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Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by three_seagrass »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #58
londons_explore wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Google doesn't exactly have a reputation for entering new markets and dominating them, either... Mobile OS's (Android) Online Video (Youtube) Online Maps (Google Maps) Webmail (Gmail) None recently, granted.

Yeah but all those are not IRL activities, so there is a small chance that they mess that up. They are really not good with real people.

I mean, looking at a map used to be an IRL activity.

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by dmurray »

heavyset_go wrote: post #34
mortehu wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slashdot.org was plagued by people posting "first post" to every story, so they implemented an automatic "first post" comment to each article, that was removed as soon as other comments appeared. Maybe this comment ("Google will shut this down like so many other products") should be similarly posted automatically to Hacker News on every Google story?

It's ironic how my least favorite genre of posts are posts that complain about other posts.

HN could also offer you the option to hide the automatic "Google will shut this down" post, and all its replies.

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by footlose_3815 »

sleepyshift wrote: post #18

Is Google's head of payment systems really called "Bill Ready"?

Nintendo's CEO's last name is Bowser.

Our AG is named "Barr" (Pun on a Bar association)

Is there a cool collection of these somewhere? These are the only evidence I feel that we're in a simulation and the engineer is fucking with us.

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by bdcravens »

mortehu wrote: post #27
asdfk-12 wrote: post #10

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 204 times, shame on me. https://killedbygoogle.com/

Slashdot.org was plagued by people posting "first post" to every story, so they implemented an automatic "first post" comment to each article, that was removed as soon as other comments appeared. Maybe this comment ("Google will shut this down like so many other products") should be similarly posted automatically to Hacker News on every Google story?

Could add the same logic for the inevitable "self host it" when Github is down, or the "but we did it first!" comment from Gitlab whenever Github announces a feature.

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by StreamBright »

mav3rick wrote: post #33
asdfk-12 wrote: post #10

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 204 times, shame on me. https://killedbygoogle.com/

"companies don't try new things" - HN "Google kills products" - HN 99% of the people here would gladly work at Google. But what's the next best thing .. downplay the company you couldn't get into :) Carry on !

I was trying to get into Google 3 times in my life. Results so far:

- some (all? one?) interview failure (no feedback), rejection

- interviews passed, no degree in CS (which was known to them prior of the interviews), rejection

- interviews passed, this time missing CS degree is not a problem, no cultural fit, rejection

I think I am done. You are assumption is without merit though.

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