3 ms·

Ceci n'est pas une pipe. The features are exciting. Google I/O, the conference with talks, is seen as less so. Notice how all the comments are about the talks.

Ceci n'est pas une pipe. The features are exciting. Google I/O, the conference with talks, is seen as less so. Notice how all the comments are about the talks. Yesterday's Apple announcement was _not_ a conference, and the comment thread was about the new app. It's not the same thing at all. Here are some snippets from top-level comments in this discussion thread. > It's all business talk > I for one benefited so much from Google Developer Groups > looking forward to the event and plan to watch it > just corporate talk > alternate conference > separate conference > I can understand now why my company is less eager to send developers to events You see it, right? They're all about the talks at the conference and not the features. This HN post is specifically about the conference, that's why the title is "Google I/O 2023".

sbuk 3y ago
To be fair, the comments on that article were peak 'Orange Site' - the discussion seemed to be mainly around subscriptions.
sa46 3y ago
What does “Ceci n'est pas une pipe” mean in this context? I ended up on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images but I’m not sure what it means here.
- beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago
  I took it to mean: "This is not the thing it looks like." But, I agree, it's not an exact match context wise.
- motoboi 3y ago
  You can make fine images and fine presentations, but they are not the reality. The reality is what people can really use and what really does hit the road. Right now, everything google presented in the keynote is vapourware for anyone that doesn't have access to it.
- electroly 3y ago
  I just meant that the conference is not the features. The conference is about the features, but they're different things. Much like the Magritte painting is not a pipe, it's a painting of a pipe. The analogy was not very good.

sbuk 3y ago

To be fair, the comments on that article were peak 'Orange Site' - the discussion seemed to be mainly around subscriptions.

sa46 3y ago

What does “Ceci n'est pas une pipe” mean in this context? I ended up on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images but I’m not sure what it means here.

beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago
I took it to mean: "This is not the thing it looks like." But, I agree, it's not an exact match context wise.
motoboi 3y ago
You can make fine images and fine presentations, but they are not the reality. The reality is what people can really use and what really does hit the road. Right now, everything google presented in the keynote is vapourware for anyone that doesn't have access to it.
electroly 3y ago
I just meant that the conference is not the features. The conference is about the features, but they're different things. Much like the Magritte painting is not a pipe, it's a painting of a pipe. The analogy was not very good.