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Wild EEPROM posted:google realized that brillo is for scrubs heyoooo
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refleks posted:of course it did. It's actually an indication that they want it to silently die.
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YA BOY ETHAN COUCH posted:[dad voice] more like Lame-o Lol
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that name is waymo dumb than i thought they could come up with
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refleks posted:im gonna go ahead and say that the autism ball pit got tired of trying to get those last 20% of the way, spun that poo poo off so they can quietly close it down in a couple of years without it being too attached to the GOOGLE BRAND (TM) google ran into regulations in making their own car and as usual they got scared / bored and decided to punt on that and let other people make the cars and deal with it. now the plan is to have fiat make self driving taxis running google software. this puts the self driving car project on the profitability track, where they need to define a clear path towards making money instead of just being a resource draining research project. that means deadlines and milestones instead of just loving around, and potentially killing the project if it doesn't make it. if it's starting to look like it's not going well you will probably see a huge drain of talent to competitors (spoiler: this is already happening)
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googes ability to design and sell products outside of its search/web services/data center/advertising core is just dismal, isnt it? motorola, nest, boston dynamics, their renewable energy project, fiber rollout, their health technology arm, glass, and now the self-driving car (they were a big funder of magicleap too). they pour tons of money into trying to get into (or invent) new business, and htey have so little to show for it, even after a decade-plus.
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Dec 14, 2016 17:36
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gotta be profitable in the first five years bruh or its not worth the investment - every ceo, hedge fund manager, and wall street banker ever
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there's a new version of android for embedded/iot devices called Android Things
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anthonypants posted:embedded/iot devices
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embedded/i(di)ot devices
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imagine the guy from Anchorman with the hat saying "Whaayymo"
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qirex posted:so just keeping score sergey has had like one good idea like ever? Wonderful, now in addition to those mutant weird looking self driving cars in Mountain View, we're going to be subjected to self driving Mom vans. Thanks Google.
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Mister Macys posted:gotta be profitable in the first five years bruh or its not worth the investment google doing a pretty good job of showing that "hey work on whatever interests you!" isn't a valid strategy either.
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it might work if they hired anyone other than horrible goons with a CS degree and the ability to be smug about logic puzzles
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anthonypants posted:is there a better word for this? "garbage" works but it's not very descriptive the edge?
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trilljester posted:Wonderful, now in addition to those mutant weird looking self driving cars in Mountain View, we're going to be subjected to self driving Mom vans. Thanks Google. Marge quietly sits in her autocleaning house as the van picks up Bart and Lisa, pouring herself another glass of wine
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Agile Vector posted:Marge quietly sits in her autocleaning house as the van picks up Bart and Lisa, pouring herself another glass of wine I know doctors say you should drink a glass and a half but I just can't drink that much.
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:then it should be ANWAY but I guess that would be too self aware Its ANWFIM
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Hi, When we announced our plans to relaunch the Nest Community in fall 2016, we did so with the intention of providing the best place for our customers to engage with us and each other, and provide feedback directly to Nest. With the success of our products and the growth of our company, we are busier than ever. So we’ve chosen to change our original relaunch plan for the Nest Community, and instead we’re focusing on continuing to provide superior support via the web, phone, chat, and social media. Over the past months, we’ve put a lot of work into reimagining Community. We’ve been enthusiastic about giving it a new look and feel, and even more great features. For now, we are just putting that work on hold. We’ll revisit our plans next year, and in the meantime, you can follow us on Facebook, Twitter and G+ to stay up-to-date or provide feedback, and of course you can reach us for technical support via nest.com/help. Thanks, Nest Support rip
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Millstone posted:Hi, My god I cant even loving parse this poo poo, social media? Reimagining community enthusiasm what the gently caress are they saying?
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Dicky mouse posted:what the gently caress are they saying?
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Google gonna kill off nest.
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spankmeister posted:Google gonna kill off nest. At some point are investors gonna ask why google buys things only to kill them off vs just spinning them out?
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Dicky mouse posted:My god I cant even loving parse this poo poo, social media? Reimagining community enthusiasm what the gently caress are they saying? stay tuned for our kirkparper
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Ah, the Trump school of PR: no matter how badly you're doing, just keep screaming "We're doing great! Our products are very successful!" over and over.
