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emmapersky

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About emmapersky

Reformed start up engineer [1] now working at Google. Anything I post is my opinion and not necessarily that of my employer.

I blog at http://emmapersky.com, tweet as @emmapersky and you can search me by name on Google+

[1] ex Hashable, Purpose, Gumtree (eBay), Trampoline Systems

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    It seems that no one is making the distinction between actually having an affair and simply the fantasy of it that most of these members probably engage in. I would guess that of t…

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    Comment #8223727

    Disclaimer: I work for Google. These are my opinions and not necessarily Google's. My hiring experience was slower than other companies, but did not seem particularily obtuse. It w…

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    Comment #8223669

    The free lunch might only cost the company $5 a day, but if I were to buy my own lunch I would be spending much more than $5 a day. And I would be with post tax money. Before I wor…

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    Comment #7250866

    Hijacking confirmed: http://www.ethiopianairlines.com/en/news/default.aspx all pax and crew safe.

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    Comment #7250863

    Airline has confirmed hijacking. passengers and crew safe http://www.ethiopianairlines.com/en/news/default.aspx

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    Comment #7113572

    No, its not that simple. The new company still has to file a petition for H1B, its just not subject to quota like a first time H1B. its not hard but no way is it as simple as being…

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    Comment #4927504

    "Clearly has no idea what Google Play is" Oh dear, Techcrunch, you seem to have misunderstood comedy.

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    Comment #4904068

    Sadly I think you have completely missed the point here. The notion that there is a way to act gay or straight is exactly what is being debated.

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    Comment #4904062

    You are putting words into my mouth, and attacking me with an ad hominem (outrageous is totally unnecessary there). I never indicated we should all be the same, rather we should al…

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    Comment #4903972

    What is wrong with stereotypes is that they are stereotypes. They are fine as theoretical constructs in an educated debate, but they reek havoc on those who are still developing th…

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    Comment #4903942

    Teaching kids to ignore / combat that is just one part of what we need to do. Sadly not all parents are as forward thinking as this, and are quite happy to subconsciously nudge the…

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    Comment #4903636

    This article misses two absolutely critical points to the gender neutral debate. 1. Removing (or reducing) fixed gender stereotypes allows individuals to express themselves withut …

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    Comment #4875061

    I think striking a balance is better, or more specifically allowing individuals to find there personal optimum spot. Personally, I love working in a busy open place office with con…

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    Comment #4809955

    I don't think this is true... Having never upgraded an unused old iDevice,I'm pretty sure I have still been able to restore from backup without upgrading. But this is really old, s…

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    Comment #4809163

    This is so true. I hated android based on my experiences early on. Then I tried a Galaxy Nexus on ICS. Almost overnight I dumped my iPhone and switched.

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    Comment #4809116

    Why should I, as an innocent party to a companies security failings have my personal details revealed. This is exactly why we have laws protecting identity theft and fraud. Naming …

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    Comment #4803178

    H-1B has no requirement that no US citizen can be found with the qualifications. This is a common misconception. In fact, H-1B is fairly trivial if you meet the criteria (degree or…

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    Comment #4791003

    This. But, not everyone at Google is a search engineer. Many many engineers at Google work on one of our other products. We should, and probably do, have experts on online retail s…

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    Comment #4752681

    Its a shame the startup visa won't cover STEM graduates from non american schools.

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    Comment #4752671

    As of 3:03 am Johnson has 1% of the popular vote with just over 1M votes. http://google.com/elections

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    Comment #4692009

    I'm even more confused having spent 20 minutes consuming the bizarro content on this site. This appears to be an anti-obama website though he isn't making it directly clear. Sure, …

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    Comment #4691939

    This is bizarre. Why is this aimed so squarely at "Mr President" - The Obama Administration was anti SOPA, whereas the republican senate was behind it. Sure, the reality is probabl…

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    Comment #4596712

    The 'additional security features' seems unworkable. The premise is that pure .UK have UK point of presence checks, etc, but consumers will not easily be educated that .UK is 'more…

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