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• 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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