Installing Google Go on Ubuntu 9.10 x86

This is for x86 processors.  You need to change the 386 to amd64 if that’s your chip architecture.
First create a bin directory in your home directory if you don’t have one already:

mkdir $HOME/bin

Then edit your .bashrc file and add:

export GOROOT=$HOME/go
export GOOS=linux
export GOARCH=386
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

Then reread your bashrc file:

source .bashrc

You’ll need some packages installed to build it:

sudo apt-get install bison gcc libc6-dev mercurial

Now check out the code and build it:

hg clone -r release https://go.googlecode.com/hg/ $GOROOT

cd $GOROOT/src

./all.bash



That’s it.






 

	


	





	

		
The problem with open blogs
	


	
	

		
There’s an interesting trend lately.  There has been a surge in new wide open groups where the barrier to join is basically that you want to join the group.  Then anyone in the group is given access to post whatever they want on the group’s blog.

While the trust of individuals is a cool in a Utopian kinda way, two big problems emerge for me:


    

  • There is no overarching guidance on the group’s message.  In fact just the opposite is the case, the group’s message is often completely buried somewhere
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  • Some people really can’t write and shouldn’t be allowed to be the voice for a large group
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In a world where there are billions of voices all shouting at the same time, we need to work on focusing our messages into more succinct ideas that stand out.


I’m not sure what the solution of this problem is, but the problem is shouting very loudly at us and we’ve become very good at not listening.