile pages.  We should probably parse these are rel="me" back to the the facebook profile.

@116679685807477912446  - sounds like an igraph thing, should I file a bug for it?


https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/guides/og.follows/

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I haven't touched a single proto today

#androidtraining




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#LazyPlus  -Where can I report 100% CPU bugs for chrome canary?

 I can consistently spin a Core 100% using code search.  I didn't see any specific Chromium bugs and would rather not report it on the public tracker anyway.




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Is there a Youtube video that has the encoding information stamped on the video like this?

There are some _Example Show_ videos that when played tell you the bitrate and resolution.   It's also a surreal thing to watch...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/netflix-test-video_n_4212826.html

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Can someone write the same list for closure methods?


http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

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Anyone want to help me decipher the userId structure for this site?  It's tightly linked to our profiles.  (Naturally due to AKB48 crossover)

Example profile pages are good.  A regex that matches them is even better.


http://gp48.net/view

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So I was just saying to myself wouldn't it be great if we could have incognito iframes and behold! there it is..  iframe sandbox's unique origin solves that problem...

Anyone using this in practice?  I'd love to use this as a way to serve up 3P content and supply the appropriate user information directly from the parent via postMessage to avoid user-overlap confusion.


http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/security/sandboxed-iframes/

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Pluck spammed me about their new events/hangouts-like functionality.

Hello Paul,

Can you do this today?

Hold a live event, on your website or Facebook page. Invite an executive, topical expert or celebrity to host it. Let hundreds of thousands of your fans not only follow the event, but participate with comments, questions and photo and video uploads. Manage your event’s tone, pace and energy by choosing the content your fans see. Compel them to spend an average of 40 minutes on your website or Facebook page.

How about this?

Enhance a virtual or in-person event with a dynamic social wall experience. Collect, curate and display related social media content directly on your website. Moderate fan content – comments, questions, photos, videos, tweets, Facebook posts – so that it best represents your brand. Add your own original content or editorial commentary.  Create a complete, highly visual story around a particular topic or event.

Creating a Real-time Experience is about starting a conversation, not joining it. It’s about listening and engaging. Real-time Experiences are about collaborative content, and leveraging unique audience consumption opportunities on your owned media.

Pluck’s CoveritLive Real-time Engagement Platform gives you everything you need to design and produce highly interactive real-time experiences. More than 1,500 leading brands, retailers and publishers like Subway, EA, Jeep, Ford and Anthropologie have created real-time experiences with CoveritLive. They have connected with their fans – and generated new ones – through Live Blogs, Q&A Sessions, Social Walls, Second Screen Experiences, Featured Galleries and Facebook Chats.

For digital marketers seeking customer and shopper engagement, real-time experiences are highly differentiated and very sticky. CoveritLive routinely supports events with hundreds of thousands of attendees, who on average are engaged for 40 minutes.

And here’s the best part. You can download CoveritLive and run trial events of your own at no cost. What are you waiting for?




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And more Perception vs Reality.

Don't take a -knife- fact-based argument to a -gunfight- irrational issue..


http://www.npr.org/2014/01/22/264528139/long-a-dirty-word-gentrification-may-be-losing-its-stigma

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Anyone tight with the people at xda-developers?

See http://b/8002104 if you can relay a request to help them fix an issue.




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Waiting for people.oz to turn green?  Play this....

Or heck, play anything from the 51 albums in the Rockabye Baby collection.


https://play.google.com/music/playpreview?preview=AE9vGKrGos62UGCnyd2XAGkVtdWmgfUG8zFRifPE5W7eUdCTtL...

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Warning, productivity killer ahead..


http://letsdance.to/8/judas-priest/breaking-the-law

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I'm feeling lucky artist-bomb.

Today I thought I was listening to some retro Ellie Goulding song.  Nope it was Traci Lords...  Mind blown.




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One liner for output of /usr/bin/unsued_deps for  #futureme

*cat /tmp/oz_deps  | awk '{print -bash "\nblaze build " " || read -p BORKED "}'*
buildozer 'remove deps //java/com/google/common/annotations:annotations' //java/com/google/apps/people/oz/widget/signin:module
blaze build //java/com/google/apps/people/oz/widget/signin:module} || read -p BORKED
....




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Some gutsy tagging on P turf.

(And real proof that the techies are taking over the Mission. P and NP gangs are the new Norteños and Sureños.)







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Dremel history backup for #futureme

load /auto/build/google3/maps/test/dremel/useragent.lua;

get_browser(useragent)




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We're discussing Roboto performance over on

https://b.corp.google.com/issue?id=9088557




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Graffiti partially removed/obscured and one bag of trash dealt with this morning.

I have a bag with solvent, gloves, rags, trash bags and a scrub brush.  If other people are keen on helping I can leave it out.  I also brought my portable leaf blower -- I can get some of that broken glass taken care of.

Also reported illegal dumping using SeeClickFix on 7th & Linden  (Download the App, it actually gets stuff done).  Also can someone get Caltrans to pick up the sofa and other junk that was dumped in the lot?


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5965831869026667441

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Hey WOPR folks, let's clean up West Oakland.

I used to live in SOMA and there was a guy who would clean up all the trash and butts around the corner of 7th and Howard.  His small acts made a huge difference and he was the most popular guy in the neighborhood.

There's a trash bin at the corner of 7th and Adeline, so arrive a few minutes early, clean up and win a few hearts and minds.  And remember we have hand sanitizer on the bus.


https://plus.google.com/+PaulLindner/posts/NuzN8eaLjKx

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Here's hoping that Play and BBC America get the latest Doctor Who episode up promptly.

The fiasco with the 50th Anniversary episode was pretty bad. Delivered late and with price gouging....




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TiL...

Often apropos for code..


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=copypasta

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35% of sites on the web now use a custom font.  The +1 button's use of Roboto apparently added 8% to that statistic.

No worries, when we added Roboto we also converted the button to SVG.   All those bytes from the sprite now are more effectively used to support highly cacheable font downloads.


http://httparchive.org/trends.php

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