For most of the past couple of decades I've been a software engineer at Google in California. Currently I'm working for New Voice in Switzerland. In my spare time I've created a mélange of open-source software . I've also built some rather unusual hardware . On rare occasions I've even been known to write something…
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The whole experience of what happens pre-trial was a real eye-opener. One of the things which I learned was that if one uses a bail bondsman in the US they require a 10% payment which they keep even if you do show up for court. That makes getting out of jail phenomenally expensive.
Hypothetically, how would you teach Computer Science or programming to someone who has no access to a computer, and with whom your only communication is books and postal mail?
Our team at Google got the opportunity to fly in a Zeppelin yesterday. This is the first Zeppelin to fly in the US since the Hindenburg. I had been looking forward to this flight for several years. The photos are spectacular.