This 17-Year-Old Coder Is Saving Twitter From TV Spoilers
Imagine you forget to watch a new episode of Game of Thrones the night it airs. Even if coworkers stay mum about important plot points, Twitter is abuzz with spoilers. Fortunately, there’s Twivo, a new program that allows Twitter users to censor their feeds from mentioning a certain TV show (and its characters) for a set time period. Jennie Lamere, a 17-year-old girl, invented the software last month—and won the grand prize at a national coding competition where Lamere was the only female who presented a project, and the only developer to work alone. Internet: Meet the reason we need more women in tech.
(From Mother Jones)
I’m so excited by all of the teenagers in science and tech that we’re hearing about these days. MORE GIRLS PLEASE!
At SXSW, we talked about how we can’t wait to see the apps fangirls create to make the internet further work the way THEY want. What we may have not said so clearly is that it’s really the way that EVERYONE wants the internet to work. Go girl.
^^^ so into this.
Our Macklemore Gift Shop song was just released in the iTunes store to download. Now you’ll have something to listen to at museums before you eventually get to the gift shop.
You can download it here and if you haven’t seen the music video then get your life together.
70% of editing is just looking at ur work for a few hours with this face
A Guide to Facebook’s Privacy Options
The Wall Street Journal attempts to make sense of it all.
As the Journal points out, Facebook offers many privacy options, but the “trick is knowing how to use them.”
I’d also suggest, where to find them. — Michael
Image: Via the Wall Street Journal. Select to embiggen.
A version for tumblr that can be read without opening a new tab, since plenty of people would scroll past this story otherwise.
The bravest woman on Earth.
Today is Women’s Day- a good day to celebrate this incredible young woman.
The New York Post goes after Hillary Clinton’s (completely awesome) performance yesterday with a blatantly sexist cover.
Yeah, because if there’s one thing New Yorkers don’t like, it’s Hillary Clinton. Oh, wait.
The Hitler Game
That link leads to a random Wikipedia page. From your random page, the goal is to try and get to Hitler’s page through only following links. Don’t cheat and click on something you think won’t get you to the page, you have to try to reach it. You win if it takes you less than six clicks.
IS THIS THE NEW MAPCRUNCH
Open Source Cola > Halal > Kashrut > Holocaust theology > Adolf Hitler
Temple of Death - David Cook (Game Designer) - Blitzkrieg (game) - World War II - Adolf Hitler
Imperial College London - European University Association - Belgium - Battle of Belgium - HITLER
This is so fun.
MINE:
2-Piperidinone > Flash point > Jet fuel > Aircraft carrier > World War I > HITLER
Who knew Hitler could be so fun!
We played a variation on this game when I was a kid (that I claimed to have invented but who knows): Two kids sit at two computers and are given the first wikipedia page (say, Kermit the Frog). From there, using only hyperlinks and no ctrl-f or back buttons have to make their way to a new wiki page (say, List of Pasta Types).
That said, here is my results from The Hitler Game:
Elizabeth Parr-Johnson, Prime Minister of Canada, Head of Government, Fuhrer, ADOLF HITLER!Organ (film) > Cinema of Japan > Empire of Japan > Hitler
Live in Concert > Wanted: Live In Concert > Richard Pryor > Racism > The Holocaust > ADOLF HITLER!! (so close!)
The Brooklyn roots-rock group The Lone Bellow has caused a stir with its self-titled debut. Watch its members perform one of the album’s catchiest songs, “The One You Should’ve Let Go,” live at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City from WFUV — the same stage on which they recorded The Lone Bellow.
FINALLY SOMEONE MADE THIS GIF
god love her.
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