“Google employees get distracted during conversation by mentally rereading their NDA and figuring out what they can say, can’t say, and can’t say that they can’t say. It just gets worse if you keep talking and extrapolating (that is to say, holding a conversation) because you’re giving them O(n^2 interrelations + m potential suggestions from them) more topics to analyze. I’ve never quite managed to crash them, but I imagine it’s entirely possible given the NP nature of conversations.

“How long will it be before there’s a Gitpedia, where everyone has their own custom version, pulling from the authors and editors they trust and respect?

“Having a better understanding of the future than everyone else is a great reason to invest. It’s also a really lousy reason to start a company. Much better to wait until you’ve discovered something new about human nature. Something that makes your assumptions more accurate for more people, more of the time, in more places. Something more useful. Something more actionable.

“How can I make all my URLs case-insensitive in apache?

You can’t. But use mod_speling to correct URLs with one spelling/case mistake.

“I don’t care if you know how to write a great architecture document. But I will fail you if you can’t write a good code review.

“We give anyone who wants it full access to the source code of their social networks.

“3rd Rock from the Sun broke ground by introducing predominantly European humour in its writing to a North American audience..

“As soon as I found myself losing trust in co-founders, my motivation plumetted to an all-time low.

“Somehow Just Shoot Me never quite lit up NBC’s primetime stable of hit sitcoms, but it did respectably well and now looks even better divorced from its television competition.

“I should have stopped drinking when I became pregnant.