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@richminer

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Android CoFounder (over 3B served); Google Ventures (GV); & Wildfire (voice assistant built in 1990), PhD Comp Science. Posts are my views

Cambridge, MA
Joined September 2008
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@richminer
Rich Miner
15 days
While I'm proud of what I helped create w/ #Android I'm just as proud of what we created @ GV. It was a privilege to be there day one and impressive to see where @GVteam is taking it! Inside Google Ventures’ first 15 years—and its plans for the next 300
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Excited to be an LP and see how you put that capital to work.. such a bright & creative group of innovators / investors !
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Griffin Johnson
4 years
Proud to officially be an operating partner and founder of our first venture fund @AnimalCapFund Thank you @Scaramucci @richminer @mbrandolph and others for joining us as LPs. It means the world to us! Let’s get to work, @JoshRichards @noahbeck !
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@McFaul I've said for decades that oil consumption is as much an issue of national security policy as it is environmental policy
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4 years
Congrats @lmgriffjohnson & @JoshRichards .. well done with the fund raise.. ! Others reading this.. it's still not too late to donate.
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Griffin Johnson
4 years
Griffin Johnson and @JoshRichards Raise $200,000 For The Barstool Fund With Help From Other Influencers and Business Owners (Full List)
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The 1st Android phone, the T Mobile G1, launched 15 yrs ago in NYC! We never imagined that Android would dominate the world wide mobile phone market & become the most popular OS of all time. I unboxed an old G1 for the occasion. Happy birthday #android ! I know the last photo
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Was amazing to see @joinClubhouse in action - great group of investors, strong companies pitching, a few thousand people in the room..
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Griffin Johnson
4 years
It is also a good opportunity to legitimize your knowledge in spaces that people would consider out of your traditional domain. The other day I was on a angel investor pitch panel with @mbrandolph @richminer @justinkan @HarringtonKevin @NaithanJones @janamal @mhiggins
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@Amy_Siskind Just saying... We would know more if he had a 15 yr old daughter. #TestedPositive ?
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4 years
Sounds like a good cause, I'm in Griff.. donating direct!
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Griffin Johnson
4 years
You could also donate direct: . Thank you @stoolpresidente for stepping up. See you on BFFs soon! I call on @sama @rabois @mcuban @mbrandolph @HarringtonKevin @justinkan @richminer @Chad_Hurley @alexisohanian @JoshRichards to donate.All for a good cause
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Great piece by @lmgriffjohnson on the tipping point for e-sports!
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wrote this today for @Benzinga !
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2 years
Meta might be trying to emulate Android w/their approach to the Metaverse but this article got so much wrong about Android, our motivation, execution & market dynamics that we should correct that before you try to draw parallels. via @businessinsider
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Let's help @marceelias out and follow @DemocracyDocket
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@TheRickWilson You laugh, but a decade from now people will be saying "where were you the night the Fox Christmas tree burned" !
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4 years
Just did
@ReallyAmerican1
Really American 🇺🇸
4 years
It’s time to UNFOLLOW @realDonaldTrump , and FOLLOW @ConcedingTrump . Pass it on.
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All along we were working on 2 phones, Sooner, more blackberry-like & Dream, touchscreen based. After the iPhone launch we did cancel Sooner to focus on Dream (eventually the Google G1) but its design changed little from this rendering made 5 months before the iPhone launched.
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Im happy to support this tribute to Leonard Nimoy. Star Trek & Spock nurtured my interest in science & technology and inspired aspects of my startups: Wildfire, the first voice based personal assistant & Android (likely the OS for the tricorder in 2265). You can also contribute!
@JulieNimoy
Julie Nimoy
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Breaking news! We just received confirmation that the Museum of Science in Boston, is getting a major contribution from the co-founder of Android to support the creation of the Leonard Nimoy Memorial Sculpture. Thank you for your generous donation! @richminer @nimoycopdfilm
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Has having @PeteButtigieg on-air ever gone well for @FoxNews ? I don' think so.. and certainly not this time!
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Acyn
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@KimDotcom @elonmusk I'd suggest starting with Android.. but I am biased.
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@lmgriffjohnson I've been watching your posts... you seem like you're managing ok...
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Rich Miner
4 years
Yes, this!!! 👇 It's so frustrating.. Dem's seem so close to helping the other side snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
@Amy_Siskind
Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈
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Where are our elected Democrats? Your base is exhausted and anxious from 4 years of this, and now Trump's continuing sedition, and it seems other than @PascrellforNJ most of you are involved in internal sniping rather than speaking out of doing anything about Trump!
