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I don't know why this guy is being downvoted. I thought this already was canceled, as (almost?) all 20% time projects at Google have been killed. Last time I he

I don't know why this guy is being downvoted. I thought this already was canceled, as (almost?) all 20% time projects at Google have been killed. Last time I heard about this being relevant was, 2015? ish?

jsnell 4y ago
Because it is a repetitive, low-value comment which gets spammed to basically every thread that's even tangential to Google.
- DiabloD3 4y ago
  Sort of? It's still a valid comment as long as it continues to be true. Google needs to clean house at the top, and go back to engineering-first teams, not engineering-never.
  - jsnell 4y ago
    A lot of things can be true, and still not be worth posting thousands of times per year on HN. Because do you see what's happened here? Whatever interesting discussion there might have been to be had on this project has now been smothered by the top-voted comment being just a tired repetition of the same "Google kills products, hehe, hehe" echo chamber. (I don't know if there really is that much discussion to be had on the actual topic of the post, but it should at least get a chance!)
    - simondotau 4y ago
      I tend to prefer an occasional, short, low effort comment more than the long-winded, hall monitor style commentary on hacker news guidelines which so often follows.
  - dontreact 4y ago
    It's not true Source: I work at Google
    - avtar 4y ago
      Can't blame someone for being wary of non-search/ad services offered by Google https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
      - dontreact 4y ago
        Sure, I’m just saying 20% time is still a thing though
    - jjcon 4y ago
      > Source: I work at Google For how much longer? Stadia devs sure thought they were in for the long haul.
skybrian 4y ago
If they actually knew it to be cancelled then it would be useful to share that. Saying "it might be cancelled" adds no value. You don't need to know anything or even need look at the web page. Nothing is learned.
- DiabloD3 4y ago
  Google quiet kills services often. Nobody at the company is tasked with actually working on it, the creator often no longer works at there, the team that built it often either no longer works there or has moved to another team that does something entirely different. After a few years, they officially axe it, and it gets added by the KilledByGoogle list; but it was clearly already dead and shuffling around like a zombie.

jsnell 4y ago

Because it is a repetitive, low-value comment which gets spammed to basically every thread that's even tangential to Google.

DiabloD3 4y ago
Sort of? It's still a valid comment as long as it continues to be true. Google needs to clean house at the top, and go back to engineering-first teams, not engineering-never.
- jsnell 4y ago
  A lot of things can be true, and still not be worth posting thousands of times per year on HN. Because do you see what's happened here? Whatever interesting discussion there might have been to be had on this project has now been smothered by the top-voted comment being just a tired repetition of the same "Google kills products, hehe, hehe" echo chamber. (I don't know if there really is that much discussion to be had on the actual topic of the post, but it should at least get a chance!)
  - simondotau 4y ago
    I tend to prefer an occasional, short, low effort comment more than the long-winded, hall monitor style commentary on hacker news guidelines which so often follows.
- dontreact 4y ago
  It's not true Source: I work at Google
  - avtar 4y ago
    Can't blame someone for being wary of non-search/ad services offered by Google https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
    - dontreact 4y ago
      Sure, I’m just saying 20% time is still a thing though
  - jjcon 4y ago
    > Source: I work at Google For how much longer? Stadia devs sure thought they were in for the long haul.

skybrian 4y ago

If they actually knew it to be cancelled then it would be useful to share that. Saying "it might be cancelled" adds no value. You don't need to know anything or even need look at the web page. Nothing is learned.

DiabloD3 4y ago
Google quiet kills services often. Nobody at the company is tasked with actually working on it, the creator often no longer works at there, the team that built it often either no longer works there or has moved to another team that does something entirely different. After a few years, they officially axe it, and it gets added by the KilledByGoogle list; but it was clearly already dead and shuffling around like a zombie.