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Outside of the title being misleading, I'm sceptical. It's one thing to have the hardware for research, and completely other to have the expertise for the resea

Outside of the title being misleading, I'm sceptical. It's one thing to have the hardware for research, and completely other to have the expertise for the research. Google entered the self driving cars research, and we have yet to see them driven around. This heavily reminds me of Intel and their diversification, up until recently, they were in IoT, makers market and what not. One solid push from AMD and they jumped out of everything way too fast to track. Google seems the same with the nuclear fusion. They have the advertising money to throw around, but that just it, they are in different segment, and from investing side I'm more inclined to stay away from their stock then buy it.

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The_Sponge 9y ago
>Google entered the self driving cars research, and we have yet to see them driven around. You see their working prototypes flying around mountain view all the time. And, they've been transparent with their progress. People have been working on this since the 80s.
- jsmthrowaway 9y ago
  Considering “the whine of the electric motor in Waymo’s 25mph prototype is mildly annoying when my window is open and they drive by several times an hour” is a real thing in my own life as a resident of Mountain View, it’s odd to see the assertion that they don’t drive around. And I live on a side street.
whatrusmoking 9y ago
huh? https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15609844/waymo-google-self-driving-cars-3-million-miles https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15609844/waymo-google-sel... https://www.slashgear.com/waymo-launches-early-rider-beta-program-in-phoenix-25483242/ https://www.slashgear.com/waymo-launches-early-rider-beta-pr... They're easily 5 years ahead of the competition.
bllguo 9y ago
like the other comment, I don't see how your example of self-driving proves anything. In fact the more I think about it the more I'm confused by your comment. What are you skeptical about? Google here has demonstrated their computational resources can be of great benefit to scientific causes such as nuclear fusion. If you're saying that you're skeptical Google can do nuclear fusion, I think you're missing the point.

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The_Sponge 9y ago

>Google entered the self driving cars research, and we have yet to see them driven around. You see their working prototypes flying around mountain view all the time. And, they've been transparent with their progress. People have been working on this since the 80s.

jsmthrowaway 9y ago
Considering “the whine of the electric motor in Waymo’s 25mph prototype is mildly annoying when my window is open and they drive by several times an hour” is a real thing in my own life as a resident of Mountain View, it’s odd to see the assertion that they don’t drive around. And I live on a side street.

whatrusmoking 9y ago

huh? https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15609844/waymo-google-self-driving-cars-3-million-miles https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15609844/waymo-google-sel... https://www.slashgear.com/waymo-launches-early-rider-beta-program-in-phoenix-25483242/ https://www.slashgear.com/waymo-launches-early-rider-beta-pr... They're easily 5 years ahead of the competition.

bllguo 9y ago

like the other comment, I don't see how your example of self-driving proves anything. In fact the more I think about it the more I'm confused by your comment. What are you skeptical about? Google here has demonstrated their computational resources can be of great benefit to scientific causes such as nuclear fusion. If you're saying that you're skeptical Google can do nuclear fusion, I think you're missing the point.