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About Nilay Patel
When Nilay Patel was four years old, he drove a Chrysler into a small pond because he was trying to learn how the gearshift worked. Years later, he became a technology journalist. He has thus far remained dry.
Before serving as Managing Editor of The Verge, Nilay spent four years as Managing Editor of Engadget, where he drew upon his background as a lawyer to report and explain complex legal situations in everyday terminology — a niche that led to SAY Media naming Nilay one of 10 "voices that matter" in technology journalism.
Nilay has appeared on CNN, CNN International, NPR, Fox News, MSNBC, Sky News, NHK, G4TV, TWiT, and others. He also co-hosts The Vergecast with fellow editors Joshua Topolsky and Paul Miller.
Nilay received an AB in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2003 and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2006. He is also engaged to a major babe.
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Nilay Patel
On The Verge since Sep 06, 2011
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Which, again, is like someone in a public place monitoring who can come up to and say hello. You wouldn’t tolerate the police doing that in a mall or a park. But it’s cool on Facebook.
Also, the crucial differences with email spam filters are that A: you can set what is filtered, and B: you can see what’s been filtered. Facebook really doesn’t give you those options.
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Also, it’s not “starring friends” that’s new — it’s this new window at the top of News Feed.
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I have no idea! It got Becky, the best man, and one of the groomsmen right, and then everyone else is pretty random.
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It’s weird, it hasn’t been reported anywhere else — we looked for coverage, didn’t find any, and decided it was worth it to let people know what was going on. Consider it a PSA, I suppose.
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Posted: Facebook quietly highlighting Starred Friends UI to help manage close friends list
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For heaven’s sake. The GS3 is out in the UK and not in the US, and Vlad is one of our senior European editors.
Now please stop accusing us of running these sad little conspiracies; it distracts from the complicated, insidious conspiracies that actually occupy most of my time.
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Posted: Seagate to buy LaCie for $186m as hard drive industry continues shrinking
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Okay, we’re all done for this thread. To recap: Paul has editors, Paul is himself one of our best editors, and calling each other names on the internet accomplishes nothing.
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This piece was really hard to put a headline on. I can definitely see that criticism, but I think the piece+headline in total make the story extremely clear.
We’ll talk it over, though — the last thing we want to do with this is appear to be insensitive. Quite the opposite, actually!
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So a sad story: I am the proud owner of a 50-inch Kuro, which I love dearly. We were getting this piece ready and we thought we’d run some photos of my actual TV instead of the generic Pioneer press image above, but when I moved to NYC last year the movers packed it wrong and the entire bezel is covered in deep scuff marks and scratches. It’s heartbreaking.
The panel wasn’t damaged in any way, so I’m not in a rush to replace it. And the movers paid me for the damage, after I yelled at them a lot. (Their opening offer was a measly $500.) But damn it. DAMN IT ALL TO HELL.
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Touch!
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Noooooooooooooo
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We’re going to be doing a lot more with layout and design in the future; that doesn’t mean our standards or ethics will change. Just because something looks beautiful doesn’t mean it’s not journalism!
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Posted: Comcast abandons 250GB data caps, will trial tiered plans starting at 300GB
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So I’ve been waiting to do a review until I have six months of data — I installed three Nests in my parent’s house around the holidays, and I wanted to see if it’s really saving them money. It’s a beautiful product and a great experience — my mom loves using the thermostat, which is insane — but unless it actually works better and saves energy / money, it’s $250 down the drain. I’ll update in a about a month.
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Posted: HTC shipping custom Android builds on US devices to avoid Apple patents
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So… We know about this, and it’s high on our list of development priorities. There are a few things higher on that lost though, so we’re cranking on those first. Sorry I can’t share what they are just yet!
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Definitely not what happened here. Joanna and I have different sources.
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Stern burn.
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She left?
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That was a joke!
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3D is a waste, it’s a pretty lame conversion. Same movie, only darker and with dumb glasses.
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Posted: TiVo Premiere gets updated Netflix UI, YouTube Leanback (hands-on)
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Send that screenshot to support@theverge.com along with whatever other ads were on the page — we don’t allow these, but sometimes they slip through the ad server.
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Posted: Safari 5.1.7 update disables older versions of Flash for security reasons
