Link Roundup

Gizmodo has a surprisingly well reasoned [critique][goog] of Google. Far better than the usual knee jerk Google bashing that too often passes for criticism online these days. [Kony 2012][1] has probably done more for [raising][2] the [discourse][3] [on][4] [US][5] ["aid"][6] than its stated goal (killing a guy... er, I mean "raising awareness"). Also, [Žižek][zizek]. [Looks like the web lost the video (H.264) battle][vid]. Lame. A fantastic [retrospective][ret] on [BitC][bitc] with some echoing [comments from the Rust team][rust]. Fear not! [The proof is trivial][proof]. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc "Kony2012" [2]: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/the white savior industrial complex/254843/2/?single page=true "White savior industrial complex" [3]: http://africasacountry.com/2012/03/07/phony 2012 risible children/ "Kony 2012 show" [4]: http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2012/03/19/kony 2012 and apples mr daisy/ "Kony 2012 and Mr. Daisy" [5]: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/african voices respond to hype.html "African Voices" [6]: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/uganda screening of kony 201.html "Uganda Screening" [zizek]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player embedded&v=hpAMbpQ8J7g "First as Tragedy, then as farce" [vid]: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/03/video mobile and the open web/ "Video mobile and the open web" [ret]: http://www.coyotos.org/pipermail/bitc dev/2012 March/003300.html "Retrospective thoughts on BitC" [bitc]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitC "BitC [Wikipedia]" [rust]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3749860 "Rust response" [proof]: http://theproofistrivial.com/ "The Proof is Trivial" [goog]: http://gizmodo.com/5895010/the case against google "The Case Against Google"