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Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by close04 on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:27PM (#18156207)
> 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

Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by ur-whale on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:13PM (#18156127)
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,

Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by barbecue_sauce on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:14PM (#18156132)
'you can target users down to the tiniest pixel'

What is this even supposed to mean?

Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by Yetanfou on Saturday October 06, 2018 @06:43PM (#18157737)
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)
Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by clircle on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:09PM (#18156105)
Never thought I would see a link from Daily Mail on HN
Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by dang on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:58PM (#18156378)
That's easy to check—simply click on the domain name next to the title: 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....

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.)

Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by robotmay on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:20PM (#18156160)
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-fuh...

Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by edoceo on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:08PM (#18156098)
Not really scathing, Jessica Powell, former PR head, also launching a book about SV.

Seems well places article will boost sales.

Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by fullshark on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:14PM (#18156135)
> ‘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.

Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by robotmay on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:10PM (#18156113)
Is there another source apart from the Daily Mail? They're a terrible rag with atrocious journalism quality and a history of bigotry.
Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by greenyoda on Saturday October 06, 2018 @11:04PM (#18158635)
Here's her original article:

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

Re:Former Google boss launches scathing Silicon Valley by LolNoGenerics on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:19PM (#18156157)
She has a medium blog.