davidcgl

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by davidcgl 11y ago
I'm not sure if you've worked at Google. There is a ton of bleeding edge software systems at Google that aren't user facing.
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by davidcgl 11y ago
Someone stole the video and reposted it on Facebook. Facebook didn't do this.
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by davidcgl 11y ago
Positive PR is probably a side effect, not the main reason.
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by davidcgl 11y ago
> So their interests are more aligned with yours. Exactly how does a company that makes money through selling you products have its interests more aligned to yours?
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by davidcgl 11y ago
> Google says "don't be evil" and then goes out and does evil. "Evil" such as serving you ads? > Google's product is your private info. Better ads targeting using your private info - not selling your priv
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by davidcgl 11y ago
I agree and I don't know why you get the downvotes. A large majority of users [1] take photos with their phones, upload a select few on social media, maybe with some basic filters/edits, and forget about the rest. Google Photos is
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by davidcgl 11y ago
Isn't this a tad presumptuous? Google is a large company - there are likely as many engineers working on ads spam as search quality.
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by davidcgl 11y ago
FWIW, how their website looks like as of Apr 25 3:40pm PDT: http://imgur.com/RBIsbKk
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by davidcgl 11y ago
Spot on. Google Fi/Fiber both seeks to improve network connectivity for as many people as possible by accelerating competition from the incumbents (AT&T, Comcast, etc). When that happens, everyone benefits, including Google. Other
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by davidcgl 11y ago
- You get mobile E-commerce websites with usability disasters during checkout. To be fair, I think going through desktop-version checkout process on mobile is very much worse. If an e-commerce company can't get its checkout p
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by davidcgl 11y ago
If A and B are identical in all aspects except for mobile-friendliness (A > B), most users are going to like A better than B, given that information is laid out in a more easily consumable format on mobile [1]. User satisfaction not on
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by davidcgl 11y ago
Google ranks websites using hundred of signals with different weights. I bet a more relevant website is always going to trump less relevant ones, regardless of how mobile friendly they are.
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by davidcgl 11y ago
One minor algorithm change can (and has) wiped out the fortunes of thousands of companies. For every winner, there's a loser. While you rally behind websites that are penalized (often with good reasons), you forget about the ec
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Google Fiber plans expansion, then TWC makes speeds six times faster(arstechnica.com)
1 points by davidcgl 11y ago|0 comments
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by davidcgl 12y ago
Context: http://blog.samaltman.com/bubble-talk
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Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader(amazon.com)
1 points by davidcgl 12y ago|0 comments
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by davidcgl 12y ago
Have you been to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View? http://www.computerhistory.org/
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by davidcgl 12y ago
The BI article [1] you linked to only shows a correlation between a handful of companies' failure and their new buildings. They failed because of other factors; new buildings only accelerated their downfall. If this is the norm we woul
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Google campus plan would explode the concept of buildings, workspace(bizjournals.com)
1 points by davidcgl 12y ago|0 comments
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by davidcgl 12y ago
> How does seeing tweets (unless they are intelligently selected) help me when searching for something on Google? Google is probably smart enough to realize users don't want tweets for every query. > If I suddenly start seeing tw
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by davidcgl 12y ago
I think you're missing the point. He's not writing about undeserved fame or status.
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by davidcgl 12y ago
Can you add a way to get a movie's nearby showtimes directly from its detail page? This is a common use case. I usually use Flixster but this app looks much better.
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by davidcgl 12y ago
One probable reason is the regulatory hoops they need to jump through to rent/build the infrastructure and roll out the service.
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by davidcgl 12y ago
> Who makes 10k a year? A lot of employees in developing countries in which IBM has a presence.
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by davidcgl 12y ago
Where in this thread did anyone say it's NOT OK for Yahoo to do this?
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by davidcgl 12y ago
It goes to show how much Google is willing to spend on tech and research. Profits are important, yes, but in all honesty I don't wish to see Google prioritizes around Wall Street expectations and fade into irrelevance.
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by davidcgl 12y ago
> In the sense that it's annoying a lot of Android users, it certainly is paying off. Do you have any data to back this up? From what I can tell, a majority of Lollipop reviews trend positive. > there were a lot of Android users
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by davidcgl 12y ago
Maybe he didn't intend for this event to lead to anything beneficial? It seems clear he's doing it out of passion (and science, maybe). He's not spending public funds and even rejected Google's support for this project.
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by davidcgl 13y ago
Dash connects to your home Wi-Fi network and works directly with your AmazonFresh account. Say or scan items into your Dash, and then view the list on your desktop or mobile device to purchase and schedule delivery. You have to confirm th