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Google agreed to this carrier model to gain market share against iOS. Google first tried the Apple full control model but couldn't get share that way. Stop blaming just the carrier…

Rich people with money vs rich people with property. The poor people have mostly been driven out already. There is plenty of housing for tech workers. The problem is it's not hip e…

I think it will be very interesting if Lee Sedol can win one. Humans have different blueprints and environments. Who is to say a human can't become better?

Nerd owns FB and wants to rub it in their face. FB power plays nerd. Nerd publicly pawns FB in retaliation.

Supposedly there is a Hong Kong billionaire who has regular blood infusions from a stable of healthy young people he keeps around.

Have a Berkeley math degree. Two observations. Student ratings are whack. I had a professor I thought was really good but had an average rating. I had one fellow student state that…

Hmmmm. The way I read it, you and the article are deflecting the blame away from Page and at Gundotra. The buck stops at who is in charge and that is Page.

It's the equivalent of a hit and run. The crime is the run part.

Not all VCs are in it for sustainable businesses. Same goes for the founders. This is the case for at least one company that Google Ventures invested and made money on. I heard no …

That reminds me of the SROs that used to dot the SOMA area before being slowly replaced with high rises. Many of the warehouses in the area are being converted into offices. One ro…

It was this way when I went to school in SF in the 80s. The rich white kids would go to the nicer elementary schools or go to private schools. A few would come back for Lowell High…

An issue with technical interviews is the shortness of the measurement. Real-life programming occurs over days, weeks, and months. You think about a problem and come up with progre…

Look at average highs in Las Vegas: http://www.vegas.com/weather/averages.html June - September is pretty damn hot. I wouldn't want to be caught outside during the day.