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pbreit

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About pbreit

San Francisco, CA. Checkout.com. Ex: Ingenico ePayments, Veem, Bold Financial Technologies, Eventbrite, PayPal, American Express. Projects: Cheeko B Pet Boutique, Canine Ties, MessageDesk.net, Pricetack.com, RunwayPOS.com.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48980667

    Has Firefox not had containers until now????

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    Comment #48767220

    That's ridiculous. All he espouses is that all of this stuff is going to happen and so you might was well do it right (with Palantir).

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    Comment #48767188

    This seems ridiculously short-sighted and backwards.

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    Comment #48545886

    I try to avoid hating but that's pretty rough.

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    Comment #48545843

    How much structural and geotechnical detail does an ADU need?

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    Comment #48500198

    Since it's entirely possible (extremely likely?) the "problem" would never materialize, this is quite reasonable.

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    Comment #48450625

    Storing money as an integer is OK but I've never liked APIs that required financial amounts to be integers. Amounts always eventually need to be displayed to a human as a decimal.

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    Comment #48360853

    Easy: non-competitive equity compensation.

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    Comment #48015983

    “ A total of around 575,000 residential heat pump units were sold across 11 European countries from January to March 2026, up from 494,000 in the same period in 2025” Not a big inc…

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    Comment #48014436

    I don't go to the gym much but that is one place where I would be VERY careful trying to strike up a confirmation and heaven forbid tapping someone on the shoulder.

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    Comment #47993526

    All my co-workers say Claude blows away Gemini. Is it really that good? How can I do Kimi?

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    Comment #47882510

    "half the employees of Google or Apple; only a third of Microsoft" That sounds like 2-10x too many. Think about what Google, Apple & Microsoft do compared to Meta.

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    Comment #47844065

    If no one hears them, do they really exist?

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    Comment #47770562

    That would be good if the changes are to slim it down by 80%.

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    Comment #47713694

    Much fewer bots on X than Facebook. I think you are completely wrong.

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    Comment #47713676

    "X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago" Does anyone believe this?

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    Comment #47539441

    Same as Block booking crypto trades as revenue.

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    Comment #47408870

    Maybe just allow "insider trading".

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    Comment #47284265

    No. And multi-resident dorm rooms much less so.

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    Comment #47284255

    Very small percentage of students (the primary audience) are touch typists.

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    Comment #47284249

    It's a show-stopper for the main audience: students.

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    Comment #47284244

    I would say the vast, vast majority of people are completely unable to use a non-lit keyboard in the dark.

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    Comment #47254875

    Can't see the keys in a dark classroom or bedroom.

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    Comment #47253823

    I would say Malco is not Apple and I have no idea what a vice grip is.