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Please understand: Google is not a person.

Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower...



Ref: Bryan Cantrill, speaking of Larry Ellison, in the context of working for Oracle after Sun got acquired:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc

It's a hilarious rant, starting at 34:00, and the specific quote around 38:35.


Protip: you can link directly to a specific timepoint in a YouTube video with the &t= (or #t=) parameter, measured in seconds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=2060s


Tenured professor tip: you don't need to convert to seconds, you can use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=38m35s


Sure, but you get seconds if you right click the time control and select "copy video URL current time" :)


> . To that end, it makes no sense to either love or be angry at “Google”

I do love the weird qualifier of 'to that end'.

Would love to see a follow up in 6-12 months when the culture's flavor-aid is cleared out of their system.


> Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower...

. . . it doesn't like it.




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