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With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

Does anyone know whether this service generates any revenue for Google? I can’t see selling fonts data as something desirable by 3rd party companies but maybe that’s just me?

Medium post that goes with this: https://medium.com/cruise/the-cruise-origin-story-b6e9ad4b47...

> New York City is expensive, but there are areas of relative affordability that feel much more accessible, comfortable, and safer than the Bay Area.

Could you share which areas? I've been exploring NYC as well but have yet to stumble upon any areas that match what you described.

Next day: Apple acquires Omron to improve their Watch product line.

> This will reduce the chances of your profile being scraped by third parties, but the only way to ensure it never happens again is to completely deactivate or delete your Facebook account.

Translation: the only way to have an account is to not have an account.

Is it just a crazy coincidence this happened right after Trump’s signing of the new Hong Kong bill?

Anyone know why the show is ending? It's one of the few that I genuinely enjoy each season and am very disappointed to see this year to be the finale.

The only thing in my view that's making Silicon Valley darker is the clouds of smoke that continue to haunt us every year from fires and the only answer we have so far is to cut people's power.

I still remember growing up as a kid, my parents would constantly monitor the CRT to make sure I wasn't watching the Simpsons because it was "not for kids" :)

I haven't been following much of the show but it could also be the writers toned down the content as the show progressed through the years to the point where Disney wouldn't mind airing it? It could also just be them recognizing the pull the Simpson has on viewers and they're using it as the initial bait to attract subscribers but have it pulled once they have enough customers? Who knows, but either way I do agree this combination was one I would've never imagined as a kid.

It's amazing to believe at one point, this used to be the de facto source of a lot of the information I would search for on the net. Oh how the times have changed.

RIP Yahoo Groups

It's quite the lengthy article but the crux of what they believe led to his suicide is here:

Relevant sources unveiled that before Mr. Chen’s last PSC, he had already been under pressure from the advertising department, so he expected to shift to other groups to maintain his job in Facebook and the opportunity to work in the United States.

According to informed sources told PingWest that, Mr. Chen’s group had undergone organizational restructuring, during which the group’s original manager hopped to another group. A new manager was hired to lead Mr. Chen’s group, but the manager soon realized that many of his ICs were already transferring groups, resulting in a sharply-increased workload per capita within the group.

Mr. Chen, who was already in high pressure, submitted his transfer request as well, and was pre-approved by another group, meaning that all that’s left is to have his own manager sign off on the transfer.

The new manager reportedly gave Mr. Chen verbal approval and told him to stay on the team until the PSC, but eventually gave him the "Meets Most" rating, which factually voided Mr. Chen's transfer request because the other group is very unlikely to accommodate a new IC who just received the worst possible rating, according to Facebook internal sources close to Mr. Chen.

Mr. Chen, who had been on the verge of collapse, was mentally pushed off the edge by a Facebook robot, according to people familiar with the matter as well as other employees on Blind, an anonymous workplace social networking app.

Two weeks before the tragedy, the Facebook advertising system experienced a Severe Site Event (SEV), which is essentially a server crash. A SEV management bot created a task for the SEV to be resolved and assigned the task to Mr. Chen, requiring him to fix the bug and submit the SEV report before the deadline, which is roughly one hour after the time of his death.

Mr. Chen tried to push the deadline to be delayed but another bot monitoring the SEV rejected the change and maintained the deadline to be met in 12 days.

It sounds like the already existing pressure in Ads + reorg + new manager blocking his transfer request + SEV caused him to just give in. Given Zuckerberg's public push on transparency, openness, and wanting to connect the world, I'm honestly quite surprised and disappointed at how secretive they've been on this tragedy.

This paragraph pretty much sums up the potential of what China's Greater Bay Area has to offer:

> Shenzhen has become a center for research and development that ranks alongside Silicon Valley. The area around the industrial city of Dongguan produces one-third of the world's jeans, while Foshan accounts for more than half of all refrigerators and air-conditioning units manufactured worldwide. Hong Kong is Asia's leading financial center and Macao is the largest gambling city in the world, with six times the gaming volume of Las Vegas.

Ironically, using the Bay Area as an inspiration feels like Apples and Oranges given it's more tech-centric whereas this "Magalopolis" almost feels like a country within a country. Very curious to see how this grand plan progresses over the coming years.

Yet from what I've seen rent prices continue to hold or rise. If I had to guess, more and more people may be opting away from home ownership so the charts on demand for purchasing homes may be trending downward as demand for renting trends upward. Would've been interesting of the article juxtaposed the two but it could help explain why prices for one has gone down as the other goes up.

Wasn't there an anonymous app called Yack as well?

For those thinking Star Trek, they literally address it a few paragraphs down :)

The name quantum teleportation brings to mind a technology out of Star Trek, where “transporters” can “beam” macroscale objects—even living humans—between far-distant points in space. Reality is less glamorous. In quantum teleportation, the states of two entangled particles are what is transported—for instance, the spin of an electron. Even when far apart, entangled particles share a mysterious connection; in the case of two entangled electrons, whatever happens to one’s spin influences that of the other, instantaneously.

> But we also recognize and respect the view of others that say they don’t want to have an extra process installed on their local machine. So that’s why we made the decision to remove that component — despite the fact that it’s going to require an extra click from Safari.

Am I reading this correctly, their CIO believes it's the "extra process" that people are concerned about -- not the webcam vulnerability?

One interesting thing I've noticed from this (not sure if this is just my experience or if others noticed as well) but none of the ads seem to be impacted by this. Certainly makes me wonder if those are on a more prioritized and entirely separate infra and SLA that is designed to be more resilient and highly available.

> Some of this capital is going into gold. China's gold reserves have grown for six straight months since December, the first time the country increased its holdings of the precious metal in more than two years. Russia has made similar moves, slashing its dollar-denominated assets while purchasing gold as essentially a borderless currency.

I know it's crazy but I have to ask - with countries seeking more neutral currencies, could it be fathomable that adoption of digital currencies would grow as well?

Pro tip: if you want to get acquired by your competitor just have SF grant you a permit they can't have :)

Great content - awful ads

Caltrain and Bart - please take note!

Does this mean the next iPhone iteration will use Qualcomm's modem?

Wouldn't this just add more fuel to the fire for China to crackdown on access to GitHub and ultimately make it even harder for engineers there to use and contribute to projects? Only asking because I recall a time where they did indeed block GitHub because of some of the projects hosted and I'd imagine this might potentially cause a similar course of action.

Very well said and 100% agree.

> Suffice to say, the average PS1 JRPG contains a very archetypal story.

I'm not sure how others feel but to me I've definitely noticed a much stronger emphasis on wowing visual effects in today's RPG's and a much weaker focus on the story and plot lines as was the case in past games.

Primary tldr's:

> Boeing hasn’t announced what the second software problem is. LNA is told it is the interface between the MCAS upgrade and the Flight Control System, but specifics are lacking.

> LNA interprets these combined events as indicative the MAX will be ground well past the Paris Air Show in June.

Just out of curiosity, will there actually be any punishments handed out beyond just a slap on the wrist? Or is Boeing far too large of a corp to take on?

It isn’t just toys - opening trading card booster boxes and packs is also very popular, especially when something rare is pulled :)

Is anyone else concerned this will be yet another Google product that goes by the wayside in a few years? This has essentially become my biggest fear now with any new product they announce/release.