“We need technology for our society to get better in the decades ahead,” Mr. Thiel said. “So if you say there are not even five good companies, that even those five companies are fake, that is saying that our society is completely stagnant and that nothing is happening at all.” — Peter Thiel: Tech Bubble? What Tech Bubble? - New York Times (via davemorin)
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seriously?
brunch @ waterbar
How much does OpenTable charge restaurateurs for the service? -
Min. OpenTable cost: $500 setup, $200 / mo., $1 / seat booked through OT.com. How are there no startups coming to eat their lunch, literally!
“I remember when I was growing up, the rule was, ‘Don’t call anyone after 10 p.m.,’ ” Mr. Adler said. “Now the rule is, ‘Don’t call anyone. Ever.’ ” —
(Source: The New York Times)
bad ux
Riley likes original (tart) flavor the best (Taken with picplz at Nubi Yogurt in San Francisco, CA.)
“it’s a very complicated situation because you have… there’s a true schizophrenia where if you say to voters, ‘Do you think the federal government spends too much money and they should spend less?’ They say ‘Yeah, absolutely.’ Then you name specific things like pell grants for students? and they say ‘no… not that.’ How about NIH? Medical research funding? ‘no… you really shouldn’t cut that.’ And pretty soon you prove that what the american public is against is arithmetic.” — Bill Gates
(Source: thegatesnotes.com)
oly lady@ squaw (Taken with picplz.)