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Great pod. Timing wise he had to have known about it during recording, but he didn't give anything away.

When was the last time USPS wowed you with their innovations and speed?

I think this is why modern day politicians are so bad. They need to be so good at rewriting history that they cannot put their thinking in clear writing. I read letters and essays …

Ten years ago I was at Infinite Loop, when Apple held a special event in memory of Steve. Everybody was wearing sunglasses to hide their tears, even Tim and Jony. I remember Jonys …

Whenever I read about Murakami novels being translated, I'm reminded of his writing process for his first novel, "Kaze no uta (The Wind Song)". He wrote the novel in English first,…

To me, a business decision is always based on _relative_ risk to reward ratio. If you're a startup hiring employee number 3 vs Google hiring employee number 739813, your risk profi…

> Project Titan is a huge gamble. Titan is not a gamble. It's a hobby. And from the eyes of a Trillion Dollar Company, it's not even an expensive one. What's the worst that can hap…

It looks like this article came out a week after his death. Sometimes it amazes me how tasteless and low these writers can be.

They must be kicking themselves for spinning off Niantic. With Pokemon Go I guess their revenues in Other Bets segment would have been significantly higher. Why make bets in the fi…

I was also super impressed. I know him as マイケルレドモンド (Michael Redmond in Katakana), and it was the first time I saw him speak English. He's fluent in Japanese and frequently comment…

Of the 15 largest stock investments, IBM is the only one that has lost value (page 15). Simultaneously, it looks like the largest cost based investment (next to BAC, which is unlis…

He made it sound as though it is technologically trivial, as long as society and businesses would get behind the movement. I don't think that is the case from a security standpoint…

The QA is really interesting. Most of the questions I felt he handled well and showed that he has knowledge of the domain. Two questions in particular stood out: Q: How can I, as a…