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This is a better link: http://www.businessinsider.in/an-ex-military-contractor-working-for-google-x-collapsed-on-the-job-and-his-coworkers-say-corporate-culture

This is a better link: http://www.businessinsider.in/an-ex-military-contractor-working-for-google-x-collapsed-on-the-job-and-his-coworkers-say-corporate-culture-is-to-blame/articleshow/57949746.cms http://www.businessinsider.in/an-ex-military-contractor-work...

Johnny555 9y ago
That article gives some more details about when and where it happened: On a cold morning in February 2015, a group of men left the spacious Google X headquarters in Mountain View, California, before daybreak. They traveled more than two hours east to some trailers parked in the middle of nowhere, on private ranch lands in California's Central Valley...And on this day, their complaints turned into terror. One of their team members, a man in his mid-50s, collapsed on the job... While the Central Valley can have searing heat in the summer, it's generally less so in the winter... so I looked up the weather for Merced, CA in Feb 2015 and temperatures were: Max: 75 °F Avg: 67 °F Min: 55 °F [1] While 75 is warm when doing heavy labor, it sounds like the article is exaggerating when it refers to "...extreme temperatures of the Central Valley..." [1] https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KMCE/2015/2/13/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=Merced&req_state=CA&reqdb.zip=95340&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999 https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KMCE/2015/2/13/...
- staz 9y ago
  Max: 24°C Avg: 20°C Min: 13°C For the non imperialists
  - BukhariH 9y ago
    24°C is considered room temperature in the UK. That doesn't sound hot at all.
    - RugnirViking 9y ago
      ? I am also from the UK and I sure as hell wouldn't want to walk/drive for two hours outside in that temprature. Sure it wouldn't kill me but then I'm not in my mid-50s (and perhaps not having enough water on hand)
      - Johnny555 9y ago
        I can't believe someone would look at the forecast and say "Oh no, it's slightly above room temperature today, way too hot to go for a hike!" I'm in my early 50's and would (and do) gladly go for a 6 hour bike ride in that weather...
- DKnoll 9y ago
  Humidity is a big factor as well.
minxomat 9y ago
Not only a better link, but the only true link. HN is supposed to link the source, not reports on the source.

Johnny555 9y ago

That article gives some more details about when and where it happened: On a cold morning in February 2015, a group of men left the spacious Google X headquarters in Mountain View, California, before daybreak. They traveled more than two hours east to some trailers parked in the middle of nowhere, on private ranch lands in California's Central Valley...And on this day, their complaints turned into terror. One of their team members, a man in his mid-50s, collapsed on the job... While the Central Valley can have searing heat in the summer, it's generally less so in the winter... so I looked up the weather for Merced, CA in Feb 2015 and temperatures were: Max: 75 °F Avg: 67 °F Min: 55 °F [1] While 75 is warm when doing heavy labor, it sounds like the article is exaggerating when it refers to "...extreme temperatures of the Central Valley..." [1] https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KMCE/2015/2/13/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=Merced&req_state=CA&reqdb.zip=95340&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999 https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KMCE/2015/2/13/...

staz 9y ago
Max: 24°C Avg: 20°C Min: 13°C For the non imperialists
- BukhariH 9y ago
  24°C is considered room temperature in the UK. That doesn't sound hot at all.
  - RugnirViking 9y ago
    ? I am also from the UK and I sure as hell wouldn't want to walk/drive for two hours outside in that temprature. Sure it wouldn't kill me but then I'm not in my mid-50s (and perhaps not having enough water on hand)
    - Johnny555 9y ago
      I can't believe someone would look at the forecast and say "Oh no, it's slightly above room temperature today, way too hot to go for a hike!" I'm in my early 50's and would (and do) gladly go for a 6 hour bike ride in that weather...
DKnoll 9y ago
Humidity is a big factor as well.

minxomat 9y ago

Not only a better link, but the only true link. HN is supposed to link the source, not reports on the source.