There is actually a decent train service: the problem is that you need to get from your office in a sprawling business park in Silicon Valley to a train station. Unless you are very lucky (i.e. you w… (View Post)

If you want to truly experience Silicon Valley, you need to drive from San Jose to San Francisco at 330pm on workday. You - along with hundreds of thousands of Googlers, Appleites, Facebookers, Netfl… (View Post)

Well, definitely better than being under Belgian rule. France is more nuanced: they had their moments, both positively and negatively. You can argue that their making their remaining imperial possess… (View Post)

There's a lot of ruin in a nation. (View Post)

I think the problem is that the British Empire spanned hundreds of years, and tens of places that were administered with various degrees of competence at various points. One also has to note that our… (View Post)