YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Gets 'Freedom Expression' Award Sponsored by YouTube

Post by flippinburgers » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 2:32 PM UTC

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I recall Google Video being the better platform when it was first released. Had a clear interface, integrated with google search, and better performance. I have no idea how Google failed to gain the lead.

Some engineers wrote a couple of insightful internal post-mortems about Google Video after the YouTube acquisition. It's telling, I think, that the deep analysis of what went wrong came from front-line engineers rather than the executives you'd be expecting to produce it as part of their job. I read them many years ago so what follows might be a bit garbled by time and bad memory, but the gist of it went like this: 1…

Post by ttt0 » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 2:57 PM UTC

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> An infertile woman is broken then? I don't know if I would necessarily use this particular word as it's mostly associated with lifeless objects, but in a sense - yes. Similarly to how having a disability or being an amputee is, for the lack of a better term, being "broken", as your body fails to function is some manner. Life is more nuanced and it's not all about that of course, but you get the idea. > Of course yo…

> Even still, there is always a chance that the computer will randomly malfunction and do something unexpected at any time. Unlikely, but possible. So you can never say for sure that an operation of 2 + 2 will result in 4. Your point? > If it's accurate enough then it's useful for making predictions. You know, science and stuff. If there is a counterexample to a scientific hypothesis, it's considered falsified. Not "…

Post by perl4ever » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 3:04 PM UTC

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> For me, he's the greatest President because of the ACA. This is the very definition of uncritical, subjective thinking. :\

Precisely this! Not having any insurance in my late 20s, I voted for him thinking ACA was for the good of people. Then I got married, had 2 kids, business flourished, and purchased a house only to realize that ACA accounts for half of my mortgage. Currently paying $1k per month with all healthy members and without any pre-existing conditions!

Post by pupdogg » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 3:14 PM UTC

pupdogg wrote: post #240

cbozeman wrote: post #228

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> For me, he's the greatest President because of the ACA. This is the very definition of uncritical, subjective thinking. :\

Precisely this! Not having any insurance in my late 20s, I voted for him thinking ACA was for the good of people. Then I got married, had 2 kids, business flourished, and purchased a house only to realize that ACA accounts for half of my mortgage. Currently paying $1k per month with all healthy members and without any pre-existing conditions!

Post by happynacho » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 3:34 PM UTC

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Some engineers wrote a couple of insightful internal post-mortems about Google Video after the YouTube acquisition. It's telling, I think, that the deep analysis of what went wrong came from front-line engineers rather than the executives you'd be expecting to produce it as part of their job. I read them many years ago so what follows might be a bit garbled by time and bad memory, but the gist of it went like this: 1…

Thumbs up, thumbs down, and comments. The very things that she would still like to see go away.