Re: FW: happy new year (fwd)

[Noelle <noelle>]

 > From: Simon Levy <http://www.gmail.com/~simon.d.levy>
 > Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:08:02 -0500
 > 
 > Wow, politicians ARE actually good for something after all! ;^)
 > 
 > Intel wants to be a player in the drone arena, but that market is already
 > sewn up by DJI.
 > 
 > Anyway, yeah, George already has a Silicon Valley job and will be working
 > with me this coming winter term on some drone-related stuff.   He was
 > delighted to get that first Bay Area tech job, and I know he'll do well.
 > 
 > As for commutes: I live in a modern two-bedroom townhouse on top of a
 > hillside, with quiet neighbors and a lovely view of the Blue Ridge
 > Mountains.  I pay $850 / month rent and have a 12-minute drive to work.
 > I'm glad I got to visit San Francisco in 1979, before the first tech boom
 > turned it into an overpriced yuppie funhouse.  I can't even imagine what
 > it's like now, with the Web 2.0 assholes running things -- stepping over
 > homeless people and puddles of urine to buy your artisanal yak butter, etc.
 > 
 > As for your nephew Alex, maybe you can persuade him to put off grad school
 > for a few years.  It'll always be there, but the boom market won't last
 > forever.
 > 
 > Say hi to Robert for me (I enjoyed his mass mailing as usual!), and thanks
 > for staying in touch.
 > 
 > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Levy, Simon <http://www.wlu.edu/~LevyS> wrote:

 > > To: Levy, Simon
 > > Subject: happy new year
 > >
 > > for some reason, I am on Speaker Ryan's mailing list(I think I wrote to
 > > Speaker Boehner once).
 > > anyway, here he is flying a drone from Intel:
 > >
 > > https://www.instagram.com/p/BYLokLZl0nc/?utm_source=Speaker.gov+Master+List&utm_campaign=bcbb47e344-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e173f5a25-bcbb47e344-155629149
 > >
 > > Also, heard from your student George, he's going to get a job out here.
 > > His dream is living in San Francisco and taking BART to Pleasanton. I
 > > wonder how long it will take him to start hating BART commuting. I'm
 > > working for UMass Med Center remotely so I don't even have to venture
 > > outside.
 > > Nephew Alex is uncertain about grad school. He's taking a CS class with
 > > post-grad level of work and hitting a wall of sorts. Maybe he's done so
 > > well so far that something really challenging is knocking him down. Maybe
 > > he needs more "grit". I'm sure he can find a good job after graduation.
 > > Well, you already got Robert's solstice message so not much else to add.
 > > Hope it's not too cold out there.
 > > Noelle