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by ohsnapman 13y ago
You're looking at this the wrong way. Google acquisitions tend to go two ways: talent acquisition, or hitting for homeruns. Is it worth it to Google if they buy a Jaiku and a Dodgeball and a bunch of other relatively small companies an
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by ohsnapman 13y ago
"Most of my (and I imagine a good chunk of this site's readership) access to GMail is handled through IMAP, for one." Data? Projecting much, aren't you? My anecdotal evidence contradicts yours.
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by ohsnapman 14y ago
And that's probably why this was written: https://amandablumwords.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/3/
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by ohsnapman 14y ago
The most important lesson I learned recently is how little impact logic actually has on real world discussions. Way too much of what we do is driven by emotion. So, given that, instead of trying to use logic to sway someone who needs a ri
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by ohsnapman 14y ago
Totally agree. I see so many comments on HN along the lines of "ads don't work on me". Guess what? They do. You just don't know it. That's how good they've gotten.
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by ohsnapman 14y ago
Here's a link for the equivalent evolutionary theory: http://octavia.zoology.washington.edu/handicap_old/handicap_...
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by ohsnapman 14y ago
I've always felt that Ben Horowitz's characterization was the best: http://bhorowitz.com/2011/04/15/peacetime-ceowartime-ceo/ TLDR Eric was a peacetime CEO and could allow the company to do the things he allowed. Larry is a wartime CEO. H
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by ohsnapman 14y ago
There's always upkeep. Very few things at scale require zero or even near zero upkeep - these aren't toy apps that get no traffic. Google has stated that Reader was an app with a very heavy amount of use from a small number of users. The se
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by ohsnapman 14y ago
I posted that link only because it was one of many search results for "Google benefits" - I was a bit surprised to see that the benefits aren't posted anywhere on Google's jobs site, but the fact that they're negotiable probably is why. Any
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by ohsnapman 14y ago
Can you post a link? At least according to this link: http://www.netapp.com/us/careers/your-career/benefits-new.as... Google's actual US benefits are scattered, unfortunately, but: http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Google-