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Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

Someone1234 wrote: post #71
LyalinDotCom wrote: post #41

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Yes it is and hello from someone at Microsoft who has helped brand a few things. It’s really hard problem that is not easy to describe to others but branding in huge companies like these is hell. Though worth it when we get it right and make things clear. Trust me no one here branding wants it to suck.

I'm still confused by .Net Core, .Net Framework, and .Net Standard. The diagram in this article made me ten times more confused: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2018/05/07/net-core-... It seems to contradict itself so many times. Little off-topic: Is there any work being done with Visual Studio's integrated Code Review system[0]? You cannot even run the solution (inc. changes) from it! We're stuck on TFVC, is…

You should be because the concept of .NET changed over the years. When first announced, it was supposed to be Microsoft's alternative to Java. In their internal documents, they defined it as infrastructure centered around MS SQL Server. With time, things developed and the initial vision changed a few times. So yes, it's a mess name-wise.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

LyalinDotCom wrote: post #41
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #14

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I never thought another tech company could be more awkward than Microsoft at branding. I guess it’s just hard to name things.

Yes it is and hello from someone at Microsoft who has helped brand a few things. It’s really hard problem that is not easy to describe to others but branding in huge companies like these is hell. Though worth it when we get it right and make things clear. Trust me no one here branding wants it to suck.

I remember at some point there was a popular theory that if you add an "X" to a name, it appears more modern to the customer. So Microsoft started to brand different technologies in this way. The data exchange mechanism became "ActiveX". Their abstraction layer for graphics cards became "DirectX".

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by engrefoobiz »

Someone1234 wrote: post #71
LyalinDotCom wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes it is and hello from someone at Microsoft who has helped brand a few things. It’s really hard problem that is not easy to describe to others but branding in huge companies like these is hell. Though worth it when we get it right and make things clear. Trust me no one here branding wants it to suck.

I'm still confused by .Net Core, .Net Framework, and .Net Standard. The diagram in this article made me ten times more confused: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2018/05/07/net-core-... It seems to contradict itself so many times. Little off-topic: Is there any work being done with Visual Studio's integrated Code Review system[0]? You cannot even run the solution (inc. changes) from it! We're stuck on TFVC, is…

dotnet Standard is the core of everything. The underlying code for both the dotnet Framework and dotnet Core. What the differences between the dotnet Framework and the dotnet Core is I can't tell you. All I know is that dotnet Core is cross platform and the cool kid in town. Use Core if possible.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by evrydayhustling »

delroth wrote: post #72
evrydayhustling wrote: post #42

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The thing that really surprises me is "access to Google experts", which apparently means chat, email and phone [1]. Google has really avoided direct B2C interaction in the past; I wonder how they are developing this ability from scratch. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/14/say-hello-to-google-one/

Google has ~always had chat, email, and phone support for most of their paid-for B2C products. For products like Pixel it's even integrated in the settings UI for example. https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7109524?hl=en&r...

Good point. I even have a pixel, have used support, and ignored this. Demonstrates what a small part of my interactions with Google are paid!

Maybe that filter (a small fraction of Google accounts will become paid One accounts) means that there is no heculean effort to build a human support team at Google scale. It's interesting that Amazon has very arms length support for its 100M+ Prime users, even at a higher price point.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by thisisit »

cwyers wrote: post #7

So, they've made Google One and Google Drive, in an effort to have Google OneDrive in series instead of in parallel.

I think the whole "One" branding is a tired trope which many technology companies tend to use to show one platform, company etc. In past 5 years I have seen 3 of my employers add One X, with X being the company name, as the official goal or strategy.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by vidanay »

thisisit wrote: post #85
cwyers wrote: post #7

So, they've made Google One and Google Drive, in an effort to have Google OneDrive in series instead of in parallel.

I think the whole "One" branding is a tired trope which many technology companies tend to use to show one platform, company etc. In past 5 years I have seen 3 of my employers add One X, with X being the company name, as the official goal or strategy.

It's the same as 'AAAA Acme Plumbing' and '123 Towing'

Alphanumeric positioning has implied meaning.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by pythonaut_16 »

ReverseCold wrote: post #63
dabernathy89 wrote: post #28

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And yet I still can't easily get it to ignore `node_modules` folders.

Please use git (or similar) for code. GitLab even has free private repos for personal projects. Dropbox is for binary files (like PDF, MSOffice, etc).

Sometimes you just want to share code between computers without committing it.

Does Git have an easy way to share "uncommitted" code that doesn't involve committing it on a branch and rebaseing it later?

I say this as a huge fan of Git, that's one scenario where a Dropbox folder is stronger than Git

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by jeremylikness »

Someone1234 wrote: post #71
LyalinDotCom wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes it is and hello from someone at Microsoft who has helped brand a few things. It’s really hard problem that is not easy to describe to others but branding in huge companies like these is hell. Though worth it when we get it right and make things clear. Trust me no one here branding wants it to suck.

I'm still confused by .Net Core, .Net Framework, and .Net Standard. The diagram in this article made me ten times more confused: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2018/05/07/net-core-... It seems to contradict itself so many times. Little off-topic: Is there any work being done with Visual Studio's integrated Code Review system[0]? You cannot even run the solution (inc. changes) from it! We're stuck on TFVC, is…

.NET Standard is an interface. It describes a specification that must be met. .NET Framework, Xamarin, UWP and .NET Core are implementations. Both have APIs that are specific to the implementation (for example, .NET Framework has APIs that are specific to Window, while .NET Core is cross-platform and doesn't have them, and Xamarin has mobile-specific APIs that don't make sense on desktop). At a minimum they both implement the APIs designated by the .NET Standard specification. It is a guideline for you to write libraries that can be shared anywhere without recompilation.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by PascLeRasc »

sigjuice wrote: post #48
PascLeRasc wrote: post #17

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A good example of how RAID 1 is not a backup.

Is there any kind of RAID that can be considered a backup?

No, because any individual system is still susceptible to theft, fire, water damage, electrical damage. RAID 1 is just a protection from one hard drive dying.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by joenathanone »

rxhernandez wrote: post #78
joenathanone wrote: post #56

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By not asking anyone else to answer the question for you and actually doing it yourself, be independent.

Hear ye, hear ye! Junior developers you should listen to joenathanone and never ask more senior people! You should make us watch over your back everyday because of your silly hubris and for our fear of you delaying our project! Asking questions is stupid and for the feeble minded! Google is your only friend!

He is asking how he can completely replace Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. Ok start by making an OS (desktop & mobile), a social networking platform (make sure to get all your friends to join), mobile phone hardware and build some warehouses and stuff, once your done with all that ping me and I will give you the next steps. Ask a real question and I would be happy to give a real answer.
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