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Facebook catch22

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:18:39 +0200

Facebook does not allow fake users except as test users.
Test users, being fake, are not allowed to be friends with real users.
Only real users can create new apps.
Real users can add their friends as other developers of the app.
There is a Developer Mode, that limits adding the app only to the developers of the app.

All these things make sense, but alas, it means you cannot test a Facebook app with a test user without publishing the app to everyone and some poor real person will have to publish the unfinished piece of crap and seem like an incompetent fool doing it.

Why does Facebook have test users when they are so useless?

Picasa EULA

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:33:11 +0300

When Chrome came out, there was a huge outcry about the EULA. Now Picasa 3 has pretty much the same evilness in the EULA, but no outcry is happening. Bizarre. One would have expected people to care more about their own photos.

Name disconnectedness

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:16:06 +0300

A moment ago I got a phone call where a youngish female voice asked me to repeat my name as she was uncertain she had called the right number. Only after hanging up I realized that my name is probably not at all recognizable to someone who knew me before my first name changed in 1994. Eventually I called back, just to inquire who she were trying to reach and it indeed was me. This time I didn't miss a high school reunion, but this left me wondering if I've missed somethings like that already.

I personally ended up taking my husband's family name, and I'm happy with the decision (as his does not have Scandinavian letters in it) but if I were to give advice for others I'd recommend career orientated women to keep their own family name so that their earlier work can be connected to their current name.

How banking works

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:03:30 +0200

This little series of films explains how banking evolved to work the way it does now. It's really someone one does not normally want to think about too deeply, as it truly is scary and absurd.

Why do you use Facebook?

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:55:10 +0300

If you use Facebook, why do you use it and what do you use it for?

I'm a bit sceptical about it because of their "give us your password and we'll import your contacts" feature, and because it seems like MySpace for grownups.