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Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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It's interesting that he signs off with "So long, and thanks for all the fish," which is a quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Just before the Vogons demolish Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass, the dolphins, knowing what’s coming, leave the planet and their farewell message is “So long, and thanks for all the fish.” I wonder what he's implying about GitHub…

> I wonder what he's implying about GitHub…

Don't forget to carry a towel at all times, of course!

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

#12
post #8
post #6

It's interesting that he signs off with "So long, and thanks for all the fish," which is a quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Just before the Vogons demolish Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass, the dolphins, knowing what’s coming, leave the planet and their farewell message is “So long, and thanks for all the fish.” I wonder what he's implying about GitHub…

> I wonder what he's implying about GitHub Nothing. It's just a common(-ish) reference/joke.

Yeah, I didn't know it was a reference to something - it was just a saying to me without any background context.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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post #8
post #6

It's interesting that he signs off with "So long, and thanks for all the fish," which is a quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Just before the Vogons demolish Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass, the dolphins, knowing what’s coming, leave the planet and their farewell message is “So long, and thanks for all the fish.” I wonder what he's implying about GitHub…

> I wonder what he's implying about GitHub Nothing. It's just a common(-ish) reference/joke.

Yes. I've also used this when leaving a job, albeit with a slight modification since the job did not provide fish. I suppose you could read it with the subtext that the dolphins are saying "see ya suckers" but I think it's more appropriate to read it as the dolphins actually saying "thank you" even though things didn't entirely work out.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

#16
It's common, but I always find it weird when the manager of a division of a company is called the "CEO".

Satya Nadella is the CEO of Github because Github is part of Microsoft.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

#17
post #16

It's common, but I always find it weird when the manager of a division of a company is called the "CEO". Satya Nadella is the CEO of Github because Github is part of Microsoft.

It really depends on how the structure of the company is setup. If they're just a division, they're not really a CEO; but if all Microsoft did is buy up all the shares of Github, and otherwise left them alone, they really ARE the CEO.

Until the shareholder decides to tell the board to fire him.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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post #16

It's common, but I always find it weird when the manager of a division of a company is called the "CEO". Satya Nadella is the CEO of Github because Github is part of Microsoft.

Major subsidiaries within a large company can and do have separate CEOs. For example, YouTube also has a separate CEO (previously Susan Wojcicki, and now Neal Mohan) under Sundar Pichai.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

#20
post #6

It's interesting that he signs off with "So long, and thanks for all the fish," which is a quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Just before the Vogons demolish Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass, the dolphins, knowing what’s coming, leave the planet and their farewell message is “So long, and thanks for all the fish.” I wonder what he's implying about GitHub…

well, the rest of it, at least from the BBC TV series:

so long and thanks for all the fish, so sad that it should come to this, the world's about to be destroyed, there's no point getting all annoyed, lie back and let the planet dissolve

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