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Even ignoring that someone's views can change over time, working on an OSS programming language at Google is very different from designing algorithms to get peo
by llmslave2 10mo ago
Even ignoring that someone's views can change over time, working on an OSS programming language at Google is very different from designing algorithms to get people addicted to scrolling.
- dvt 10mo agoWhere do you think his "distinguished engineer" salary came from, I wonder? There are plenty of people working on OSS in their free time (or in poverty, for that matter).
- llmslave2 10mo agoShouldn't you be thinking "it's nice Google diverted some of their funds to doing good" instead of trying to tie Pike's contributions in with everything else?
- dvt 10mo agoThis conversation isn't about Google's backbone, it's about Pike's and Hickey's. It's easy to moralize when you've got nothing to lose and the lecture holds much less water.