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Re: Contest – Win a Copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, Signature Edition

KyleSellers — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:56:51 -0000

Just finished the videos and followed! BTW, I really dig the site!

Re: Twitter Celebrity Hotlist: August 2009

briansolis — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:59 -0000

Added...

Re: Twitter Celebrity Hotlist: August 2009

KyleSellers — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:50:46 -0000

This list should really include Tila Tequila (@officialTila). She is easily one of the most outspoken, and quite frankly most irritating, voices on Twitter. From her suicidal breakdown to her weird conspiracy beliefs (aliens live inside people's brains?), she has regularly been a disruptive voice on Twitter.

Also, the fact that she regularly gets her "army" to force topics of her choice into the Trending Topics also establishes her as a Twitter celebrity. Lover her or hate her, she needs to be included on any list of this sort.

Re: TWITTER TAKEOVER: Twitter Overwhelms Facebook Feeds

KyleSellers — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:24:23 -0000

Official apps set to NOT auto update, both simultaneously begin updating--oh, and these two apps both happen to be competitors of Facebook in this space.

I think it is completely reasonable to link any more of my services to Facebook, whether this was accidental or not. If I wanted all of that posted to Facebook, I would have posted it to Facebook in the first place.

I have a hard time believing this was just a mistake. If so, why did it affect both Twitter and Friendfeed, but none of the other services that can update your status remotely? Just the two big ones? Hmmm...

Re: TWITTER TAKEOVER: Twitter Overwhelms Facebook Feeds

redwall_hp — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:27:27 -0000

That's a dumb attitude. "Well, this pirated copy of Photoshop had a trojan in it. I'm not going to install any software on my computer anymore..."

Re: TWITTER TAKEOVER: Twitter Overwhelms Facebook Feeds

KyleSellers — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:52:52 -0000

I did too, but it continued to post my tweets. I had to remove the apps entirely. I won't be adding any more Facebook apps, thank you very much!

Re: TWITTER TAKEOVER: Twitter Overwhelms Facebook Feeds

KyleSellers — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:51:28 -0000

This is crap. It started 1 hour 27 minutes ago for me. I specifically keep my accounts separate so I don't overwhelm my family with my political rantings. I have never been so furious with a web service before. I understand a service failing, but this seems both sinister and dishonest.

Re: Dennis Prager Has 10 questions. I have 10 answers.

Karoli — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:57:29 -0000

On that basis we'd continue to exclude anyone with pre-existing
conditions.

Re: Dennis Prager Has 10 questions. I have 10 answers.

KyleSellers — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:01:07 -0000

I am fully aware that the cost of doing nothing is high. This has been framed as doing THIS plan versus doing nothing, which is a false dichotomy.

I think, though, that we should be finding the aspects of this plan with the most certain benefit/cost ratio and implement those.

Re: Dennis Prager Has 10 questions. I have 10 answers.

Karoli — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:56:36 -0000

Kyle, my aim here was to state fact. Fact 1: Obama has said it must be
deficit-neutral. Fact 2:One trillion is an investment amortized over
10 years, and includes the seed money to fund the public option as
well as appropriations for other oversight areas of the bill. Again,
amortized over 10 years and offset by tax increases (which I believe
are unlikely...I think it will be something else), savings, withdrawal
of Medicare Advantage subsidy, etc. We could withdraw the subsidy for
Medicare Advantage, I suppose, and do nothing more. Of course, the
costs would be substantially higher. Have you considered the
ramifications of doing nothing and what that would do to the deficit?
I'd be curious to see those numbers, particularly the swelling
Medicaid rolls as the ARRA subsidy ends and those people roll off
their COBRA coverage due to their inability to continue the premiums...

Re: Dennis Prager Has 10 questions. I have 10 answers.

KyleSellers — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:47:42 -0000

You point out that Obama has said he won't sign any bill that is not deficit neutral and argue that no one is proposing spending a trillion dollars. That is simply not true.

Unless we aren't paying for this until the savings have been reached, that money is coming from somewhere, and I doubt health care providers are going to just defer billing for half a decade at best. So, a trillion dollars will either be pulled out of the private sector somehow or this money will be printed. If it is printed, that devalues the dollar even further, in a time of economic weakness.

Then, we might make up for that trillion dollars in savings. Obama speaks about it with certainty, but few others do. Many may hope that this is the case, but it is far from a certainty. Plus, we need to consider the economic impact of reallocating this money in the meantime, the inflation that followed, the loss of employment that happens in between taxes being raised and the alleged savings occurring.

Your response is a talking point. I know you believe it, but there are very real and significant economic implications, that frankly no one can say one way or the other what will happen. You might as well roll the dice, because any economist who says how the implementation of this plan would play out is just wrong.

Now, this may not mean it is unviable as a plan. But when someone ignores very real concerns and dismisses them as GOP lies, I am concerned. I would rather see contingency plans for what will happen if things don't go smoothly.

