I worked in engineering at Google from 2007-2015. I conducted ... I can't remember, definitely more than 100, maybe something like 200 in-person onsite technical interviews. (In addition to loads of phone screens, but I couldn't see those people.)
Not a single person wore a suit.
If anyone had, I would have been very surprised and I would have immediately started wondering what other memos that candidate had not received.
I was a little surprised there's not more in land. "The only thing they're not making more of," etc. etc.
A little light poking showed that the most expensive land in the US is in high-end residential real estate, which is largely owned by rich individuals rather than by corporations.
I guess businesses know better than to build on expensive land. They build on cheap land -- or land containing something much better than dirt and rock that they can extract -- and then they make stuff on that land.
The only exception would be for hotels and high-end retail, I suppose? And it looks like hotels didn't make the cut and high-end retail was dwarfed by commodity retail.
So, uh, never mind.
Absolutely yes. Nate is that spokesperson, and he is carrying a far heavier load of interviews and appearances during the book tour than Eliezer is. We are actively passing the torch.
1No, you will not miss much, carry on reading!
... I don't think so?
Urs wants DRM-free.
Hachette likes DRM.
We're working with Hachette.
Therefore Urs shouldn't hold their breath.
I think that all just straightforwardly adds up? I certainly wasn't aiming to be sarcastic.
Per Nate's best guess without re-reviewing the contract: unfortunately, you'll have to take it up with the publisher; they own the relevant copyrights (as is standard in any trad publishing deal). [Note: I originally overstated Nate's confidence here; the error was mine.]
I can add that at least in the US, I wouldn't hold my breath; Little, Brown is a division/imprint of Hachette, which is famous for supporting DRM.
Eliezer says: "There are always infinite policies to consider. I didn't consider that one and neither did young Hermione."
Eliezer's reply, sent to me and copy-pasted in:
Riddle having set up Hagrid, having asked Dumbledore for an introduction to Flamel, and his general demeanor etc, was more than sufficient info for Dumbledore. There were not two candidates for who Voldemort could possibly be.
Eliezer says he doesn't recall ever contemplating either of these questions. (Sorry!)
... by a sniper?