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Comment on Dishonesty and hate; my brush with Marc Morano by Dan Moutal

Dan Moutal — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:13:03 +0000

I have some examples, but unfortunately I messed up when saving them and lost the email headers.

Comment on An ideal replacement for Google Reader: Part 1 The IMAP of feed readers by An ideal replacement for Google Reader: Part 2 Inbox vs Stream | Mind of Dan

An ideal replacement for Google Reader: Part 2 Inbox vs Stream | Mind of Dan — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:11:47 +0000

[...] been much longer than I intended when I wrote part 1 of an ideal replacement for Google Reader. But I haven’t forgotten that I promised a part [...]

Comment on Dishonesty and hate; my brush with Marc Morano by TheTracker (@IdiotTracker)

TheTracker (@IdiotTracker) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:28:25 +0000

Would you be willing to drop me a line with the emails you received, or even a few examples?

I think it’s important to keep a detailed and public record of threats by climate deniers (see: http://theidiottracker.blogspot.com/2012/07/threats-against-climate-scientists-phil.html)

Comment on An ideal replacement for Google Reader: Part 1 The IMAP of feed readers by Dan Moutal

Dan Moutal — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:15:50 +0000

Fair enough. I’ll admit that I don’t know the ins and outs of the Google Reader API, and I don’t really care what the API ends up looking like. As long as it works and is standardized.

RSS as the RSS API is interesting, though.

Comment on An ideal replacement for Google Reader: Part 1 The IMAP of feed readers by Julien Genestoux

Julien Genestoux — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:06:52 +0000

Thanks for the Superfeedr mention :)

I mostly agree with you that we need to have a common API… however, I also think that the google reader API is/was not good.

I will post later this week about why I think the best API for RSS is actually RSS.

Comment on The right way to shut down a service like Google Reader by An ideal replacement for Google Reader: Part 1 The IMAP of feed readers | Mind of Dan

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:48:38 +0000

[...] The first and most important feature (of an idealized replacement) is something I alluded to in an earlier post. Namely that the feed reader backend (which keeps track of all subscriptions and which items have [...]

Comment on Why CO2 lags behind temperature; another climate change skeptic myth explained by Dan Moutal

Dan Moutal — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:52:10 +0000

Actually, no one is ignoring anything.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles

Comment on The right way to shut down a service like Google Reader by Dan Moutal

Dan Moutal — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:28:43 +0000

I should also state that I would pay for such a service, and in many ways would prefer that to something that is free. I like the idea of a clear business model.

Comment on The right way to shut down a service like Google Reader by Dan Moutal

Dan Moutal — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:27:39 +0000

Thanks, I’ll take a look. The fact that it is open source makes me hopeful that a standard like IMAP for readers (widely implemented in cloud aggregators and client apps) will emerge. Unfortunately few people seem interested in building and implementing standards these days. If I had more expertise this would be a project I would love to help out with.

Comment on The right way to shut down a service like Google Reader by Ianiv

Ianiv — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:04:53 +0000

Also checkout NewsBlur. The back end is open source

Comment on Why CO2 lags behind temperature; another climate change skeptic myth explained by Joshua Lee

Joshua Lee — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:19:32 +0000

Since CO2 does not initiate warmings, would it not make sense to find the ACTUAL cause of warmings? Why is this ignored? Why is there no urgency in finding the true cause of warming?

Comment on Why CO2 lags behind temperature; another climate change skeptic myth explained by Dan Moutal

Dan Moutal — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:46:51 +0000

There are many ways to estimate the size of a particular forcing. In regards to ‘wobbles’ in the earth’s orbit we have a pretty good idea of how much more or less radiation hits the earth as our orbit changes slightly.

Comment on Best presidential endorsement ever by MoS

MoS — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:47:56 +0000

Awesome, Dan! Great catch, thanks.

Comment on Why CO2 lags behind temperature; another climate change skeptic myth explained by Charles

Charles — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:50:52 +0000

So what method is employed to determine that part of the temperature increase that would have been caused by the trigger alone assuming the difference would be the carbon dioxide amplification.

Comment on Why CO2 lags behind temperature; another climate change skeptic myth explained by Dan Moutal

Dan Moutal — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:30:54 +0000

I still don’t understand your position but whatever.

The simple answer is that CO2 is one of many climate forcings If the temperature drops while CO2 is at high concentrations in the atmosphere it is because some other forcing (a change in the earth’s orbit for example) is cooling the climate.