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tribeofoneon The future according to Google's Larry Page

Revisionist history. You don't want to know where they got the first name for it from...

tribeofoneon The future according to Google's Larry Page

It wasn't.

tribeofoneon Apple will invest $100 million to bring Mac production back to the US next year

Thanks for the breakdown, does that $92,122 represent their investments in infrastructure and manufacturing (that google does not really need to make) or money invested in long term securities/financial products? Whats the Long-Term marketable securities for Google?

tribeofoneon Apple will invest $100 million to bring Mac production back to the US next year

OR, you could read it as "Apple to invest 0.1% of its total cash in reserve to bring Mac production to the US next year"

tribeofoneon Animated Factorisation Diagrams

LOL

tribeofoneon The Zeroth Rule of Presentations

Also, don't save the best for last. In the first slide put the results/outcome/point of your presentation and THEN explain how you made such a brilliant deduction in the rest of the deck. Its not a movie, you're not there to create drama and keep us on the edge of our seats pining for the answer, you're there to transfer information - optimize for this.

tribeofoneon Poll HN: Do you ever code while stoned?

No. It's horrible. Its like growing wings and immediately locking your brain into a mental birdcage. Why would you do that to yourself?

tribeofoneon Curiosity Rover Finds Rock Type That's Never Been Seen on Mars

I'm all for what they are doing. And I'm for releasing articles to try and get press and awareness about the Mars rover and the efforts at NASA. But, yea, its supposed to be discovering new things, and its not like there has been some exhaustive study done on all the rocks of Mars (so I believe). They keep it up with these non-news news releases, people are going to get saturated or just plain fatigued.

tribeofoneon The typo at the root of Harvard's cheating scandal

> series of discoveries that led him to bring the final take-home exams submitted by his students

What? They have final TAKE HOME exams at Harvard?

tribeofoneon Ask PG: What Is The Most Frighteningly Ambitious Idea You Have Been Pitched On?

Still working on it. They were serious though. Probably end up short of that, but not by much.

tribeofoneon Ask PG: What Is The Most Frighteningly Ambitious Idea You Have Been Pitched On?

Not an idea, but I have to say I was blown away by the first meeting I was in with a company that said they were trying to exit for $1B.

This pretty much summed up my reaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1CEbl9cK3o&t=3m7s

tribeofoneon Ad by the 15th most creative person in the world under 30

I posted too early! The #1 Most creative person under 30 explains the "creative spark" behind this legendary superbowl add!

"the concept was born from one of the creative's studies of the three pillars of meme culture, cats, Star Wars, and Porn"

http://www.businessinsider.com/30-under-30-most-creative-peo...

tribeofoneon Nokia faked the still photos too

This stinks of Microsoft. Only one of their ad agencies could put together such a soulless dramatization of a couple's date night.

tribeofoneon Nokia faked the still photos too

This is too funny. And on top of all this, the sheer comedy of the ad. I mean whats going on here? Is this supposed to be some date night? A couple on vacation? No. Felt more like a guy who somehow landed a girlfriend/date above his league and is trying to get as much as possible on camera to show his friends because they won't believe him.

tribeofoneon Confessions of a growth hacker: If people don't hate you, you are not growing.

Finally a piece of spiritual advice that makes sense in contrast to the "always be shipping", "cult of done" and other such garbage that sometimes gets pitched on this forum.

tribeofoneon Tim Berners-Lee's Original Announcement (1991)

I've read this memo dozens of times, and I never get tired of reading that line.

tribeofoneon First employee of startup? You are probably getting screwed

Not negotiating is part of it, but also its not knowing what to ask for. Though equity is the payoff, most founders at the beginning are pretty loose with their equity because it really has no value, so throwing someone a percent or two when its worth $0 to get someone happens quite often, especially when you as a founder have the lions share.

