What philanthropic initiatives or non-profits? Regarding philanthropy, this Forbes estimate [0] suggests Page is not particularly engaged in philanthropy compared to others in his wealth class.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswealthteam/2026/02/09/ame...

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This restriction appears to go beyond most other state level policies in the US.

> This is the strictest ban on sending reading material to prisons in the country. Advocates worry this will launch similar efforts nationwide. [0]

[0] https://bookriot.com/arkansas-prison-book-ban/

Treating prisoners humanely and preparing them to resume a productive life after prison helps us all.

Prison personnel are often misaligned when it comes to the wellbeing of their inmates.

What did Amazon prove that newspapers and cable tv haven’t demonstrated for ages?

I had the same thought. I think that it was slightly different in the age of paper publications and cable though because there was no alternatives. Now, everyone runs their own streaming service, and until all of them decide to also run ads (a la the cable company of yore), theres still some shred of consumer choice. The aggressive nature of exclusive content and licensing puts a lot of leverage on that perceived choice though, and content/service bundling (prime) do as well, which i figure factors in to peoples acceptance of ads on prime video.

Even that aside, it may just be consumers not caring or wvwn liking ads. I have a friend who refuses to even consider ad blocking because he claims to enjoy ads (bizarre to me, but he did major in digital marketing and has expressed his enjoyment of it).

You can see details of ProPublica’s funding here:

https://www.propublica.org/reports

$43 million budget in 2023.

Looks to me like typical American non-profit funding. Several significant donors rather than an “angel”.

Didn't mean to imply one person funds the whole thing out of their pocket, but it's likely that the chairman, Paul Sagan, is both giving a ton and recruiting a lot of other wealthy people. Maybe a quarter or less of revenue comes from donations <$10K. That's not uncommon, but I don't think it's how most non-profits are funded. Either way, my point is that they could not sustain themselves as a for-profit business by just selling ads or subscriptions. And they are very much dependent on staying in the good graces of a small handful of people.

Another similar repair occurred in 2007 when a truck fire damaged I-880 and I-580 one was repaired in a week and the other 26 days[0].

[0] https://2013.infrastructurereportcard.org/2009/case-study/ma...

Yes! I remember that one too. The contractor had it choreographed down to almost the minute so that prep work for a piece would finish minutes before that piece arrived.

Needless to say, California takes their freeway repair seriously when it is a critical artery through a major metro.

Or perhaps they were eager to make the announcement prior to a government shutdown…

I don't know, but it must have happened to Jane Wyman too.

You’re in luck that space might be available again. They moved out of that building several months ago[0].

[0] https://walkingredwoodcity.com/?s=Evernote&submit=Search

Wow, that's quite the downsizing! Evernote at one point occupied all 5 floors of that building and their new HQ looks like a single level over retail shops. I guess it makes sense with the move to remote work.

Guessing you don’t live in Cambodia [0].

[0]https://www.statista.com/statistics/930856/cambodia-mobile-o...

Don't live there but did visit back in 2017.

Everyone back then had third-hand used stuff that I suspect was mostly ex-eWaste. Smartphones were not ubiquitous.

I see the graph but don't believe it, especially given how much of their economy is tourism.

Only the US variants lack a physical SIM tray.

At least from the Indian experience, I’d wager that tons of iPhones from the US find their way into other countries because it’s way cheaper to get it from there than pay local prices that may include higher customs duties, higher (than US) taxes, etc. It’s possible that a lot of iPhones in Cambodia are/were originally sold in the US.