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sounds · 2014-01-24 00:46:08+00:00

:) Well yeah, but though you and I aren't exactly dying of shock, word seems to spread slowly about what Google is like now.

outside1234 | karma 7662 | avg karma 2.81 · | 2022-06-12 16:40:00

I didn't even know Google I/O still existed, which about sums it up.

ignifero | karma 1764 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2011-07-14 18:05:10

tl;dr ... haha not really. Google is on a roll. I both fear and love it.

stephc_int13 | karma 6266 | avg karma 3.8 · | 2022-02-15 15:23:02

I am pretty sure people at Google are reading this thread. I'd love to see their reactions :)

johannes1234321 | karma 5648 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2022-05-31 05:32:25

Yes! The "killed by Google" meme is young. Back in the days it was like "i want to be like Google" (ignoring the fact that most people don't have scale like Google and very different problems) and anything out of Google must be good!

ionised | karma 2447 | avg karma 0.86 · | 2018-09-26 11:59:37+00:00

People finally waking up to the what Google really is, perhaps?

NSX2 | karma 94 | avg karma 0.47 · | 2008-02-07 03:38:51+00:00

That's weird. I could have sworn that people other than myself knew about Google ...

lottin | karma 3312 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2017-05-02 16:20:28

A lot of people do care, especially if they're used to using Google.

m_fayer | karma 3381 | avg karma 4.56 · | 2023-12-06 16:02:22

Yeah I was one of those. Now that the power it brings has dawned on me I'm trying to integrate it everywhere I can with a "where was this thing for half my life" feeling. I truly think it's a bigger revelation than Google was when it first appeared.

There's definitely something disquieting behind the elation.

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excitom | karma 685 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2021-12-02 11:18:28

Frankly that was my reaction when I first heard of "google".

eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2014-10-16 07:14:14+00:00

Which had an interesting reception among Googlers.

orlytho | karma 8 | avg karma 4.0 · | 2021-11-15 16:17:33

I think we have been in that situation since everybody started mimicking how Google does things

minor3rd | karma 128 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2018-04-17 01:25:45+00:00

Mostly goofing with you. But it is kind of crazy to think 20 years ago, nobody knew about a thing called "Google".

v4dok | karma 519 | avg karma 3.24 · | 2022-07-13 16:46:01

Wait, did you describe what Google is currently?

baalimago | karma 515 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2019-06-02 21:22:00+00:00

Playing "is google on this website or not?" just became so much easier, simply see if website works or not.

Scary stuff. What happens when Murphy's law decides to crash things even more?

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davidcelis | karma 852 | avg karma 5.68 · | 2009-08-11 13:20:33+00:00

Okay. After having five or so stories about this, I think we all know about the Google engine changes by now. Seriously.

YoavShapira | karma 251 | avg karma 10.91 · | 2009-02-04 08:05:56

Nice to get a comment from Google right away, though.

ommunist | karma 739 | avg karma 0.61 · | 2015-04-27 19:03:14+00:00

May I draw your attention that Google was made a little bit later, and the Internet too.

rdtsc | karma 41164 | avg karma 4.52 · | 2024-04-17 06:27:53

Oh sure, I agree. I am not saying those are not, just that it's so shocking to find it's Googlers.

ynniv | karma 5590 | avg karma 3.51 · | 2010-06-10 16:00:45+00:00

Note to self: Google has the capacity to make something well known quickly.