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I don’t agree, Natalia. It...

Lachlan Hardy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:30:21 GMT

I don’t agree, Natalia. It may have that effect in the relatively short time, but as OpenID begins to see ever more uptake, I think that serious spammers, the ones writing bots etc, will build their own OpenID servers that don’t require login and simply authenticate anyone who asks.

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That’s an interesting method, Jim....

Lachlan Hardy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:39:34 GMT

That’s an interesting method, Jim. I still just do all mine manually. It doesn’t take a long time to check folks out. And I don’t get enough adds that I really need to automate it.

I do love 1000monkeys too. I think Andrew Tetlaw built that. He’s a devilishly clever fellow!

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I’ve taken to using a...

jspath55 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:06:56 GMT

I’ve taken to using a script to save a list of followers so I can see who’s added me, and then doing a “following:updates” ratio. Anyone who just listens (total lurker) with little or nothing to say gets blocked. Also, anyone with no bio, or other anonymity gets blocked.

On the other hand, I started following 1000monkeys which is like a fun-house mirror bot.

Jim

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I think openID can reduce...

Natalia — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:58:59 GMT

I think openID can reduce the amount of spam on the net. If the only thing was to provide an ID in the comment section then a lot of spammers would simple give up.

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@Cam MacRae I think those...

Andy Sharp — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:30:44 GMT

@Cam MacRae I think those browser stats go across the board. They’re pretty similar in Europe.

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Did your IE8 talk mention...

Alan Gresley — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:12:29 GMT

Did your IE8 talk mention the IE8b CSS bugs?

A much improved rendering engine, just a few bugs to iron out.

I may one day turn up at one of those web conferences.

BTW, how is Sydney life. I live just up the freeway from you on the sunny Central Coast.

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That’s fantastic, David, thanks very...

Lachlan Hardy — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:53:08 GMT

That’s fantastic, David, thanks very much! I’m glad we were able make an impression. I’m only sorry we didn’t have more time left for your questions (which were not git-ish in the slightest).

Feel free to hit me up with any further questions!

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Hey there, Just wanted to...

David Wittman — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:24:05 GMT

Hey there,

Just wanted to say you guys turned what I thought would be a massively boring session into one that really rocked. Whilst, sure, you didn’t sway me towards using IE8 all that much, you definetly taught me a thing or two about web standards and making my websites much better, both from a development pov and a design one.

Out of all of the sessions that day, yours made the biggest impression on me, and not just because it was in a platform I could understand, but also because you both presented it in a forward, honest method.

So thanks for the awesome session!

Regards, Long haired git in the 3rd row @ melbourne

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Thanks a lot, DG! I...

Lachlan Hardy — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:46:42 GMT

Thanks a lot, DG! I had a ball.

Thanks very much, Bronwen! I’m really glad you enjoyed it. We all have a dark side - I’m sure yours is equally impressive, but I’m happy to run with the nice one!

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Nice..hehe..you haven’t gotton on my...

Bronwen Zande — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:06:08 GMT

Nice..hehe..you haven’t gotton on my bad side…you wouldn’t think i’m so nice then :)

Great to meet you..awesome session!

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Dude, it was an honour...

Delicate Genius — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:00:48 GMT

Dude, it was an honour to have you there. So glad you had a great time and got something out of it.

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Can I run this without...

Bagel — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:07:40 GMT

Can I run this without an internet hookup?

I.e. a completely anonymous wireless mesh darknet for a dorm or college?

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Thank you Lachlan for this...

Neuwagen — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:18:06 GMT

Thank you Lachlan for this beautiful post! It´s so true what you say - lets start to make this world (and the net) a better place! Making someone smile or giving someone the opportunity to make someone smile is a beautiful and important thing. Aftr all we´re still human.Even on the net. Let´s share the love!

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I just bought my ticket!...

Lachlan Hardy — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:39:40 GMT

I just bought my ticket!

Thanks for the discount code, Marcus! Very cool :)

You’d be very welcome in Sydney, Jim! But don’t you have that little degree thing to finish? ;)

Thanks for the links, Rob!

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Man - i think we...

Tobi — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:32 GMT

Man - i think we all should learn how to SWITCH OFF more often. Social life is also what happens while we´re at the keyboard…thank god its summer. I pray that we´ll make it! ;-)

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Dopplr uber-geek Matt Biddulph recently...

Rob Sharp — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:54:23 GMT

Dopplr uber-geek Matt Biddulph recently gave a talk on hardware hacking, to XTech and he also has a post where he links together first and second life with an arduino. All are worth checking out!

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This kind of stuff all...

Jim Whimpey — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:50:43 GMT

This kind of stuff all looks so cool. Lego has been doing this kind of stuff for ages with Robolab. You can start by making apps visually in Robolab but there’s also a Java API that hooks into everything, the robots have engines, different kinds of sensors, etc. It would be a great thing to give young children but for the software programmer, it’s extremely cool to see physical results of your code.

I think it’s time I moved to Sydney or Melbourne, where all the action is.

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Wow that looks cool! I...

Lisa — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:40:56 GMT

Wow that looks cool! I can’t program, but it looks like a stack of fun.

Are there a lot of experimental projects evolving out of Arduino?

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Dang! RailsConf is on at...

Matt Allen — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:36:38 GMT

Dang! RailsConf is on at the same time. Marcus, are you going to be running any others?

Matta

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I’m stoked to see that...

Andrew K. — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:17:00 GMT

I’m stoked to see that a) you’re into this Lach and b) there’s going to be a workshop down here in Melbourne!

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