throwaway0071
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Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
> How many of the core devs don't work for Google? How much of the overall project direction is decided by people who have nothing to do with Google?
This is why some developers are starting to hate open source. There's no technical excitement, it's all about community and governance and who has power and corporations and codes of conduct, etc... If not, you're going to fail. You get an army of experts scrutinizing your project and it's unexciting.
Comment · 9 years ago
Thanks for explaining it in more detail. This is very interesting (and if it doesn't pan out, you got the hottest skills in the market right now). All the best.
Comment · 9 years ago
I don't get it. The technology looks super interesting but the end result maybe is more targeted at teenagers?
> AI needs data that informs it whether its decisions are right
Well, aren't the emojis all out there for you to analyze? Isn't there a lot of videos with real faces for you to analyze?
> VR characters that look like you in the gameworld
XBox does this today, doesn't it?
> personalized advertising that has your face in it the way you like
I couldn't care less about advertising. Maybe you're pitching to investors?
> Everyone asks us why after starting a big “serious" company, we decided to work with emoji, and this is the reason.
What's the reason? It's not clear.
As an user of this, it looks like a gimmick (like Tom The Talking Cat).
Comment · 9 years ago
You're complaining that a company is framing a certain situation in a given way and yet that's exactly what you're doing here, framing it in a different way trying to convince us of your point. I don't see the difference.
Comment · 9 years ago
I'm assuming this is US-centric. What's the approach to visas?
Comment · 9 years ago
Are you this person?
https://twitter.com/JamesNicollV/status/940964868110381057?s...
Comment · 9 years ago
It's the first time I read this blog post (thanks for sharing) but it's not surprising to me.
I always cringe when I see people quoting Bryan because that's exactly my experience interacting with him on mailing lists or watching him give talks.
At this point I don't have the energy to deal with people like him. I just accept him as a natural occurrence in our field. I certainly praise does who do have the energy for fighting that.
Comment · 9 years ago
Let's not forget companies that provide free services to open source projects.
Just wait a few minutes. I can already see one.