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BTW, Steve Jobs lived not far away, in one of the known toxic plumes that spreads through the ground here with the water.

And he died of pancreatic cancer, maybe coincidentally, maybe not.

This has actually been publicly known for a long time:

Public access to the mortality file is currently restricted by a gag order, but the facts cited in the Santa Clara complaint are corroborated by statistics in a 1996 article in the scientific journal Epidemiology, "Brain Tumors Among Electronics Industry Workers." The file is a substantially complete (99 percent) database of all U.S. IBM workers of five or more years who died between 1975 and 1989; the records were constructed from death certificates obtained by IBM "for administrative purposes"; and the cause of death in 149 of the total 10,331 cases was primary brain cancer. (The article never specifically identifies the subject company, but a footnote identifies IBM as the funder of the research, and the mortality statistics are identical to those included in the complaint.)

That's quite a lot of brain cancer, about 2.5 times that of the general population, without factoring in biases for gender and age. More significantly, what this study found was an upward slope in brain cancer deaths among male electronics workers as duration of employment lengthened.

https://www.salon.com/2001/07/30/almaden1/

One of those little inconvenient truths that realtors always seem to skip when selling used houses around here.

Patrick says

Santa Clara County is riddled with 23 toxic Superfund sites, more than any county in the country.

My programmer self cannot let this error go, because I make my living by being technically correct. They actually mean "more than any other county in the country."

Taken literally, that line is saying that Santa Clara County has more toxic Superfund sites than Santa Clara County does.

(23 > 23) === false

Have to go, my brain tumor is calling me!

No wonder people commute to Manteca to get away from there!

Patrick says

BTW, Steve Jobs lived not far away, in one of the known toxic plumes that spreads through the ground here with the water.

And he died of pancreatic cancer, maybe coincidentally, maybe not.

Didn't he live in Woodside?

Yeah and people pay millions for a crapshack on toxic land. Even SF downtown became too dusty from all the exhaust. Only ocean beach and hoods close to the presidio/gg park are worth it.

dublin hillz says

No wonder people commute to Manteca to get away from there!

Manteca = Crack cocaine in español

Fumando manteca- smoking crack

mell says

Yeah and people pay millions for a crapshack on toxic land.

Corrupt Chinese escaping their toxic Motherland by buying crapshacks sitting on top of Supefund sites in Palo Alto. Oh, the fucking irony.

Patrick says

BTW, Steve Jobs lived not far away, in one of the known toxic plumes that spreads through the ground here with the water.

And he died of pancreatic cancer, maybe coincidentally, maybe not.

Alex, I'll take coincidental for $500.

Patrick says

From its origins as a manufacturer of silicon chips and semiconductors, Santa Clara County is riddled with 23 toxic Superfund sites, more than any county in the country.

Should be good for another rise of 10% - 15% in house prices there this year. :)

Jobs was a fruitcake who swore his Vegan diet eliminated all BO.

Those who worked with him begged to disagree.

What is with California and all the Big Wigs deciding to smell like shit? It is a power trip? Probably.

God Forbid Silicone Valley start doing what they originally set out to do. Oh Since they are already polluted by the process anywho and we do need some manufacturing in this country again. Why not make microprocessors and chips there again?
Take broken lemons and make lemonade.

Satoshi_Nakamoto says

Patrick says

BTW, Steve Jobs lived not far away, in one of the known toxic plumes that spreads through the ground here with the water.

And he died of pancreatic cancer, maybe coincidentally, maybe not.

Didn't he live in Woodside?

He also had a place in Woodside, but his main house is on Ramona Street in Palo Alto. Once I drove by with a friend and said "that's Steve Jobs' house". And then there he was just walking on the sidewalk and I got to say "and that's Steve Jobs".

Jobs didn't seem all that concerned about personal safety like Zuckerberg is.

errc says

Manteca = Crack cocaine in español

Actually, it's a word for fats or lards. Maybe it has a colloquial slang meaning for crack cocaine.

Ceffer says

errc says

Manteca = Crack cocaine in español

Actually, it's a word for fats or lards. Maybe it has a colloquial slang meaning for crack cocaine.

You’re correct, and i mislabeled it’s slang.

Manteca is slang for Heroin, not crack.

Butter is mantequilla if i remember correctly

The problem with the Armour Manteca there is it is Hydrogenated. Meaning they rendered the fat by boiling it first.
Rendered drippings from roasting pork or frying bacon is much healthier fat to fry in.

But even that Manteca leaves your food less dripping saturated with fat as Vegetable, Corn, Canola and even Peanut Oils tend to do.
When my local latin grocer has rendered lard I buy it and freeze it.
I don't keep it, and being that I fry so infrequently I usually use it one time. I have a fat pan near the stove, but I don't refrigerate it.
So every time I want to fry something I end up just using a new fresh source. Otherwise If I took the time to clean the bits off the top strainer and and ran the lard after it cooled down but before it solidified through a cheese cloth then kept my lard can in the fridge, I would get a lot more uses out of it.

Patrick says

Along its Prius-choked roads...

lol...so true. Damn Prius boulders blocking the fast lane.