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I'm not making such an argument as you are claiming. My argument is that it is absurd to make an assertion without a basis. The assertion about loopt was such a
by dbul 17y ago
I'm not making such an argument as you are claiming. My argument is that it is absurd to make an assertion without a basis. The assertion about loopt was such an assertion.
(To satisfy your model:
1. Google is coming out with a new product called latitude. It is related to finding people around you.
2. loopt has a product called loopt. It is related to finding people around you.
3. rms observed that #1->product and #2->product are related, and if their technology doesn't explicitly overlap, loopt might be a good candidate for acquisition in order to broaden Google's hold on finding people around you.)
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- zackattack 17y agoThe Loopt bit was a non sequitur and is not related to the conversation.
- dbul 17y agoIt was an analogy.
- rms 17y agoWhat's wrong with being absurd?
- dbul 17y agoFirst, the emphasis was on the lack of a basis for the comment. But to answer your question, it depends on whether you think something that may be borderline absurdity adds some kind of value to others: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=567298 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=567298 I knew when I wrote that it would probably be received poorly; indeed, it was volatile. But it was creative, and there was some truth to it. HN is too simplistic. I would venture to say it ultimately doesn't work, with evidence in responses like "Pot, socially" being #2 in the top comments under lists. HN is fun to experiment with, though.