Server Update #2 Week 7

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Thursday we had a surprise roll out to the RC channels of the main grid. The package was a fix for a security exploit. Friday early in the morning the update rolled to the main channel of the grid. So, what was going on? The details were published by April Linden ‎2016-02-19 11:18 AM in the … Read more

Server Update Week 7

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We were not expecting any updates this week. But, we got one. The RC channels have been updated in a surprise roll out. We will likely see the package roll to the main grid as soon as the Lindens are confident the software is working well. This departure from schedule is due to a security … Read more

Thinking: The Lost Art

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With the recent passing of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia the divide between liberal and conservative thinkers is being dramatically highlighted. This is a link to the most intelligent response I’ve heard: I’m a liberal lawyer. Clerking for Scalia taught me how to think about the law. Quoting Tara Kole writing in The Washington Post: … Read more

Feedly

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I’m a Feedly user. Feedly is a ‘News’ aggregator. It is the primary starting point for my daily information processing. Seems they are looking at new ways to explore the massive amount of information being generated. See: Introducing feedly’s New Explore Experience.

12 june: “REAL LIFE, SECOND LIFE, HALF LIVE - How many lives can a person have?”"
“12 june: “REAL LIFE, SECOND LIFE, HALF LIVE – How many lives can a person have?”

Their point is that SEARCH in Feedly could be better. No DUH! Feedly search is near useless to me. I either use Google or DuckDuckGo, with Duck being the being the escape from Google’s AI showing me what it thinks I want to (or should?) see. 

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Project Sansar: The “Oh Crap!” Problem

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Hamlet Au writes about the competition that Project Sansar® will be facing. It is an opinion piece. See: Project Sansar Faces Heavy Competition from Major 3D Platforms & Needs “Something Special” to Survive.

Some Bad Habits
Some Bad Habits

A point brought up in the article which I had not thought of is the Linden Lab ToS (Terms of Service). If the same ToS is used for Project Sansar that is in place for Second Life™, some think it could render Project Sansar DOA. 

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