Google employee here, though not on the maps team, I just raised it internally to look into (please continue to try to make edits, I don't know when it will be seen)
Ask HN: Can you help me remove the marks for the airstrikes from Google Maps?
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Re: Ask HN: Can you help me remove the marks for the airstrikes from Google Maps?
#142OP, why do you think a farm business (which gmaps are showing the location of) should be in the same place where farm land is? These simply seem to be the addresses where a "farm business" is registered, as can be confirmed on a company-info-aggregator site [1]. I assume, in a lot of cases (especially for family owned farms), these are actually homes of the owners, to simplify all the mail and other paperwork. Actual…
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#143tldr: false alarm, unclear google I'm back to process info and make edits. I couldn't stay online due to injured hands from gadgets overuse. > OP, why do you think a farm business (which gmaps are showing the location of) should be in the same place where farm land is? These simply seem to be the addresses where a "farm business" is registered, as can be confirmed on a company-info-aggregator site [1]. I assume, in a…
Very happy to have been able to help, and thanks for broadcasting my post :) Your theory actually sounded very plausible to me, which is why it peaked my interest so much. I hope we're able to "crowdsource" and inspect future similar cases as well. I wish best of luck in these difficult times.
Re: Ask HN: Can you help me remove the marks for the airstrikes from Google Maps?
#144tldr: false alarm, unclear google I'm back to process info and make edits. I couldn't stay online due to injured hands from gadgets overuse. > OP, why do you think a farm business (which gmaps are showing the location of) should be in the same place where farm land is? These simply seem to be the addresses where a "farm business" is registered, as can be confirmed on a company-info-aggregator site [1]. I assume, in a…
Very happy to have been able to help, and thanks for broadcasting my post :) Your theory actually sounded very plausible to me, which is why it peaked my interest so much. I hope we're able to "crowdsource" and inspect future similar cases as well. I wish best of luck in these difficult times.
Too bad I can't edit the post anymore because it got unlisted.
I think it's too hard to notice parent comment.
Maybe mods could pin it?
@dang
Re: Ask HN: Can you help me remove the marks for the airstrikes from Google Maps?
#145Re: Ask HN: Can you help me remove the marks for the airstrikes from Google Maps?
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
> what a shitshow the first few days of the Russian invasion has been. Major breakdown of their digital systems and lots of improvisation. can we corroborate this with chinese and/or non-western media? it’s hard for me to believe anything at all during a war.
Chinese? For real? Why the fuck would they be impartial?
The point is to have both sides of the story, I for one have been tu ing in to Russia Today knowing is their propaganda but its damn interesting.
Re: Ask HN: Can you help me remove the marks for the airstrikes from Google Maps?
#147How the fuck is google still serving Russians?
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
Google uses neither k8s nor Docker internally. From my knowledge, a change like this can take anywhere from a couple of minutes to a few hours to roll globally, depending on how much support was already in place.
>>If it's an update to the Docker images >Google uses neither k8s nor Docker internally. It's so weird when people just go on the internet and lie about how things work with such utter confidence. No 'I believe', no 'if things are still done that way' just pure lies typed as fact. Should be an account ban, really. (Them, not you.)
What did I say that's incorrect? When I said "If it's an update to the Docker images", I was speaking hypothetically.
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
> what a shitshow the first few days of the Russian invasion has been. Major breakdown of their digital systems and lots of improvisation. can we corroborate this with chinese and/or non-western media? it’s hard for me to believe anything at all during a war.
it's a fact that Russia uses COTS equipment for comms. Nothing to corroborate when this info is all over and from different independent sources. edit: toned down the rantiness & add sources: https://twitter.com/mil_in_ua/status/1497961913292001283 https://twitter.com/sbreakintl/status/1498619303717142529
thanks for toning it down and the sources
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
african media then? or maybe middle east?
What exactly are you looking for? Your comments make it sound as if you are shopping for a different truth. Japan's media doesn't seem to have a very different perspective: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/ South Africa; similar stories and conclusions as most of the world: https://www.netwerk24.com/beeld/aktueel This Lebanese newspaper has an interesting take on how the Western media coverage is using double standards (per…
yes, shopping for confirmation from non-western media.
thanks for the links.