Also, President Obama saying that he won't do something should not fill you with confidence. He has a history of backing away from promises once they have served his purpose. His handling of the stimulus plan was abysmal, and he has earned every ounce of skepticism that he is experiencing from the American public.

Re: RIP, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett

KyleSellers — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:37:09 -0000

That man was unmatched at what he did. His influence is one of the few that will last many decades, possibly centuries, after he is gone. While not a fan of Michael Jackson the man, Michael Jackson the artist was a legend to me.

I just wish he'd been able to pull his life together years ago... I can't help but feel that as amazing as he was, he still had more to offer but never had the chance.

Re: Nancy Grace Boots Guest After He Calls Her Show "A Joke" - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

KyleSellers — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:45:03 -0000

Yes, but if you read my comment, I specified "news" station. ;)

Re: Nancy Grace Boots Guest After He Calls Her Show "A Joke" - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

THE_Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:07:42 -0000

Ever heard of MSNBC? ;)

Re: Nancy Grace Boots Guest After He Calls Her Show "A Joke" - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

KyleSellers — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:58:22 -0000

I think that is the first clip of Nancy Grace that I've actually ever smiled at while watching.

She has to be careful, I don't think there is a lower tier news station for her to get kicked down to after HLN...

Re: Episode 3 - REVIEW: Newhal Coffee Company's Newhall Blend - The Show - CoffeeFilterTV.com

KyleSellers — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:59:07 -0000

Fixed! Thanks, JB.

Re: Pandemic Flu Prevention: For want of a horseshoe nail the economy was lost?

Karoli — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:37:03 -0000

Kyle, you missed my point. Indeed, the reason for the inclusion of the final payment for the pandemic preparations was specifically because a pandemic could harm an already-rocky, fragile economy. And if this becomes a pandemic, it *will* harm it.

The point is that arguing that the funding is not stimulative is absolute nonsense. As my USAF ex-father-in-law used to say (may God rest his soul) "Prior planning prevents piss-poor performance."

Re: Pandemic Flu Prevention: For want of a horseshoe nail the economy was lost?

KyleSellers — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:43:20 -0000

Please, please, please, don't get caught up in this too, @karoli! The plan was funded in the omnibus appropriations spending bill signed by Obama. http://www.sunjournal.com/story/314585-3/Nation...

The plan was funded--it just wasn't in anyway "stimulative" and Collins rightfully argued that it didn't belong in the "stimulus" bill!

Re: 5 Ways to Get Your Questions Answered on Twitter

KyleSellers — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:35:51 -0000

I have found Mahalo Answers to be the most responsive. They are even going out and finding questions on Twitter and then putting up $1 "tips" to people who answer them.

I think that the absence of @answers on this list is unforgivable!

Re: Starbucks, I’m breaking up with you

Karoli — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:20:16 -0000

Kyle, I remember when I thought Starbucks was the be-all and end-all of coffee. That was in the days where 7-11 coffee was the norm. And I, too, have nothing against Starbucks. Their employee benefit offerings for part-time workers are outstanding when compared to other corporations. But I can't bear the idea of a world where everything is a chain, and there's no room for a local small biz to succeed. We've been slowly moving toward local everything, and the coffee is probably the last. Luckily we have amazing produce grown here, so that's been an easy shift. I found a bookstore right around the corner, so go there first when looking for books. But you're right -- these shops have amazing coffees.

I especially love having the choice of different coffees. That's really a treat.

Re: Starbucks, I’m breaking up with you

KyleSellers — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:34:14 -0000

Thanks for the shout out, Karoli! I have only been to elementcoffee twice, but had a fantastic experience both times.

I full heartedly agree with you about supporting smaller coffeeshops, and just as importantly, small specialty roasters. I am not anti-Starbucks or mega-coffeechain, they usually have good coffee. But they don't have the best coffee, and never will while there are artisan roasters who pour their lives into their coffees. And most of the coffees at large chains are what I like to call "safe." Or, if I'm in a bad mood, I call "just coffee." They don't do anything special or exciting, like a good blend from Stumptown, Coffee Klatch, Intelligentsia, or many others.

Re: The Official Blog of Kyle Sellers - kylesellers.com - First Post!

KyleSellers — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:03:28 -0000

This is a test of the Disqus comments.

Re: it gazes back at you

Karoli — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:07:23 -0000

I was actually about ten feet away. The curve in the gazing ball
makes it look much, much longer

Re: it gazes back at you

KyleSellers — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:28:26 -0000

Wow! You took that shot from a ways away, huh? That's a really great pic!

Re: Ask the President Your Question at a Press Conference

KyleSellers — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:51:56 -0000

I think that if we want to avoid "spin" in politics, politicians should not be able to prepare for the questions. I like this idea conceptually for "seeing what's on people's minds," but I wouldn't be able to take any press conference seriously where the person being questioned had been known in advance.