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Agree - If I want to learn more about Brexit I go to NYT, WSJ, etc. FB is for learning about old friends' whereabouts, new babies, etc.

Wonder how this will affect the political discourse for the elections this year...

he was CEO of a division of Google worth $3B to COO at a $10B company. Seems natural to me

it's the equivalent of a Sheryl-Zuck type of relation. He'll lead all business and Drew will lead product. Dropbox is basically ran by ex-Googlers now: Marc Leibowitz, Ramsey H., Woodside, etc.

Re:Google Confirms Susan Wojcicki Is New YouTube Head on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @04:51PM (#7187080)
so who's going to run ads now? Neal Mohan most likely
going to the x-mas list in 3... 2...
cool - and iOS ready
Good for her! I doubt she needs the cash so it's always fascinating to see how people pick STEM fields for non-career reasons, same way others might pick history, english lit, etc.

And at 47 she looks way better than any other girl in my eng class when I was in school!! (OK, there were only 3)

Re: on Monday December 31, 2012 @02:17AM (#4988691)
Didn't know we were here for Mr. Arrington's entertainment...
Re:SF hackers: A hackathon to fix the muni system on Thursday October 18, 2012 @01:08AM (#4667563)
Good stuff - and good prizes

Engineers' Union Rejects Boeing Contract Offer

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-boeing-speea-votebre89106k-20121001,0,450639.story

Engineers and union cannot mix. Unions (2 grandparents were card-carrying, my mother-in-law is UFCW) value uniformity across the work force over everything: same salaries, same plan, no performance bonuses, etc. An engineering culture values the leverage that ingenuity and problem solving and should be compensated in a highly leveraged manner (the whole 10X...)

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Re:You Don’t Need A Prototype To Raise A Seed Round on Sunday September 30, 2012 @11:48PM (#4595217)
you don't need anything to raise a seed round (or do anything for that matter), but it sure helps your chances.

Other stuff you don't need, but helps: - signed orders - distribution channels - Wireframes - ...

Re:What Americans Actually Do All Day Long on Thursday August 30, 2012 @02:03AM (#4453248)
the data is for "average American with a full-time job". This assumes that they have already completed their education. 6 min/day is about 36.5 hours of education, which seems quite a bit for a professional
Re:Reticent rich: Preferred style in Silicon Valley on Friday May 18, 2012 @03:28AM (#3990758)
day after the GOOG IPO there were lotuses and Maseratis galore (OK, mostly from sales, but still). And Larry and Sergey bought a jet for chrissakes.

Besides; the way to flaunt money now is to spread it all over Angel List