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rick_h_evening01:16
jrwrenwhat beach, brousch?01:49
rick_h_morning12:02
rick_h_nice http://marissamayr.tumblr.com/post/50902274591/im-delighted-to-announce-that-weve-reached-an12:23
rick_h_"We promise not to screw it up." is the nice part12:23
rick_h_right off the bat12:23
brouschHow can they promise that?12:37
brouschThat's like my kid promising he won't spill his drink12:38
jcastroshrug, she's a pretty smart person12:39
jcastroif anyone can unscrew yahoo it's her12:39
jcastroand the world needs competition for google for web services12:40
brouschMicrosoft!12:40
rick_h_heh, that works in non-IE :P12:40
rick_h_I just find it amusing that a CEO is straight out "we hear you all, we won't screw it up" and ack's the voices out there.12:41
jcastroI am surprised they didn't launch a newsreader12:44
jcastrothat's what I would have done12:44
jcastro"hello technically inclined people, I would like you to give me a shot."12:44
jcastrorick_h_: hah man this tweet12:54
jcastro"Those crying about Tumblr's acquisition by Yahoo may now learn to care that Tumblr has no "export your data" thing."12:54
rick_h_jcastro: heh, yea export ftw13:00
snap-lgood morning13:12
snap-lYahoo willlikely be very hands off on tumblr if the acquisition explicitly states as mjcb13:16
snap-lsee: flickr13:16
snap-lotherwise, they are on a unique position to fuck it up13:16
jrwrenMarissa is awesome. I don't think Yahoo will screw it up.13:38
jrwrenwow it was a very quiet weekend in this channel.13:39
jrwreneveryone enjoyed the spring weather?13:39
jcastroyeah13:54
jcastroit was awesome13:54
jcastrojrwren: we need to hang out more, seriously13:55
jcastroI have like no friends here13:55
jrwrenjcastro: i don't have friends here either.13:56
jrwrenthe kid keeps me pretty busy, but I'm always game to grab a beer in the evening13:57
jcastronod14:00
jrwrenwednesday is that fanzoo event to which i keep inviting you.14:01
jrwrenyou game?14:01
jcastrofanzoo?14:01
jrwrena guy who runs a consulting company here in AA. really nice guy.14:01
jrwrenhttp://www.fanzootechnology.com/blog/14:01
jrwrenits basically just bring a project to work on and talk about14:03
jrwrenbut mostly its nerd sitting around bullshitting and giving each other shit about tech choices.14:03
jrwrenlike I laugh at all their Windows8 bullshit14:04
jrwrenthey laugh at all my mac bullshit.14:04
jrwrenits generally a good time.14:04
jrwrenlast week this guy I know brought a friend and his friend had experience with Lightning MDB and we worked on a bug together. it was sweet.14:04
jrwrensuch a rare DB ot have experience with.14:04
jrwrenthat was awesome.14:04
jrwrenerr... last month, not last week.14:05
snap-ljcastro: You have friends in Michigan, they just don't know where you live. :)14:14
snap-lIt's not like you're hours away from them by car.14:14
jcastroI am like 2 hours away from rick and kather14:14
snap-lOh FFS14:15
snap-lI meant me. :)14:15
snap-lIt's not like I lived in Belleville like a fucking hermit. :)14:15
snap-lWe drove to Ann Arbor a bunch14:15
snap-land ypsi to the library.14:15
snap-lMageia sounds either like a disease, or the system next to Magrathea in HHG2G14:17
snap-lAfternoon20:50
rick_h_party20:52
brouschsnap-l: Right side http://media.penguicon.org/index.php/Penguicon-2013/Official-2013-photos/pcon2013-bb9q474521:04
snap-lYes, yes, I know. Someone got me in a photo21:04
snap-lAnd apparently someone photobombed it as well.21:05
brouschI was looking for furries, but only found you21:06
greg-gman, Netflix uses Java AND rpms? how backwards can you get?22:14
Blazeixhttp://techblog.netflix.com/ is actually a pretty interesting feed22:27
greg-gyeah, just looked22:28
Blazeixthey're part of that "cool ecosystem" of java things, like solr and jersey22:28
* greg-g nods22:28
jcastroI don't care what it's written in, companies OSSing their infrastructure is ++22:52
* greg-g 's joke wasn't funny then22:52
jcastrowell, make fun of them for _that_22:52
jcastroheh22:52

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