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Whoever wrote this is a fucking lunatic. I mean, common, "His house is a pompous, minimally decorated two story palace with stone lions guarding the door."

You lost me right there. And then the parts about Google X developing "war robots" and Google threatening to release a "massive amount of carbon"?

Just... no. I thought the protestors had a reasonable argument about Google hindering the development of better public transportation and displacing San Francisco individuals by running private bus services that isolated Googlers from the community, but this is sheer lunacy.

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Are housing prices in San Francisco really so insane that a two-story house is "pompous" and a "palace"?

> developing "war robots"

Technically, since their acquisition Boston Dynamics, Google is indeed in the business of war robots: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/google-buys-major-military...

Though they've said they're only going to fulfill their existing military contracts, not seek out others. I guess we'll see what happens on that front.

Maybe if this was a protest of a Boston Dynamics employee in Massachusetts, but this guy apparently works for Google X. So... self driving cars and diabetes contact lenses?

>diabetes contact lenses

The way these people see the world: those contact lenses are just one more way for the evil rich to impose their rule on the poor. They get treatment, and the poor don't.

Cherry picking. The list of Google X projects is largely secret. There are reportedly 98 more. [1]

[1]http://9to5google.com/2011/11/14/sergey-brin-is-working-on-a...

And we have no actual reason to believe Anthony is working on military robots.

> Are housing prices in San Francisco really so insane that a two-story house is "pompous" and a "palace"?

For the middle class and below? In many neighborhoods of the Bay Area the prices really are that high now. I agree of course that the description is over the top, but I think it does accurately reflect how economically tough the area is for most residents, particularly those who are not developers, lawyers, or doctors.

Yeah a simple house like that is easily 800k here, compare that to other places were you can purchase a similar house for 100k yeah housing prices are crazy here. 2k/mo for a 1BR 3k/mo for a 2BR.

You didn't know that Google has secretly been amassing a huge tank of carbon. There's a big red button that, when pressed, will release that carbon. I thought everybody knew this.

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