Tag Archives: California

The First Time I Heard About “Taxi Driver”

I can still remember the first time I’d ever heard about Taxi Driver (1976). I was at Buckley, either 9th or 10th grade. Probably 9th. There was this neighbor girl who lived up the street. I only met her after I switched to her school. Her name was *redacted* or something. She and I wereContinue reading “The First Time I Heard About “Taxi Driver””

Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Causes Strain for Young Companies – The New York Times

Having worked in the banking sector and having seen up-close how tightly regulated the industry is, I’m somewhat surprised that this sort of thing can happen at a retail bank. On Friday, Roku, the TV streaming company, said in a filing that roughly $487 million of its $1.9 billion in cash was tied up withContinue reading “Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Causes Strain for Young Companies – The New York Times”

Area Restaurant Requires ’Proof of Being Unvaccinated’

This is a joke, right? “PROOF OF BEING UNVACCINATED REQUIRED.” Not sure how that would work. Maybe you could give a sworn statement as to your vaccination history? Does a MMR jab count? Or just vaccines for Covid. Tagging this bit with ‘wtf’. Source: Restaurant Requires ’Proof of Being Unvaccinated’ – NBC Los Angeles

Snap is ‘quickly running out of money’

I know how Snap can save $500 million per year: his name is Evan Spiegel. The CEO famously rejected stock options comp for a ridiculous annual salary of one half a billion USD. Snap Inc. stock slid more than 5% on Tuesday morning after an analyst said the Santa Monica company behind the Snapchat video-messagingContinue reading “Snap is ‘quickly running out of money’”