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Last-Caterpillar-112 OP t1_j5fl379 wrote

In Google’s culture, innovation means the latest shiny thing that caught the engineer’s short attention span. Most of these products are completely useless with no perceptible use case, even though they may be “super exciting”. Once it is partly built, customer response is underwhelming, and the engineer moves on to the next gimmick.

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Last-Caterpillar-112 t1_j282xbe wrote

My main gripe was the dubious selfish motivation behind her desperate pumping of that override button. Helen is willing to destroy a 500-year old priceless world treasure to fulfill her personal revenge on Miles. She could have done this in a much smarter way than waving that flimsy napkin at Miles, insulting him, giving him every chance to destroy the only evidence against him, and then go on a reckless vandalism spree. Helen actually was also duuuumb.

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Last-Caterpillar-112 t1_j1cvgx3 wrote

So you are saying that when ChatGPT, which we are all perfectly happy with, starts charging a few dollars a month, we or you or someone else should spend a TON of money AND unknown effort to roll their own hastily trained, half-assed LLM in a couple of months with mixed results? And this potential ChatGPT-killer will be altruistic and free forever?

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Last-Caterpillar-112 t1_izgm6ge wrote

The destiny of Waze was to be Phazed out and Razed to the ground, on the day Google paid half a billion dollars for it. RIP. This recession is a convenient excuse for all corporations to clean house and finish off all pending unpopular moves. Because who’s going to complain against cost-cutting?

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Last-Caterpillar-112 t1_ix7a02b wrote

It is not easy to clone Tiktok as Facebook has already discovered after pouring tons of money into it. It is not just about some slick front end or AI or ML or database software. Tiktok has built a unique culture that creates joyful viral trends that American big tech is deeply jealous of. Yes, Facebook and the others are very, very, very JEALOUS of Tiktok - a source of daily heartburn. They aren’t able to simply copy the Tiktok culture by deploying a thousand overpaid Stanford graduates at the problem. Unlike the rest of American social media, which thrives on anger, Tiktok is a place of joy. Yes, the cloned apps LOOK like Tiktok to the T, but the mojo ain’t there. This MUST be said whether you like it or not.

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