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Interesting that this was written in 2009. In 2009, that's when I snapped a picture in Charlie's which said "Googlers: badging today will allocate funds for yo
by rachelbythebay 13y ago
Interesting that this was written in 2009. In 2009, that's when I snapped a picture in Charlie's which said "Googlers: badging today will allocate funds for your meal tomorrow": http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2011/10/17/badging/ http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2011/10/17/badging/ - they added ProxCard readers hooked to laptops in every cafe. "Badging in" would make it play the PING! noise from Gattaca (or a vuvuzela, but that's another story).
The food was still "free" [1] but things had definitely changed at high levels. This was just a small part of it. It's taken some time for the change to become evident on the outside world.
I wonder if this post is related to the things I was seeing at the time.
[1] As seen on HN: http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2012/01/21/notfree/ http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2012/01/21/notfree/