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Episode 0x30: GNOME Press Comments
28 August 2012
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Summary
Karen and Bradley discuss recent coverage of GNOME by the technology
press, and more generally issues and concerns with the technology
press.
This show was released on Tuesday 28 August 2012; its
running time is 00:56:31.
Show Notes
Segment 0 (00:44)
●Bradley couldn't find support for his claim about in the
can
, and Karen may be right.(01:15)
●Bradley mentioned that the GNOME Foundation negative press recently
is akin to what Harry
Reid did by stating rumors regarding Romney's taxes. (05:03)
●Karen mentioned the Debunking
Handbook that Germán
Póo-Caamaño mentioned to her. (06:30)
●Bradley mentioned the quote I d
o not think
[that word] means w
hat you think it means
from The
Princess Bride. (13:30)
●Karen mentioned the GNOME 15 year Anniversary
Site. (17:22)
●Bradley mentioned Dave
Neary's GNOME census, and quoted numbers from the census. (21:30)
●Bradley discussed Eazel, a company co-founded
by Andy
Hertzfeld. (23:03)
●Karen mentioned GNOME's Outreach Program for Women,
in which Conservancy participates. (25:34)
●Karen mentioned an
article that came out on the same day as this audcast. (30:30)
●Bradley mentioned that some research by evolutionary biologists
suggests language
may have developed for gossip (38:48). Bradley couldn't find
evidence easily online for the 80% is gossip claim on the audcase, but
did find an article talking about 65%
of human communication is gossip.
●Bradley mentioned the television series, The
Human Animal. (39:17)
●Bradley mentioned a thread
he recently posted in on the BusyBox mailing list. (50:32)
●Bradley mentioned that there are many
cognitive psychological biases. (51:11)
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