Marksman79

You call yourself sleep deprived? I just read that comment you responded to as "Are you high in that potato?" and came back for a double-take.

We did it Reddit!

My soldering skills are highly offensive, yet survivable. I was at a loss with what to put down.

1. A few months ago, some network switches were shipped to the wrong address, and a glimpse into what makes Google run was revealed. I know Google designs their own hardware for their data centers, the details of which are a highly guarded trade secret. What was the result of that shipping error on your end? How much value did that one mistake cost? How valuable are all of Google's data center trade secrets, hardware and software?

2. Why is the Ingress game map (for those unfamiliar) so slow to move around and load portal locations compared to the standard Google maps? (not comparing portal loading speeds with the real Google maps since I'm not allowed to acknowledge their existence. I've said too much already.)

3. Was there any noticeable increase in search query requests after the implementation of Google Instant? If so, how was that handled? Were there any challenges with that transition or interesting things you can say about the back-end handling of the feature?

4. A lot of people have seen the amazing perks provided to Google employees. I, along with a few others, wonder about your favorite perk on the job. Are there any newer or lesser known perks that have not been featured in the older videos (the one I've seen was from 2007) that you'd like to share with us?

5. We are the Google Site Reliability (SRE) team.

When reading acronym "SRE", I get this nagging feeling that the "E" does not stand for "team".

Some of your issues with it are the lock in of laws we might need to change later. Are there any clauses in TPP relating to adjusting or removing parts of the agreement? How difficult are they to use?