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The Management posted:google ran into regulations in making their own car and as usual they got scared / bored and decided to punt on that and let other people make the cars and deal with it. now the plan is to have fiat make self driving taxis running google software. wasnt there some sergey edict wherein if some venture isnt in a billion peoples hands it isnt worth doing and thats why certain things cant even be steered in a profitable direction? like the boston dynamics team wanted to license robotics software for industry and military and he was like "thats not a robot dog in every house SELL!" ? i know i read that somewhere - eta: cant find anything about it now that said the explanation of google not wanting their name associated with autonomous freeroaming murder machines makes just as much sense ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Dec 22, 2016 |
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Dicky mouse posted:My god I cant even loving parse this poo poo, social media? Reimagining community enthusiasm what the gently caress are they saying? when your community is making videos like this its best not to give them a place to complain and congregate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpsMkLaEiOY
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LastInLine posted:when your community is making videos like this its best not to give them a place to complain and congregate wasn't that an employee?
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LastInLine posted:wasnt there some sergei edict wherein if some venture isnt in a billion peoples hands it isnt worth doing and thats why certain things cant even be steered in a profitable direction? like the boston dynamics team wanted to license robotics software for industry and military and he was like "thats not a robot dog in every house SELL!" ? close, it is not that it be worth a billion dollars but that it be used every day by a billion people and it is Page not Sergei. he calls it the "toothbrush test": quote:Google’s robotics group built those machines and wanted to sell them to manufacturers, warehouse operators and others. However, executives at Google parent Alphabet Inc. nixed the plan because it failed Chief Executive Officer Larry Page’s "toothbrush test," a requirement that the company only ship products used daily by billions of people, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Shifty Pony posted:close, it is not that it be worth a billion dollars but that it be used every day by a billion people and it is Page not Sergei. he calls it the "toothbrush test": Toothbrushes were for a long time used by less than a billion people but still had a massive impact on public health and quality of life. Larry Page is a dildo.
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hobbesmaster posted:wasn't that an employee? yup, moderately senior/long-tenured guy too iirc Citizen Tayne posted:Ah, the Trump school of PR: no matter how badly you're doing, just keep screaming "We're doing great! Our products are very successful!" over and over. "Advancing our amazing bet"
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Citizen Tayne posted:Ah, the Trump school of PR: no matter how badly you're doing, just keep screaming "We're doing great! Our products are very successful!" over and over.
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LastInLine posted:wasnt there some sergey edict wherein if some venture isnt in a billion peoples hands it isnt worth doing and thats why certain things cant even be steered in a profitable direction? like the boston dynamics team wanted to license robotics software for industry and military and he was like "thats not a robot dog in every house SELL!" ? Shifty Pony posted:close, it is not that it be worth a billion dollars but that it be used every day by a billion people and it is Page not Sergei. he calls it the "toothbrush test": It makes perfect sense that they don't want to sell low-volume specialty products. How are robots for the military/industry going to help them sell ads? Google gets the best of both worlds by having their products be as pervasive as consumer products, but as profitable as selling products to businesses because they are selling ad space served in those consumer products to companies. silence_kit fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Dec 22, 2016 |
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when I interviewed at google the last interviewer was a phd working on medical imaging research. I totally should've asked what he thought about the "toothbrush" policy (of course by interview 5 I could no longer do basic arithmetic)
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hobbesmaster posted:when I interviewed at google the last interviewer was a phd working on medical imaging research. I totally should've asked what he thought about the "toothbrush" policy Yeah, obviously they aren't consistent about it. Don't they still have that wind power company? Other than positive press about how Google cares about the environment, how are windmills going to help them sell ads?
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silence_kit posted:Yeah, obviously they aren't consistent about it. Don't they still have that wind power company? Other than positive press about how Google cares about the environment, how are windmills going to help them sell ads?
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Bhodi posted:my favorite child of spindoctored PR is the term "incredible journeyed", taken from those sappy CEO farewell letters for a startup that shuts down due to buyout or failure
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silence_kit posted:It makes perfect sense that they don't want to sell low-volume specialty products. How are robots for the military/industry going to help them sell ads? by shouting ads for medical services
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