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Vote for my Boat! I love building new products, the latest was a boat & it runs #Android from @Raymarine ! Its nominated for Best New Power Boat! Vote for the Hood 35LM Express Cruiser @ the link @LymanMorse @HamiltonJetHQ @CWHoodYachts @YanmarAmerica
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Rich Miner
9 years
Ten years since Google acquired Android. Happy Anniversary original Android team! @Arubin #android
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Excited to support @UMassLowell with their new School of Computer and Information Sciences.
@Chancellor_Chen
Chancellor Julie Chen
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Amazing news today as one of the largest departments @UMassLowell becomes the Richard A. Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences. We are hugely grateful to @richminer for his support @UML_Sciences
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@Pmkphotoworks @sundarpichai Just reproduced this out at dinner tonight, pretty spectacular.
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Rich Miner
8 years
Fox news is fake state news media...
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Scott Dworkin
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Photo:Jared Kushner w/FoxNews Chairman Rupert Murdoch-they have more control over FoxNews than we thought🔥 #trumprussia #russiagate #resist
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8 years
Proud to work at Google! - Exclusive: Google creates $4 million crisis fund for immigration cause via @USATODAY
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2 years
Lesson for a metaverse: 1. Rapid growth was key - headsets wont have the trajectory phones did; 2. One company controlling the platform would be bad, Android was open source, competition was good; 3. Lots of apps w/easy distribution fuels platform adoption but rely's on point 1.
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First, Google did not create Android, they acquired us in mid-2005 yrs before any hint of the iPhone. This runs counter to @samdelouya 's thesis that Google developed Android "to compete with Apple." What happened, and perhaps relevant to building a metaverse, is that...
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@RBReich This is a naive way to look at it. Bloomberg has political experience, a public track record, and a positive brand. We know less about how Schultz or Dimon would do in public office but comparing the group to Trump just because they have resources is wrong.
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Rich Miner
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@realDonaldTrump poor Donald, it's always about size.. and you don't measure up.
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Rich Miner
6 years
We have a continued problem with Democrats inability to control & influence media cycles - conservatives are master's at it. This is our single biggest risk halting our downward spiral. The Democrats need a brilliant Chief Maketing Officer and/or a communications plan!
@RVAwonk
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
6 years
This, from the same White House that said Michelle Wolf crossed a line by talking about Sarah Sanders' eyeshadow.
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People criticizing @elonmusk as Times Person Of the Year don't understand true genius or the past & future disruptive impact of his innovations. Not saying he is not without flaws but...
@TIME
TIME
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. @elonmusk 's ventures have spanned everything from internet startups to sustainable energy to artificial intelligence. Here's how the world's richest person built his fortune #TIMEPOY
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@andrewparker @mattturck Android had two term sheets in hand for our series A at the same time Google engaged with us. We were just getting going and would have had plenty of runway.
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2 years
Happy 15th Anniversary Android! On November 5th 2007 Google announced something bigger than a single phone, we announced the Android Operating System now serving over 3 billion users making it most popular OS ever. @lockheimer
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Rich Miner
2 years
Not mentioned was the importance of 3rd party apps. Android announced our developer platform & App Market Nov 2007, Apple followed in June of 2008. The availability & growth of 3rd party apps was key to the platforms market success & eventual revenue generation, Meta gets this.
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Yes, Job's was not happy about Android & being an important partner we made small changes to appease him before launch. Saying we were "duping" Apple is wrong, Android was developed at the same time w/no information flow. Similarities were based on similar tech & constraints.
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@cheechablunt @Nickelodeon In this day and age your saying you had no content you could stream for your kids for 17minutes?
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As of this week #android crossed 2 billion active users! Woot! #io17 @Arubin @lockheimer
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2 years
Our concern in 2005 was not Apple but Microsoft who had launched Windows Mobile. Our startup pitch warned against a repeat of where msft controlled PCs. Google had responded to that with their investments in browsers (another platform) and saw Android a similar mobile bet.
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2 years
Also, thinking one would chase iPhone back then is revisionist. When Android launched a year+ after the iPhone it was thought smartphones would represent maybe 30% of the market, no one imagined them replacing most other phones. Besides, by 2010 Android had leaped ahead of iOS.
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Google (initially mostly Larry Page) was convinced by our pitch that mobile phones were going to become small computers in your pocket, broadening access and enriching their services w/location. We argued it would be bad for any one party to control such a pervasive platform.
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4 years
@elonmusk @TheBabylonBee Booting someone off your platform for repeatedly violating terms of service infighting violence should not be a hard call.
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5 years
@sama Major decisions like this have huge ripple effects that require thought and planning. I watched Google under strong leadership, & w/significant expert advice plan for well over a month how to institute our WFH policy so as not to break things. You can't shoot from the hip.
