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The article explains this concern: > One example not relevant to this case but which came up in arguments was the hypothetical payment of a bribe in return for an ambassadorial app…

Here's an excellent example of what GP said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJJTYQYB1JQ (long video, skip to 26:00 if you are in a hurry) The key is that code isn't running in a v…

I think the GP was saying that email was already popular before Hotmail entered the picture. I agree with the claim that it didn't need centralized players to become popular.

That's not what it was. "ncr" was "No Country Redirect". When you were in a different country (e.g., India), and you typed in google.com out of habit, it would recognize your IP-ge…

> Does nobody remember the 80s? TV was turning people into fricken' zombies. You may be right that cries of "society is being ruined" are nothing new. However, I think Facebook is …

> failure is accounted for in their portfolio math. But you might! Exactly. Assuming the common claim of "90% of startups fail" (i.e., assuming each startup is IID with 90% chance …

Amit joining Uber after a year's break coincides with the common "1 year no-solicitation" clause in employment contracts. I wonder if we are about to see some top people in Google …

> I eventually ended up leaving and not exercising my options Knowledge of this law might not have helped directly, since you're not a shareholder if you haven't exercised your opt…

Related: Strava (a popular mobile app used by fitness enthusiasts, especially bicyclists) also tries to do something similar with their Metro program: http://metro.strava.com/

> Can someone explain the initial goroutine leak that is being addressed? The "for score := range g.scores {" loop runs forever, since nothing ever closes the g.scores channel. I.e…

> N=1 was most common Why would somebody use "select" for this at all? I.e., if you were going to write: select { case send/receive statement: statement ... } Why not just write: s…

Agreed. This is one of the things I appreciated about the now-defunct Google Answers. The professionals there would not only answer your question, but also include a set of steps t…

> And unlike the outcomes in civil court, arbitrators’ rulings are nearly impossible to appeal. > When plaintiffs have asked the courts to intervene, court records show, they have …

> As of 2Q2015, Tesla had sold fewer than 12,000 Model S vehicles in total - ever, not just for that quarter. Do you have a citation? The number I see is over 90,000. It includes Q…

On Human Nature by Edward Wilson is supposed to be a classic on this subject (the mix of biology, evolution and sociology). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Human_Nature