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Goodbye, Nature!

At least they won't be building a mega church. Where I live, when beautiful acreage gets bought up, a mega church goes up. I could go on a rant about what that does to local infrastructure, but this is not the time or place.

Hmm...I do suppose they could make HQ for a new Apple cult, though. If they give me enough free stuff in exchange for converting people over to wearing the Apple Watch, I'd join. Excuse me while I go perfect my blank stare and eerie smile.

Free enterprise. Land goes up for sale, someone buys it.
 
Free enterprise. Land goes up for sale, someone buys it.
No arguments from me there. And I've got nothing against churches per se. We've just had problems specifically with newer megachurches refusing to comply with drainage and runoff regulations and wanting to be treated like special snowflakes compared to businesses that buy up similar land and do their rightful share to minimize impact on environment and roads and infrastructure. It's not appropriate discussion for this thread so that's all I'll say.

I'm hoping whatever use Apple puts this land to, they'll be good neighbors and decent to the environment.
 
No arguments from me there. And I've got nothing against churches per se. We've just had problems specifically with newer megachurches refusing to comply with drainage and runoff regulations and wanting to be treated like special snowflakes compared to businesses that buy up similar land and do their rightful share to minimize impact on environment and roads and infrastructure. It's not appropriate discussion for this thread so that's all I'll say.

I'm hoping whatever use Apple puts this land to, they'll be good neighbors and decent to the environment.

In some areas churches are exempt from some of the rules and regulations, I know what you mean and I can see how that is frustrating. I don't doubt that Apple will be good to the environment with the development of this parcel.
 
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This is pretty close to the TESLA factory in Fremont.
Well, I that respect Apple's current headquarters (in Cupertino) or the new campus they are building nearby there are similarly pretty close.
 
Samsung's huge R&D HQ in the same area is almost complete so that probably spurred Apple into buying up real estate to maybe limit expansion.
 
I wonder where is BMW's research center in Silicon Valley? Maybe this will allow Apple to take the BMW i3 and turn it into a technology demonstrator for Apple's own autonomous driving technologies.
 
I wonder where is BMW's research center in Silicon Valley? Maybe this will allow Apple to take the BMW i3 and turn it into a technology demonstrator for Apple's own autonomous driving technologies.
Most of the automotive offices are up near Moffet Field inside larger building with the ceiling and floorspace for garage work. Most of these larger buildings are old Lockheed and or other former aerospace contractor buildings.
 
Oh yes because the U.S. isn't a country of over 350 million people that grows exponentially, it's a nation of perhaps 150k who either work for or will be working for apple...

The point was, there's a lot of job openings yet people complain they can't find work. I bet 8 out of 10 people don't even try.

In my city alone, there's entry level burger flipping jobs to construction work, to VP level openings. Yet I hear people complain all the time.
 
The point was, there's a lot of job openings yet people complain they can't find work. I bet 8 out of 10 people don't even try.

In my city alone, there's entry level burger flipping jobs to construction work, to VP level openings. Yet I hear people complain all the time.

Unless your a minority. Have a friend whom is african american applied for apple countless times. They call him talk is good until the interview and he graduated from the top college intuit area. Does apple in Cali even hire blacks? I never seen a black person working there
 
The point was, there's a lot of job openings yet people complain they can't find work. I bet 8 out of 10 people don't even try.

In my city alone, there's entry level burger flipping jobs to construction work, to VP level openings. Yet I hear people complain all the time.

Fair enough.
 
Unless your a minority. Have a friend whom is african american applied for apple countless times. They call him talk is good until the interview and he graduated from the top college intuit area. Does apple in Cali even hire blacks? I never seen a black person working there

I see a lot actually. He's probably not qualified. Just because you have experience in the role, doesn't mean you have the people skills for it, or maybe they don't think you fit their culture.

When I was FooC, I applied at 3 apple stores, only 1 hired me. Why? Probably because by the third time I knew what they were looking for and were able to align my interview with it.
 
Wow... the amount of "joke" and cynical/sarcastic comments is ridiculous. It's like I'm reading empty space. If you don't have anything interesting to say just don't try to force a joke or sarcasm out of every single topic.
 
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