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Rich Miner
8 years
These Trump inspired terrorist attacks are what we need to worry about: Man Shots 3 People "Get Out Of My Country"
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9 months
@rosterloh @MKBHD Heads should roll ;). Seriously, well done!
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@DavidSacks @Jkylebass Not all executive stock options are getting wiped out
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6 years
Well put. I've said it before.. Dem's need a CMO, they are constantly out-marketed by the right in strategy, method and language.
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11 months
Fun to join this episode of @WVFRM with @DurvidImel @MKBHD @MishaalRahman ... For the record, I would have got all the trivia questions..
@WVFRM
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
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New Episode! - CyanogenMod and the Death of the Android ROM 🎥: 🎧:
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@getpeid Lot's of ideas.. but please don't use the phrase "Make Android Great Again", acronym hashtag is already taken.
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What do we want...
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7 years
Clearly if he lunges for the Football they should kneel.
@AynRandPaulRyan
Holly Figueroa O'Reilly
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GOP source says Kelly and Mattis discuss what to do if Trump lunges for the nuclear football. Let that sink in.
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@realDonaldTrump It's called climate change for a reason. Scientific American might challenge your reading level but give it a try:
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8 years
Nice! CVS Puts Out Generic Competitor To EpiPen At A 6th Of The Price
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Rich Miner
8 years
Trump will do more damage to the US (and world) with his open tweets than HRC ever did with her indicted private server.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes
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Exactly, this 👇 Like many things they do and say it makes no sense. Repealing Section 230 would significantly muzzle their megaphone
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Bradley P. Moss
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You know what? Go ahead. Repeal Section 230 immunity. Please do. Then I can watch and laugh as all these conservative advocates for it are shocked as they're banished from social media and platforms like Parler dissolve under threat of lawsuits.
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These poor sods really don't have a clue how poorly history will view them
@Independent
The Independent
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Donald Trump Jr hints he could run for president in 2024
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Somebody Added Paul Ryan to the Invertebrate Wikipedia Page via @selectall
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@MishaalRahman We are working on it.. not exactly my team.. lots of smart / creative people hard at work and I am just lending a hand..
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Rich Miner
8 years
I was @HillaryClinton HQ in Cambridge this evening making calls. Please go to /events or /GOTV You can have impact!
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@Jason @theallinpod You sure he wont sit down for a long chat?
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@Amy_Siskind Mine w/taxid Feeding America 36-3673599 Good Shepherd Food Bank 22-2986809 Greater Boston Food Bank04-2717782 Bath Area Food Bank01-0437478 World Central Kitchen27-3521132 Food for Free Cambridge 22-2561771 MidCoast Hunger Prevention Progrm 01-0492643 No Kid Hungrey 52-1367538
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@evleaks I'm using one now and confirm, it's pretty disappointing.
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Rich Miner
3 years
Glad we did not listen to @billmaher for input on #Android
@PessimistsArc
Pessimists Archive
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Bill Maher reacts to camera phones in 2003: "It's a phone not a swiss army knife"
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So happy we are showing leadership here! Google says it will ban sites with fake news from its ad service
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Rich Miner
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@SenatorBrakey Maine will be fine but how about you pack up and move to New Hampshire.. it would seriously help Maine.
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Rich Miner
7 years
This is a pretty myopic view of VC - heavily west coast focused. Matrix, Greylock, Venrock - all started on the east coast. Matrix started in 1977 had one of the biggest returning funds for many years, was early in Apple, etc.
@TechCrunch
TechCrunch
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70 years of VC innovation
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@businessbarista Android, they got a good deal. How much of the YouTube revenue is on mobile?
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@getpeid Fav: opennes means more innovation by third parties, plus It was created by some really bright caring people 😁 LeastFav: Google's continued lack of messaging strategy leave it exposed to cannibalization by iOD; Some OEM's (not Nothing) alter the user experience in negative ways
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Rich Miner
7 years
Or they could give every single household in the state a brand new Chevy Spark
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Rich Miner
2 years
@elonmusk Did you know your local convenience store puts an x% tax on everything you buy through them.. Since when is a store charging a margin a new thing? And stores often charge more if something is easy to find (like end-cap placement, etc.)
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@Jason @theallinpod Hey also had his own pod cast starting back in 2017, over 360 episodes.
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Rich Miner
3 years
There are now 3 BILLION active Android devices around the world.. milestone hit this past week! #GoogleIO2021
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Rich Miner
3 years
I don't know what's more impressive, @zipcy8888 's art or the artful way she and @andrewchoi5 have orchestrated the release of her NFTs... Can't wait for the fashion show & to see mine revealed..
