58: Always On Vacation In California

Accidental Tech Podcast

• Episode: 58: Always On Vacation In California
• Website: Accidental Tech Podcast
• Feed URL: http://atp.fm/episodes?format=rss
• Duration: 02:00:07
• Published: 2014-03-28 17:09

• Follow-up on discussing sexism in technology, Anil's experiment, empathy, ad hominem tu quoque, and cultural rigidity.
• Facebook buying Oculus:
  • Outrage from Oculus' Kickstarter backers, including from Minecraft creator Notch, and the expectations that Kickstarter creates in "backers".
  • Why did Oculus sell? How far into the future did Oculus' "vision" extend, and what will happen to its vision now?
  • Why did Facebook buy? Does Mark Zuckerberg have a clear vision for Facebook's future?
• Facebook's Hack language extension to PHP:
  • PHP is poorly designed but very practical.
  • The risks of using Hack (Marco's two posts).

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