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Marissa Mayer admits Yahoo should have bought Netflix instead of Tumblr (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Jason Scott compared "We've been acquired by Yahoo!" with hearing "We found a lump."

Pretty sure that was from the talk The House Is On Fire, The Fire Trucks Are On Fire, The Fire Is On Fire. Definitely a talk that referenced Our Incredible Journey, a blog about company announcements going 'exciting news, your data is part of the big family at-- nevermind it's all gone now.'