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Makes me more interested in Azure, actually, on the backend...not working for MSFT.

Ah! Ok, that actually makes a bit more sense... thanks for clarifying! That's actually quite neat then.

Sarcasm? I imagine that they're not emulating the Linux Kernel on Windows... From what I've gathered from job postings and whatnot, their virtualization system is in line with AWS's (Xen) on Linux.

I guess the other thread was the one that became the dupe:

I'm fairly certain all of 2016 is a mass-hallucination. Or something. In all seriousness though, I don't think this is surprising. Visual Studio on macOS is more surprising to me. Azure runs on Linux and that's a really, really big business for Microsoft. And they've also built a Linux Subsystem into Windows. Rock on Microsoft, rock on.

Maybe Microsoft will pour a bit of support into WINE?

Awesome! Way back when, I was a huge Microsoft fanboy, until Mac OS X came out, then I hated Microsoft...then I used a Windows Phone from day one until just before Microsoft bought Nokia. And I own a Surface. Definitely come full circle.

I'm fairly certain all of 2016 is a mass-hallucination. Or something.

In all seriousness though, I don't think this is surprising. Visual Studio on macOS is more surprising to me. Azure runs on Linux and that's a really, really big business for Microsoft. And they've also built a Linux Subsystem into Windows.

Rock on Microsoft, rock on.

I'm not so sure about what our future interactions with Google or AT&T will look like, but I do know Taco Bell will win the forthcoming franchise wars...

I can say, for me at least, it's absolutely worth the investment.

Your startup has over 300 million users? Operating at scale is functionality that requires a lot more work than a lot of people sometimes realize.

Wow...and for _years_ I thought I was in some annoying holdback pool... I had UK-English set just for the readable timestamps.

Just changed to US-English and Graph-esque searches work fine. Thanks!

Facebook was also in one of the University Ave buildings for a bit before they moved to Page Mill and ultimately to Menlo Park.

I lived in Palo Alto in 2012 and even then, Palantir's building collection seemed a little excessive. I'm mostly happy that they're doing well...but every time I've gone back, it feels less like the already-strange downtown it was and more like a Palantir campus.

I joked with friends then that Palantir's only real business model was buying Palo Alto so they could sell it later.

"I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works." -- Oscar Wilde.

It's also worth saying that most of the cars on this list deliberately don't weigh over 3000 pounds and don't have unmaintainable technology components.

I'm surprised Call-N-Ride even gets that much ridership.

I've never run into anyone who has _ever_ used it. I saw a Call-N-Ride bus in my neighborhood driving in circles and it was certainly a strange sight.

This sounds like a good plan. But personally, I'd like to see Bike sharing to get to Light Rail (or in my case 36) as an alternative solution too.

Based on how Walmart's eCommerce has failed to grow I think this is a waste of $3B. Hopefully the Jet employees get a nice payday out of it.

Walmart would be better off buying $3B of Amazon stock -- eCommerce is not their strong point.

I think it's 12Bn of investment in eCommerce, which includes but isn't solely Labs.

Amazon Prime (Video) is backing "The Grand Tour" as well as many others -- they're definitely getting into producing original content.

SFO doesn't use TSA, they have a private firm doing security. Not sure about Boston.

King Soopers (Kroger) has it in Colorado, as do a few local ones...That said, I don't know anyone that uses it.

There's a Periscope AppleTV app.

Twitter's YoY revenue growth is pretty respectable. I don't think they've 'failed to monetize'. (User growth, now that's a different story...)

I really wanted one of those when I lived in Palo Alto so I could get the Palantir discount at Philz...

Bummer. I really like(liked?) Rdio. I've been a subscriber for several years -- the UI I find to be pretty good, but their mobile apps are garbage.

So, who wants to write up an Rdio -> Spotify migration tool?

I'm so insanely happy to see this, even with it's minor shortcomings. f.lux has eliminated all eye-stress for me while computering -- it's been one of the only reasons I've considered jailbreaking my iPhone...until now! Serious thanks to the developers.

My thoughts exactly!

Last year I wrote a paper on Oryx and Crake and found a case of using slightly modified pig membranes/ligaments to repair human ones...We're just getting closer to OrganInc.

It's not great, but it's certainly better than something like "We've decided to move forward with a new strategic initiative that will involve a synergistic restructuring of our organizations and in that process it's possible that some people may find themselves seeking opportunities"...

Funny -- I find Pivotal to be hands down the best tracking tool I've ever used. You have to conform to it a little more than Jira can conform to you though, but it's not bloated.