Lol. You would only see this comment on Hacker News. Reminds me of an old comic I read on how mathematicians memorize their locker numbers. "1975? Oh that's easy. It's just the square root of 3,900,625!"
Interesting to read this as an outsider and to pretty much confirm what you suspected. Very interesting is the take on Vic Gundotra. I knew him briefly on a personal level and he came across as a nice guy but you don't want to cross him. The comment on how he doesn't do well when things go wrong lines up perfectly with what my impressions were of him.
I'm in Riverside California and I think your retail prices are a bit too low. There recently have been quite a few mom and pop coffee shops opening up and the prices are higher than Starbucks but they're also packed because each place has a unique take on coffee shops. Maybe this trend will change in a near future recession but right now it seems people pay more for a unique "authentic" experience.