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Was just there about 10 days ago with my team! Good times, we solved it in about 45 minutes :)

Also lots of immigration from former colonies

I transitioned from a Macbook Air to the Pixel 2 and got the following at the time: + 16GB of RAM instead of 8GB + Touch screen + Retina display + USB-C charger which is the same a…

Design work done mostly done in browser via Figma: http://www.figma.com/ Debian is strictly via CLI, I don't do any GUI apps via crouton, felt too janky and I didn't really need th…

How did you setup ssh-agent?

Yes, been using it as my primary development machine for the last two years. I work on a large Node / React codebase, and occasionally do design work. My setup: * Chromebook Pixel …

As a native Portuguese speaker, it's fun to look at the dialectic continuum you can construct as you go across the Iberian peninsula. It's imperfect, but you can travel with a very…

$5k / month definitely does not get you a nice 4 bedroom in Palo Alto. Maybe in East Palo Alto, but that is a very different place in terms of quality of life, safety, and schools.…

+1. New Yorker is great.

I disagree completely, I think that type of attitude leads to the notion of "Real" Americans. Keeping the ethnic identity is the opposite of the melting pot. In Brazil, you're just…

> America is undisputedly the best country at assimililating immigrants. > It comes from doing it for centuries. We are one of the only countries with complete mixed ethnicities > …

I used to work at Flipboard, and we invested a lot in this issue. It is not easy, and requires constant (constant!) maintenance. Getting to 80% quality isn't hard. 90% is tricky. 9…

Been looking for something like this for a while, thanks!

Agreed, it's like expecting someone to run a marathon at a sprinter's pace.

Congrats on the release Charles!

A reasonable theory would be that the best, most productive areas were colonized first. The productivity / potential of those lands can have nothing to do with colonization and jus…

Interesting. Don't love the HW piece, but definitely relevant for what I want.

I would learn Go and help build out Bazil: http://bazil.org/ Solves a problem I've had for a long time.

Would LOVE a beets for books!

Beets is fantastic, really automates a ton of really annoying work. The author is pretty responsive with issues, and there's a growing community of contributors. Feel free to crib …

Yes, we do hire H1-B for the right candidate.

Yes. Mail me and I'll put you in touch with the right folks.

Flipboard: Palo Alto primarily, but NYC, Seattle, and Vancouver are options for the right candidate. We're hiring across the board, see a partial list here: https://flipboard.com/c…