However, the biggest muff that people in this position do, is that they don't understand options and how they work, a little what this guy was saying. Take the options, why not, but treated as money and not sweat equity. You might not be able to get preferred shares and deep informations about the company, and you probably shouldn't, but you can ensure that whatever happens the money you put in vests without strings attached every 6 months until they pay you what you are worth.

tribeofoneon Pinterest Is A $7.7 Billion Company

If they play their cards right, they could be worth more then all of them. If you think of what they've really done, its create the real possibility of duplicity in the virtual space of a brand.

Meaning, unlike a brand webpage, twitter account, facebook page, etc. in which the brand tightly controls the message, with pinerest, they become just custodians. Because they cannot control the message, and they cannot control the virtual space, they can only influence it by ensuring that the brand or product, does or delivers exactly on the promise.

It could be the single most important reputation and sentiment index for products and brands.

tribeofoneon Yahoo Appoints Scott Thompson CEO

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), the premier digital media company...

Who writes these PR releases? Some humility should be in order here..

Yahoo Appoints Scott Thompson CEO [FIXED] Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), the premier digital media company from April 1999 to February 2000 is desperately trying to become relevant again after a series of incomprehensible blunders. We are very hopeful that with the appointment of Scott Thompson as Chief Executive we will finally get things turned around because, quite frankly, the next stop for us is being Gecko'd - bought out for pennies on the dollar, broken apart and sold off to the highest bidders at auction.

tribeofoneon I sold my life for a $2 waffle maker

4-5 years ago I read a story about a guy who was trying to get back from vacation in time to make it to work on a Monday morning so he would not have to take a day off the next day and "miss more work". Was driving though the night, killed his wife and two kids when he fell asleep at the wheel, I don'e even think he had equity in the company. Totally changed the way I ran my business and the way I worked. This blog post is dead on.

tribeofoneon Electronic contact lens displays pixels on the eyes

As interesting as this is, I don't think embedding all this into a contact lens is t he way to go. This is purely hypothetical but how about something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUdDhWfpqxg (SixthSense) done with a sort of polarity/light effect that could only be seen though a special contact lens.

tribeofoneon Don't. Waste. Time.

This article was a waste of my time.

tribeofoneon 74.1% yield on 2-year Greek government bonds

Sure. This is a HUGE opportunity to make a buck! BUY, BUY BUY!! No cash, borrow and BUY! Leverage baby leverage! Were going to make a killing on this! Oh... sorry, I see you actually meant layman's...

tribeofoneon Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight

“By hindering my ability to research the person who will rent my home, there is an implication that Airbnb.com has already done the research for me,” she wrote. “In effect, the friendly, community-based site ... creates a reasonable expectation that some basic screening of its users has occurred, and speaks little to the risks involved.”

Translation: I'm big enough to put my apartment for rent though this great, cheap service and try and profit from it and because so if ANYTHING AT ALL HAPPENS that I don't like, even if I may have possibly know or should have thought about it or not, because I'm a big girl but not that big, you know, then I should be able to sue because its really not my fault and if this does happen its clear that I was either tricked or deceived, because I'm pretty smart.

tribeofoneon Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight

I disagree, this is just a case of HYPER OMG!! This will not effect AirBnB business, investment, popularity or success even if it hits the front page of FT. You dont rent out your principal residence to someone you don't know and found on the net. Duh.

tribeofoneon Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight

How is this their fault? Your comments make no sense, because someone did not understand the inherent risks of using a service does not make it AirBnB's fault.

"How could this happen? Why did this happen? Despite it not being in New York... I LOVED my apartment nonetheless. It was my own private retreat, my sunny, bright, cozy loft that I would melt into on those rare occasions when I wasn't traveling. The space was simply decorated, minimalist enough to reflect a home life that was all mine, a place that was peaceful, and safe.

How could this happen? She decided to rent out her place - its not like AirBnB put it up on the market.

Thats the difference between a rental property and your home. If its something precious, it should not be entrusted to others.