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

#91

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym#Notable_examples

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

#92

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You really think Google -- who has floundered in this space for years -- is going to dominate a market that is already dominated by a company (Amazon) with a 50% larger market cap? Walmart and Target have been trying to chip away at Amazon's lead, and they're only getting buried deeper in the dust. Google doesn't exactly have a reputation for entering new markets and dominating them, either...

>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.

Google photos was launched in 2015 and hit a billion users in 2019 [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Photos

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

#93

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It would only be "baseless" if it hadn't happened before. People learn from experience and the experiences of others.

Your vendetta doesn't make something real.

I have no vendetta. You're projecting.

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

#94

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

when will we stop being fooled by Google? I still miss gtalk by the way :(

When will we stop being fooled by Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Tesla, etc?

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

#95

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.

And Anthony Weiner, well...

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

#96
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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.

It's ironic how my least favorite genre of comments are about people discussing the correct usage of the word "ironic".

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

#99

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"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.

I wonder how 100K of engineers made it in

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

#100
post #76

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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.

Woooosh ;)
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