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Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley

edoceo 8y ago
Not really scathing, Jessica Powell, former PR head, also launching a book about SV. Seems well places article will boost sales.
clircle 8y ago
Never thought I would see a link from Daily Mail on HN
- robotmay 8y ago
  I see them pop up a lot on Reddit at least. I don't think a huge proportion of Americans know just how bad they are or their history. For anyone who doesn't already know, there's quite a lot of info out there, but here's a quick link regarding their support for the Nazis: https://futiledemocracy.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/my-dear-fuhrer-a-quick-history-of-daily-mail-fascism/ https://futiledemocracy.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/my-dear-fuh...
- dang 8y ago
  That's easy to check—simply click on the domain name next to the title: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=dailymail.co.uk https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=dailymail.co.uk Some good articles show up occasionally: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=dailymail.co.uk%20points%3E10 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story.... On HN we care about article quality more than site quality. There are many low-quality sites that occasionally cough up a good story. (Not saying this submission was one of those.)
robotmay 8y ago
Is there another source apart from the Daily Mail? They're a terrible rag with atrocious journalism quality and a history of bigotry.
- LolNoGenerics 8y ago
  She has a medium blog.
- greenyoda 8y ago
  Here's her original article: https://medium.com/s/the-big-disruption/why-i-left-my-big-fancy-tech-job-and-wrote-a-book-b64c40484774 https://medium.com/s/the-big-disruption/why-i-left-my-big-fa... It was posted on HN but didn't get much attention: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18155961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18155961
ur-whale 8y ago
Many people in charge at Google are starting to realize the size of the completely uncontrollable monster they've created and prefer to walk away before the rest of the world catches up. When the eye of Sauron moves away from FB and starts to focus on Google, smart cookies like Powell will be long gone and the bag holders will have to face the music,
barbecue_sauce 8y ago
'you can target users down to the tiniest pixel' What is this even supposed to mean?
- Yetanfou 8y ago
  It means that Google will soon present a Pixel [1] with a half-inch screen, to be worn as a ring around your finger. It has some strange inscriptions around the inside which nobody has yet discovered the meaning of: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_(smartphone)
fullshark 8y ago
> ‘It’s very easy to forget that that’s electoral interference, that’s live-streamed suicides, that’s Myanmar. It’s really horrific stuff.’ Looks like another attack on big tech that’s at heart fueled by the belief that Trump only won because of it.
close04 8y ago
> Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley (dailymail.co.uk) Can't help feel that the title is missing something. > Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley attack urging tech giants to end the delusion that it's making the world a better place

Not really scathing, Jessica Powell, former PR head, also launching a book about SV. Seems well places article will boost sales.

clircle 8y ago

Never thought I would see a link from Daily Mail on HN

robotmay 8y ago
I see them pop up a lot on Reddit at least. I don't think a huge proportion of Americans know just how bad they are or their history. For anyone who doesn't already know, there's quite a lot of info out there, but here's a quick link regarding their support for the Nazis: https://futiledemocracy.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/my-dear-fuhrer-a-quick-history-of-daily-mail-fascism/ https://futiledemocracy.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/my-dear-fuh...
dang 8y ago
That's easy to check—simply click on the domain name next to the title: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=dailymail.co.uk https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=dailymail.co.uk Some good articles show up occasionally: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=dailymail.co.uk%20points%3E10 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story.... On HN we care about article quality more than site quality. There are many low-quality sites that occasionally cough up a good story. (Not saying this submission was one of those.)

robotmay 8y ago

Is there another source apart from the Daily Mail? They're a terrible rag with atrocious journalism quality and a history of bigotry.

LolNoGenerics 8y ago
She has a medium blog.
greenyoda 8y ago
Here's her original article: https://medium.com/s/the-big-disruption/why-i-left-my-big-fancy-tech-job-and-wrote-a-book-b64c40484774 https://medium.com/s/the-big-disruption/why-i-left-my-big-fa... It was posted on HN but didn't get much attention: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18155961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18155961

ur-whale 8y ago

Many people in charge at Google are starting to realize the size of the completely uncontrollable monster they've created and prefer to walk away before the rest of the world catches up. When the eye of Sauron moves away from FB and starts to focus on Google, smart cookies like Powell will be long gone and the bag holders will have to face the music,

barbecue_sauce 8y ago

'you can target users down to the tiniest pixel' What is this even supposed to mean?

Yetanfou 8y ago
It means that Google will soon present a Pixel [1] with a half-inch screen, to be worn as a ring around your finger. It has some strange inscriptions around the inside which nobody has yet discovered the meaning of: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_(smartphone)

fullshark 8y ago

> ‘It’s very easy to forget that that’s electoral interference, that’s live-streamed suicides, that’s Myanmar. It’s really horrific stuff.’ Looks like another attack on big tech that’s at heart fueled by the belief that Trump only won because of it.

close04 8y ago

> Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley (dailymail.co.uk) Can't help feel that the title is missing something. > Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley attack urging tech giants to end the delusion that it's making the world a better place