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	Is this why Twitter is down? Their Engineer Speaks (venturebeat.com)
	33 points by kimboslice 614 days ago \| 19 comments

12 points by jrockway 614 days ago | link

Wow, a picture of someone's tweet talking about pot. This is what Hacker News has come to?

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17 points by menloparkbum 614 days ago | link

I used to work at a startup where everyone was always baked and we also had serious quality control problems.

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11 points by icky 614 days ago | link

> I used to work at a startup where everyone was always baked and we also had serious quality control problems.

Problems with the quality of the software, or the pot? ;)

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2 points by evdawg 614 days ago | link

Aw cmon it's pretty funny. I guess Alex just isn't as cool as the rest of Twitter's staff... ;)

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11 points by nirmal 614 days ago | link

There's no reason to assume he was at Twitter HQ when he sent this out. He could be pretty much anywhere in SF. :)

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10 points by ssharp 614 days ago | link

Ruby on Rails on Reefer

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1 point by wallflower 614 days ago | link

Twitter headquarters. "I've been working on the RAILROAD!" (Chorus x10)

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4 points by jakewolf 614 days ago | link

It's always snowing on Wall Street.

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-2 points by josefresco 614 days ago | link

Call me naive but I'm a bit surprised to hear that a company with $15 million plus allows "weed-talk" around the office.

I'm not saying it's wrong or bad or the reason why Twitter has issues, just surprising.

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18 points by menloparkbum 614 days ago | link

you're naive - silicon valley is on drugs.

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5 points by fallentimes 614 days ago | link

and it's also how the Twitter idea came to fruition

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21 points by ssharp 614 days ago | link

I was thinking the same thing.

Guy 1: "Hey man, whatif I knew what everyone was doing right now?"

Guy 2: "Yeah man, like God"

Guy 1: "No, I mean EVERYONE like RIGHT NOW".

Sluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurp.

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10 points by jonknee 614 days ago | link

It's in San Francisco. They probably buy from the VCs.

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27 points by stcredzero 614 days ago | link

Oh, so that's what they mean by "seeding!"

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9 points by jrockway 614 days ago | link

I assume most everyone would quit if someone got fired/reprimanded for talking about weed. It's real life, not high school.

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4 points by gojomo 614 days ago | link

It might also just be a running joke, like "what kind of crack are you smoking?"

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1 point by extantproject 613 days ago | link

... but then this entire submission would be overblown!

I can't imagine it!

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2 points by swombat 614 days ago | link

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I'll add that a large proportion of bankers, traders, and other high-powered executives that make a lot of money (some of them make $15m a year) are on drugs a lot of the time. They don't talk about it and it's usually not weed (more like peruvian marching powder), but it's there.

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2 points by jamesbritt 614 days ago | link

Weed? No biggie.

It's when horse or crack are the main topics you may have to worry.

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