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Re: Beauty is Neither Harmony Nor Symmetry

thegeniusfiles — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:39:45 -0000

Perhaps we could say that beauty is a pattern that somehow matches a sequence of DNA. Since DNA defines the framework of our perceptions and experience as corporeal beings.

Re: How to check your Gmail, Google Drive and Google+ Storage

thegeniusfiles — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:58:52 -0000

Nice article. Was hoping you'd show a way to filter all G+ photos larger than 2048 x 2048. Since I have a lot of G+ photos and many of them are larger than that. There's no way I'm going to click through thousands of photos one at a time, looking at each to see whether its size counts against my quota and makes it a candidate for deletion.
But, there's another way to get around the quota. Open a new Gmail account and switch to that.
BTW, disqus login with google account is broken.

Re: Project Wing: Google’s delivery-by-drone service

thegeniusfiles — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:01:10 -0000

"Drone" is a militarized word that evokes images of destruction and is an extremely poor choice of branding for a nonlethal civilian technology.

Re: Put a bee on it: Portland “bee dork” makes hives with pollinators in mind

thegeniusfiles — Tue, 27 May 2014 11:25:55 -0000

Matt Reed has a website, you didn't link to it but it's at beethinking.com in this case I think the external link is relevant.

Re: Safely Integrating Urban Agriculture With Urban Living

thegeniusfiles — Sat, 24 May 2014 11:36:44 -0000

Testing the soil in a lab is critical for food safety. This service is often offered for free by various government agencies, but often requires some research to find out where to go in your area. However, this should be your very first step before you do anything else, as it will determine the necessary steps you must follow. Please do not skip this step.

Re: Activists target Google employee at his Berkeley home

thegeniusfiles — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:10:52 -0000

"Activists" is a careless and crappy choice of words. "Hecklers" would be more appropriate. Semantics matter. Thanks.

Re: Funding My Existence

thegeniusfiles — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:36:16 -0000

Perhapsyou should reframe the question as: how can I DEFUND my existence. Monetarism has led to a lot of systemic and recursive problems. How can we escape the tyranny of the monetary world view?

Re: Larry Page Says Google Focused On Low Cost Tablets

thegeniusfiles — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:23:24 -0000

Can't let Amazon have all the fun. Let the price war begin!

Re: On sci-fi and technology

thegeniusfiles — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:38:02 -0000

What about present fictional technologies like unlimited data?

Re: There Are 24 Empty Houses for Every Homeless Person in America

thegeniusfiles — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:24:50 -0000

Sounds like a lowball figure for number of homeless in usa. Just look around you.

Re: Slice Is A Must-Have Personal Assistant For Online Shopoholics – Now Available For Android

thegeniusfiles — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:48:48 -0000

Ironically, it does not appear in search results on Google Play.

Re: Rush flushes Rush!

thegeniusfiles — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:15:50 -0000

No his mind is not for rent, to any god or government. There's always hope for your discontent. Those changes are permanent!

Re: Why I stopped using Gmail

thegeniusfiles — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:27:21 -0000

Email privacy turns out to be kind of a difficult problem. There are various PGP implementations that do a good job of secure encryption ; however they require both sender and recipient to use PGP. Since most people have no idea what that means, and since there is no widespread free simple-to-use implementation on par with Gmail, it's an uphill battle.

Re: Hey Android Manufacturers, Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be More Than Enough!

thegeniusfiles — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:09:12 -0000

Personally I am still using my aging HTC Droid Incredible with CM7 and am very satisfied with it. I plan to keep it until my contract ends. This is the first Smartphone that has ever satisfied my needs so well for so long. I think device proliferation may confuse consumers, but on the other hand we are seeing very rapid evolution. Much faster than Apple can match with its infrequent iterations. Android has had some growing pains, but I don't think that means manufacturers need to emulate Apple. Just my 2 cents.

Re: [Tutorial] How To Control Many Computers With A Single Mouse And Keyboard

thegeniusfiles — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:15:18 -0000

I find that it has some bugs that cause problems when using PPT and VNC connections. Has anyone else experienced this?

Re: The Tragic, Craven Undoing of Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Noble Mission - COLORLINES

thegeniusfiles — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:03:40 -0000

Calls to boycott the Susan B. Kommen Foundation are missing the point. Anti-choice activists have staged a strategic, hostile takeover of the leadership of a beneficial Foundation. The proper strategy is to dislodge the hostile leaders, not to attack an beneficial organization.

Re: CyanogenMod, the free/open port of Android, gains traction

thegeniusfiles — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:23:16 -0000

A cyanogen app store is a brilliant idea, and is sorely needed as a counterbalance to Google, Amazon and the cellular carriers. Also a good revenue opportunity to help fund cyanogen development.

Re: Perry ‘taken aback’ by debate audience cheering death

thegeniusfiles — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:24:47 -0000

When even a nazi boot-licker like Perrito recoils in horror of the Teaps, it really makes you wonder what the future holds for this schizoid country. I guess human sacrifice will always appeal to the masses. What they want is a candidate who is willing to publicly eviscerate the opposition, then eat the still-beating heart in order to placate an angry god. Perrito just doesn't have the stones for it. But I'm sure someone will pop up by election day.. eat your heart out, neoliberulz...

Re: Wisc. DMV workers ordered to not offer voter IDs

thegeniusfiles — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:12:47 -0000

Wisconsin used to be a freedom-loving state. I guess those days are past?

Re: Access Your Evernote Data With The Open Source Client Nevernote [Linux]

thegeniusfiles — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:26:04 -0000

I tried Nevernote awhile back, and while I give props to the developers for making the effort, I found it so slow and awkward to use, I gave up on it. Instead, I recommend Zotero http://zotero.org or Mendeley http://mendeley.com both of which are similar to Evernote but far more Linux-friendly. Also, Zotero and Mendeley are far better tools than Evernote for managing research citations.

Re: Open Letter to Google’s Larry Page

thegeniusfiles — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:54:54 -0000

Two sides to Google's crypto-fascist coin: business and government. In typical revolving-door style. To paraphrase Benito Mussolini, fascism may more accurately be called corporatism, for it is the merger of corporations with the State. What corporations cannot do, the State may be made to do. What the State cannot do, corporations may be made to do.

The corporate-State doesn't want anyone hiding behind pseudonyms, unless they do so as agents of the corporate-State.

Re: Here’s Why Wall Street Is Killing AOL

thegeniusfiles — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:11:42 -0000

Perhaps the advertising dog has had its day.

Re: WordPress Now Syncs With Facebook Pages, But That Might Be a Bad Idea

thegeniusfiles — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:53:08 -0000

I like your point really facebook algorithms. I think facebook has got way too much mindshare. I just don't care to spend so much time trying to figure out the esoterica of facebook. It was interesting for awhile but now it's a bore. Facebook is too full of itself, so hasta la vista, baby.

Re: Houston We Have A Problem: Chamillionaire Cites Employee Education For Android Frustration

thegeniusfiles — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:43:37 -0000

Constructive criticism is a valuable gift, wasted on most people.

Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says

thegeniusfiles — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:20:02 -0000

Wha??? The Secret Service? Aren't they the ones who guard the President? WTF is the SS doing in this case? This should, and would, be the jurisdiction of Campus Police by normal procedure. I call BS. The federales are targeting Schwartz this is part of a wider effort to crack down on activists.