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Bob Lee
@crazybob
CPO of @MobileCoin (we're hiring!). Startup advisor and angel investor. Former CTO of @Square. Created @CashApp. Helped create Android.
San Francisco
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Oct 8, 2019
    Replying to @commonsensemyst and @HotepJesus
    Ignoring color is problematic because it precludes fixing institutional racism. Instead, see color, recognize that your black friends face challenges you don’t, and help move the world toward racial equity.
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Mar 7, 2023
    "Comparison is the thief of joy." -Theodore Roosevelt
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Oct 24, 2020
    Replying to @brian_armstrong and @robrhinehart
    This entire blog is hot, ignorant garbage. I really hope you don’t think this way. One example: Nancy Pelosi doesn’t “control” SF. She represents it at the national level. Take a civics class for chrissakes.
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Mar 26, 2020
    The US now has more confirmed Coronavirus cases than China. China has > 4X our population. China has conducted > 2X as many tests per capita. The number of confirmed cases in the US should be 1/8th that of China, not more! Could Trump have bungled our response any worse? 🤬
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Feb 2, 2023
    13 years ago today, @Square took its first payment on Android. This was after less than a month of development (I reused the C-based decoding algorithm from iOS using JNI). Wish the image was still on yfrog. 😋
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    jack
    Square
    @jack
    Feb 2, 2010
    Here's @crazybob taking a @Square payment on a Nexus One! yfrog.com/3i9pbj
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Apr 20, 2019
    Replying to @crazybob
    Delude yourself however you like. Most of my friends are immigrants, and I welcome more.
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Mar 2, 2019
    The code I didn’t write because I let perfect be the enemy of good
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Mar 25, 2020
    From a friend: Plane with 5 passengers on board, Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, The Pope and a ten year old school boy. The plane is about to crash and there are only 4 parachutes.
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Mar 9, 2023
    Replying to @ShaanVP
    I’ll be in SF this weekend 🤷‍♂️. How are you not in Miami yet?
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Mar 25, 2020
    Replying to @crazybob
    Angela said to the ten year old: "You can have the last parachute. I've lived my life, yours is only just starting." The 10 year old replied: "Don’t worry, there are 2 parachutes left, the smartest man in the USA took my school bag."
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Sep 10, 2021
    “‘It’s pronounced JIF, not GIF.’ Just like the peanut butter.” –Steve Wilhite, the creator of GIF
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    Farhan Thawar
    Shopify
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    Sep 10, 2021
    Yup
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Aug 25, 2020
    If people you associate with say or do something racist and you don’t correct them—you are guilty of racism by association, which is just as bad, perhaps worse, since you know better. When it comes to racism, if you aren’t part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Mar 7, 2023
    Why?
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    Bob Lee
    @crazybob
    Feb 13, 2020
    Replying to @tomcoates @jordylancaster and 2 others
    What if the person in front of her reclines? This guy’s behavior is completely unacceptable, no different than if he was touching her directly, the epitome of angry white male entitlement. He should learn to control his emotions and spring for a better seat next time.