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I think this picture says everything you need to know about Scoble. http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2007/07/scoble-ipho... If the tech world is a big family, Scoble is the…

I have seen Damian's amazing presentations and I still feel sad for what's happened to Perl since he became a strong influence. I believe he is the one who has most encouraged the …

Wait, you mean financial software positions. The linked article is about interviews for analysing firms or how to execute deals.

True story: I was at an OpenID developer meeting some time ago and BradFitz was asking people to explain all this crazy nomenclature, because even he can't quite follow it any more…

I think the banks also know that accounts are such high-value targets that criminals have better ways to steal, anyway. Straight up identity fraud is way more of a problem than acc…

Unlikely. The person on the phone doesn't have the right to make judgments like that. Furthermore, if they were to allow it, that means that everyone who writes gibberish can have …

As far as I know, the only benefits of being Canadian are the TN visas and a slightly faster route towards H1-B status. But both of those are for professionals working for some spo…

Because I am from Montreal. Living in Vancouver is one thing, but going to Toronto means I'm a vendu . ;)

Can we discuss health care without the science fiction and doomsday scenarios? I realize that the USA is used to looking inward for solutions, but other governments are solving the…

Well, I don't know what you mean by "doing business" in SF. If you mean the LLC is technically founded in Canada and just happens to have an SF branch, maybe that would be fine. Bu…

The reasons to stay in the Bay Area are mostly personal. I have more friends here than back "home" now. I can demo to people every day of the week if I want. I like the city and th…

> I'm tired of sex shops that ship their products using discrete packaging. I agree. Down with discrete; we need continuous packaging. http://everything2.com/title/discreet%2520vs.…

you could make a full movie without ever leaving your home. That is approximately the most depressing idea ever.

Form a consortium that aims to get drugs decriminalized as long as the government approves certain suppliers, and get them to write the law such that your clients are the likely be…

That's not insane at all. That's just a generalization of Facebook/FriendFeed/Aardvark/etc. I've thought a lot about that too.

That's an incubator. Been done.

Or a windup netbook? The next generation of Intel mobile chips are supposed to run on one watt. They already sell windup flashlights that run on one watt.

I'm a Canadian, and have worked in the Bay Area on various visas since 2005 or so. Now I'd like to start my own venture here, but I don't yet have a Green Card. What are the option…

No, not liars, but sometimes inattentive to this aspect of their lives? Wishful thinking? If it's just me, I'll be happy to be wrong. But the irony here is that my day job involves…

Am I the only one who wants to call "bullshit" on some of these claims of having a hobby? A hobby is something you can actually get better at. Watching TV is not a hobby. A hobby i…