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Lots of speculation on Twitter that this is a misguided PR stunt. After getting lost in replies found this article of a guy visiting their office today and fin

Lots of speculation on Twitter that this is a misguided PR stunt. After getting lost in replies found this article of a guy visiting their office today and finding it devoid of any CPUs and founder missed an event yesterday: https://hallofrankfurt.de/savedroid-rekt-or-pr-stunt-a60d19e35ece https://hallofrankfurt.de/savedroid-rekt-or-pr-stunt-a60d19e... Seems so blatant as to be unbelievable!

walrus01 9y ago
I get that people in some other languages want to call a whole computer a CPU, but it's not. A CPU is something you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- freeone3000 9y ago
  There weren't any of those there, either.
  - ShellfishMeme 9y ago
    It's not unusual to have a whole office full of screens and no PC anywhere in sight. Everyone just uses laptops nowadays, which many people take home after work. Then all you have left is desks and screens, and maybe some power adapters.
buildbuildbuild 9y ago
Hopefully for investors it is a stunt. Posting a selfie and meme is a recipe for arrest, so to me the brazenness of the founder is a vote towards this being a very insensitive "April fools style" marketing strategy. Time will tell, but they certainly made the top of HN if that was their goal.
misiti3780 9y ago
I would be very surprised if this wasnt a stunt. He posted a picture of an obscure beer (which is apparently Egyptian: https://raseef22.com/en/life/2014/03/16/beers-arab-world/ https://raseef22.com/en/life/2014/03/16/beers-arab-world/) I cant imagine people couldnt thin the list of locations he is at to a small number.
- aresant 9y ago
  Just for the sake of playing pretend internet detective: He didn't post a picture of himself with the beer. He posted a picture of a hand holding a beer that could be anybody and could easily have been lifted from a random FB account.
  - misiti3780 9y ago
    true.
- arisAlexis 9y ago
  rationality has gone elsewhere. Here you will get downvoted/flagged for thinking rationally. Money makes people emotional
optimuspaul 9y ago
A PR stunt!?!? What? What could the possible endgame be? Maybe I lack imagination, but I can't even fathom why anyone would think this is a PR stunt.
- siruncledrew 9y ago
  Unless Logan Paul is his PR team, this is an incredibly shitty stunt which makes him seem to be an incredibly shitty person.

walrus01 9y ago

I get that people in some other languages want to call a whole computer a CPU, but it's not. A CPU is something you can hold in the palm of your hand.

freeone3000 9y ago
There weren't any of those there, either.
- ShellfishMeme 9y ago
  It's not unusual to have a whole office full of screens and no PC anywhere in sight. Everyone just uses laptops nowadays, which many people take home after work. Then all you have left is desks and screens, and maybe some power adapters.

buildbuildbuild 9y ago

Hopefully for investors it is a stunt. Posting a selfie and meme is a recipe for arrest, so to me the brazenness of the founder is a vote towards this being a very insensitive "April fools style" marketing strategy. Time will tell, but they certainly made the top of HN if that was their goal.

misiti3780 9y ago

I would be very surprised if this wasnt a stunt. He posted a picture of an obscure beer (which is apparently Egyptian: https://raseef22.com/en/life/2014/03/16/beers-arab-world/ https://raseef22.com/en/life/2014/03/16/beers-arab-world/) I cant imagine people couldnt thin the list of locations he is at to a small number.

aresant 9y ago
Just for the sake of playing pretend internet detective: He didn't post a picture of himself with the beer. He posted a picture of a hand holding a beer that could be anybody and could easily have been lifted from a random FB account.
- misiti3780 9y ago
  true.
arisAlexis 9y ago
rationality has gone elsewhere. Here you will get downvoted/flagged for thinking rationally. Money makes people emotional

optimuspaul 9y ago

A PR stunt!?!? What? What could the possible endgame be? Maybe I lack imagination, but I can't even fathom why anyone would think this is a PR stunt.

siruncledrew 9y ago
Unless Logan Paul is his PR team, this is an incredibly shitty stunt which makes him seem to be an incredibly shitty person.