altgoogler

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by altgoogler 6y ago
If there were fewer moderation actions, then we'd be seeing more articles saying how obviously abusive content that should have been taken down and wasn't. There are many sophisticated actors that try and game the system, and it&#
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by altgoogler 6y ago
Googler here, who doesn't work in the YouTube PA. It does certainly seem like this was an erroneous take-down. I'm not familiar with the content, but I can't imagine a more innocuous channel. If JPdylon is out there, the fi
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by altgoogler 6y ago
Disclaimer: I work for Google. FYI - Google does offer a series of tools for you to manage your data. If you are signed in there is my activity[1], and takeout[2]. There are options to control targeted ads[3] and auto-delete location and
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by altgoogler 6y ago
Googler here. You might be surprised about what Google employees care about.
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by altgoogler 6y ago
Googler here. Borg @ Google predates Borg the backup utility by several years.
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by altgoogler 6y ago
I don't think comfortable is the right word. Jeff Dean personally talked to some SWEs to try and convince them to stay. Two people can take a valid moral stance and come to opposing viewpoints on the same subject. > I feel like yo
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by altgoogler 6y ago
Googler here. Yes, there are many google employees that do not use Google products for personal use. Firefox, for instance, can be used on work machines.
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by altgoogler 6y ago
Well, that's one way to read into the facts. The point I'm trying to make is that there are few other companies where the rank-and-file have as much pull with executive leadership and can influence strategy based on moral reasonin
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by altgoogler 6y ago
> Do you think Google is serious about differential privacy? IMHO, Yes, very much so. There are lots of other initiatives as well (can't find a public link at the moment). > and not FB's, is saying something... I don't
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by altgoogler 6y ago
Googler here. I don't consider the company evil. In fact, I think it's leading the way that we talk about ethics in computing. People talk about Maven, but it was an internal revolt--not external influence--that challenged the i
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by altgoogler 7y ago
Googler here. Yes, orientation week is nice and you do get to meet a lot of people from offices around the world. You'd sit through a lot of training that introduces you to Google culture. You get to be in a room of a whole bunch of
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by altgoogler 7y ago
Googler here. My opinions are my own; I have no non-public knowledge on this topic. I do not understand the hyperbole around this report. Nowhere does it say that Google plans to shutter GCP if it doesn't reach #1 by 2023. > said
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by altgoogler 7y ago
Disclaimer: Googler here, my opinions are my own. I have no non-public knowledge of this topic besides these two Guardian reports, and the Google public blog post on the same subject[1]. I do, however, have nearly a decade in non-Google wor
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by altgoogler 7y ago
You're certainly entitled to that viewpoint. The point is that: "Google's harvest of medical data includes names and full details of millions" is hyperbole, when "Google partners with health system on clinical docu
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by altgoogler 7y ago
> You place more faith in HIPAA than I do. HIPAA does not protect privacy to the degree that most people assume. That's correct. People would be surprised at the number of HIPAA violations that happen everyday. It is, however, among
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by altgoogler 7y ago
The point is that even MDACC figured out is was too expensive to continue their own EMR. You're correct in that literal books could be written about EMR adoption gone wrong. That doesn't change the fact that even super huge mega-
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by altgoogler 7y ago
Googler here, my opinions are my own, standard disclaimer. I'm not going to comment on this specific case but I do have almost a decade of previous non-Google experience working in clinical documentation technology. As others have said