Comments for Admirer of Truth http://blog.samidh.com Samidh Chakrabarti in 140 characters or more... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:24:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on iFridge: A Dock for Mounting Your iPad to Your Fridge by dolbelize http://blog.samidh.com/2010/03/09/ifridge-a-dock-for-mounting-your-ipad-to-your-fridge/#comment-81 dolbelize Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:24:15 +0000 http://blog.samidh.com/?p=80#comment-81 looking to mount my ipad to my fridge. Ended up on this pae. I wish there was one here to buy. Maybe soon. looking to mount my ipad to my fridge. Ended up on this pae. I wish there was one here to buy. Maybe soon.

]]> Comment on Lobbying 2.0 by samidh http://blog.samidh.com/2010/03/22/lobbying-2-0/#comment-72 samidh Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:42:14 +0000 http://blog.samidh.com/?p=114#comment-72 James, I would draw a distinction between helping the government operate its services more effectively and helping specific political candidates be more powerful. If "Lobbying 2.0" were simply giving free goods/services to individual politicians who are of strategic importance, then I concur it would be an unacceptable quid-pro-quo. James, I would draw a distinction between helping the government operate its services more effectively and helping specific political candidates be more powerful. If “Lobbying 2.0″ were simply giving free goods/services to individual politicians who are of strategic importance, then I concur it would be an unacceptable quid-pro-quo.

]]> Comment on Lobbying 2.0 by James http://blog.samidh.com/2010/03/22/lobbying-2-0/#comment-71 James Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:24:01 +0000 http://blog.samidh.com/?p=114#comment-71 "Too often companies use lobbyists...to threaten politicians and undermine democracy. They try to win influence by using the power of their cash rather than the power of their ideas." I'm not convinced the "lobbying 2.0" you identify is really that much less insidious; here you can probably just substitute "products and services" for cash. A you-scratch-my-back relationship between industry and government may seem agreeable when the taxpayer gets some identifiable benefit (more efficient or transparent federal agencies, for example), but it can spawn policy that is out of whack with the "public interest" just as easily as the system you decry. Maybe that disconnect is a testament to the real innovation going on. “Too often companies use lobbyists…to threaten politicians and undermine democracy. They try to win influence by using the power of their cash rather than the power of their ideas.”

I’m not convinced the “lobbying 2.0″ you identify is really that much less insidious; here you can probably just substitute “products and services” for cash.

A you-scratch-my-back relationship between industry and government may seem agreeable when the taxpayer gets some identifiable benefit (more efficient or transparent federal agencies, for example), but it can spawn policy that is out of whack with the “public interest” just as easily as the system you decry. Maybe that disconnect is a testament to the real innovation going on.

]]> Comment on Why Philosophers Make Formidable Entrepreneurs by Jeff http://blog.samidh.com/2010/03/08/why-philosophers-make-formidable-entrepreneurs/#comment-70 Jeff Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:02:21 +0000 http://blog.samidh.com/?p=63#comment-70 Great post.. Two years ago, however, I hired a Philosophy major. As it turns out, it could not have worked out better. Our resident Philosophy major was no stranger to hard work and analytical rigor. ... elaborated at http://bit.ly/d5lSR8 Great post..

Two years ago, however, I hired a Philosophy major. As it turns out, it could not have worked out better. Our resident Philosophy major was no stranger to hard work and analytical rigor.

… elaborated at http://bit.ly/d5lSR8

]]> Comment on Cooking as Coding by alexnberra http://blog.samidh.com/2010/03/15/cooking-as-coding/#comment-68 alexnberra Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:59:45 +0000 http://blog.samidh.com/?p=102#comment-68 Samidh, Just discovered your blog via Facebook. Looks like you started up recently with it. This post is great for my friend who is writes code and is an avid chef, I passed the link along him. Lots of ideas in your writing, I like it, very in-depth, makes me think. Let's see some posts with pictures! Hope you are well, running, sunning, funning, in Spring. -Alex Samidh,
Just discovered your blog via Facebook. Looks like you started up recently with it. This post is great for my friend who is writes code and is an avid chef, I passed the link along him.

Lots of ideas in your writing, I like it, very in-depth, makes me think. Let’s see some posts with pictures!

Hope you are well, running, sunning, funning, in Spring.

-Alex

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