@SuperNormal
SUPERNORMAL®(🍯) $SPNL
3 years
Many ask, wen reveal? The ZIPS Fashion Show is scheduled for 2/2/2022 2:22:22 PM KST ( 2/2/2022 12:22:22 AM EST.) You will see each ZIPS revealed one at a time, every 20 seconds in our dedicated Discord channel.✨
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Google quietly launches Meet, an enterprise-friendly version of Hangouts via @techcrunch
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Excited for the Leakies with @evleaks !
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@paulg While driving with my kids @ that age we made up the "internet game". Two of us each say a random word at the same time. Then each person does an infomercial for the hypothetical start-up word1 + word2 .com
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Rich Miner
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Congratulations on the launch of the new community!
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Rich Miner
3 years
Definitely a sad story, but there is an indication of hope at the end. What is that @richminer guy up to...
@AndroidIntel
Android Intelligence
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The Android tablet we could have had — but then, well...
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Rich Miner
8 years
Great time hanging out with @alanalda at #poptech impressed with his work @AldaCenter + I grew up with #MASH
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@paulg @elonmusk The guy gets death threats for being a hardworking public servant. It does not matter if you agree with all of his decisions or not, this is not OK. In some ways Elon has been radicalized and that is not OK.
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Funny thing is that a primary reason I co-founded Android was my worry over Windows Mobile, which I helped launch at Orange. I was concerned Microsoft would control the mobile phone platform just like they controlled the desktop. @BillGates @andrewrsorkin
@richminer
Rich Miner
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Thanks for the support @BillGates 9to5Mac: Bill Gates explains why he still prefers Android over iPhone during interview on Clubhouse. via @GoogleNews
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@BriannaWu SpaceX has executed better w/more innovation than NASA & legacy contractors. I have good friends who are astronauts who validate this. Also, not a good idea to say billionaire == bad, that attitude in part got us into this situation imho.
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Worst customer experience w/ @SamsungMobileUS over a 3 wk old #GalaxyZFlip5 w/dead pixels at the fold. Spend $1,000's/yr on @SamsungMobile devices linked to my @Samsung account - I get a cyclical forgetful BOT chat. Horrible customer service. Hello @MotorolaUS Razr 2023.
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Wilbur Ross failed to mention that his own Department of Commerce federal credit union is charging upwards of 9% interest on emergency loans to furloughed workers. These people are vile.
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@DavidSacks Watch out, the likely violate clause 5(a), saying something "objectionable" to PayPal
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Rich Miner
8 years
Hard decision, I love GV but as I tell people - follow your passion Term Sheet — Thursday, July 7
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4 years
@RBReich This comment is unrelatable by most people and off topic. Would you not want the wage increase if Bezos hadn't made that much money?
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Rich Miner
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@SenatorBrakey @davidhogg111 Someone who states they are willing to talk to others with opposing views does not seem as suspectable to confirmation bias as say.. YOU. How do you interpret those words written at that point in time in the constitution given what you know of the framers goals?
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US intelligence officials consider Kislyak a top spy & recruiter of spies hence: Sessions is in deep trouble. Bigly.
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@ZacksJerryRig All good points.. though on the @MKBHD video - while 28.7M seems high, it is less than 1% of the current active Android users - probably a better metric than the much smaller US population ;)
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@davey_burke Thanks you Dave for all of your years of contribution to Android, you had so much impact on the platform over all those years. Android is so much more powerful for your efforts.
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Rich Miner
7 years
So impressed with the amazing work done by Cassini and inspirational scientists like @carolynporco
@carolynporco
Carolyn Porco
7 years
After 18 years of Captain's Logs, here is my last entry: #CassiniGrandFinale
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@paulg @erikbryn I believe this technology will also help great thinkers who are not great writers. I'm not saying I'm a great thinker, but I know im a poor writer (likely orthographic dyslexia). I've been iterating some blog post ideas with #ChatGPT and the results are encouraging.
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Rich Miner
7 years
Launched the drone to watch the stealth destroyer pass our house this morning. #ddg101
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@lockheimer @levie @collision It's like Disney designed a country, top attractions all a short drive from one another: glacial caves, geysers, bubbling hot lagoons, hot springs hikes, modern city with a good art & restaurant culture Back on topic, that video is so spot on!
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Rich Miner
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Nothing about MLK's name makes it a common mistake to insert a racial slur in the middle. This only happens if you are used to saying it that way or hanging with people who do - St. Louis newscaster apologizes for inserting slur into MLK's name on air
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