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> News flash: if even Jeff Dean thinks you're an unbearable asshole, you got some issues. Wait, does Jeff have a reputation for being an "asshole" or something
by throwaway3699 6y ago
> News flash: if even Jeff Dean thinks you're an unbearable asshole, you got some issues.
Wait, does Jeff have a reputation for being an "asshole" or something?
- jamesmishra 6y agoNo, the opposite. Jeff Dean is known for exceptional kindness and humility. He is the kind of person that wouldn't have a problem with a researcher standing up for ethics. Therefore, the implication is that anybody Jeff Dean cannot bear is an unbearable asshole.
- throwaway3699 6y agoOh, thought so :)
- ksec 6y ago>Therefore, the implication is that anybody Jeff Dean cannot bear is an unbearable asshole. And yet Internet / News Media seems to take it another way. I will have to wait for Google's PR machine to do their work.
- ALittleLight 6y agoDoes Google have a particularly effective PR machine? I think people like Google because of things like search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Android, etc. - not because they are some PR wizard.
- ksec 6y agoThey dont :), but unless someone is willing to take the risk themselves and stand up to defend Google, what is reported in the press will then be simply known as "truth". And it is their PR's job to do something about it. Although arguably not doing something about it is also a variable option.
- Cacti 6y agoNo, quite the opposite.