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"Used to determine whether the user making this call is subject to teleportations." As a non-android developer, I am now more confused.

olibhel 4y ago
As a chromium task manager, I count teleported goats.
hbn 4y ago
I'm pretty sure it used to return true if the user had Goat Simulator installed. Never played the game but I'm assuming there's something to do with teleportation in it.
- exikyut 4y ago
  Yeah, it did O.o 2249 public boolean isUserAGoat() { 2250 if (mContext.getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) { 2251 return false; 2252 } 2253 // Caution: This is NOT @UserHandleAware (because mContext is getApplicationContext and 2254 // can hold a different userId), but for R+ it returns false, so it doesn't matter anyway. 2255 return mContext.getPackageManager() 2256 .isPackageAvailable("com.coffeestainstudios.goatsimulator"); 2257 } https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/master:frameworks/base/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java;l=2236-2257 https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/maste...
ddulaney 4y ago
It's a reference to a very old (and since removed, at least in my version) Chrome Easter egg where Chrome Task Manager had a hidden column called "Goats Teleported". See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=31482 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=31482
- origin_path 4y ago
  Actually both are references to a very old game (Castlevania), which contained the mythical Goat Teleporter. It became a sort of internal Google meme/in-joke used whenever you needed some arbitrary object in an example. Goat teleporters show up in a few places in Google-external material, not just Chrome and Android. I recall them being occasionally mentioned when I worked there too, though it's been many years and I forget exactly how it got started. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196885-castlevania-symphony-of-the-night/faqs/3787 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196885-castlevania-symphony... If you search for it you'll find all the references are by Google except one or two (which are probably ex-googlers repeating the meme): https://www.google.com/search?q=%22goat+teleporter%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22goat+teleporter%22

olibhel 4y ago

As a chromium task manager, I count teleported goats.

hbn 4y ago

I'm pretty sure it used to return true if the user had Goat Simulator installed. Never played the game but I'm assuming there's something to do with teleportation in it.

exikyut 4y ago
Yeah, it did O.o 2249 public boolean isUserAGoat() { 2250 if (mContext.getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) { 2251 return false; 2252 } 2253 // Caution: This is NOT @UserHandleAware (because mContext is getApplicationContext and 2254 // can hold a different userId), but for R+ it returns false, so it doesn't matter anyway. 2255 return mContext.getPackageManager() 2256 .isPackageAvailable("com.coffeestainstudios.goatsimulator"); 2257 } https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/master:frameworks/base/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java;l=2236-2257 https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/maste...

ddulaney 4y ago

It's a reference to a very old (and since removed, at least in my version) Chrome Easter egg where Chrome Task Manager had a hidden column called "Goats Teleported". See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=31482 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=31482

origin_path 4y ago
Actually both are references to a very old game (Castlevania), which contained the mythical Goat Teleporter. It became a sort of internal Google meme/in-joke used whenever you needed some arbitrary object in an example. Goat teleporters show up in a few places in Google-external material, not just Chrome and Android. I recall them being occasionally mentioned when I worked there too, though it's been many years and I forget exactly how it got started. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196885-castlevania-symphony-of-the-night/faqs/3787 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196885-castlevania-symphony... If you search for it you'll find all the references are by Google except one or two (which are probably ex-googlers repeating the meme): https://www.google.com/search?q=%22goat+teleporter%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22goat+teleporter%22