EagerEyes Shorts

Musings on visualization, photography, programming, etc. that are too long for Twitter but too short for (or don't fit) my visualization website, EagerEyes.org. Part of my vanity website, kosara.net, which is most notable for hosting my list of publications. If you still want to know more, see my university page at UNC Charlotte, and/or follow me on Twitter.

We always need someone to hate. Until recently, for many of us that was Bill Gates. But now that he’s fighting Malaria and curing AIDS, that gets more difficult to do.

So we put up an ad to find someone new who would fit the bill. The ideal candidate

  • makes a wildly successful product we come to depend on,
  • does things with it we don’t like
  • abuses his power, and
  • is a recluse, sociopath, or both.

Thankfully, Mark Zuckerberg has stepped up to the plate.

chartier:

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuck: Just ask.
Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend’s Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?
Zuck: People just submitted it.
Zuck: I don’t know why.
Zuck: They “trust me”
Zuck: Dumb fucks.

Posted at 2:11pm.

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