http://thetarpit.org/2021/google-the-tech-company "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:59:09 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2021/google-the-tech-company#comment-5106 Artificial intelligence « The Tar Pit Sun, 26 May 2024 21:34:14 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=405#comment-5106 [...] so on and so forth. In short: Google, while thoroughly lacking in technological prowess1, went all-in strategically by integrating their AI into their search [...] [...] so on and so forth. In short: Google, while thoroughly lacking in technological prowess1, went all-in strategically by integrating their AI into their search [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2021/google-the-tech-company#comment-4067 On open sores supply chainz « The Tar Pit Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:05:37 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=405#comment-4067 [...] Google here isn't doing anything new, of course. In fact they're doing for various "open source software packages" precisely what Murdock et al. have been doing for Debian ports since their inception: they're positioning themselves as a broker for trusted code to be reused by other "organizations" like themselves, a code that otherwise was most likely developed by a rando coder in his spare time. Thus Google believes (and perhaps rightly so) that a third party is required to make informed assessments about the quality of said code, and that that party shall be Google. In other words, let the unpaid dudes use Microsoft's platform (i.e. Git plus bells and whistles) for their development process, but make no mistake, Google will vet what reaches the consumer's plate -- which doesn't really come as news, since that's how Google viewed their WoT relationships all the way since day one: they provide (granted, while swallowing some of the risks) and you consume. [...] [...] Google here isn't doing anything new, of course. In fact they're doing for various "open source software packages" precisely what Murdock et al. have been doing for Debian ports since their inception: they're positioning themselves as a broker for trusted code to be reused by other "organizations" like themselves, a code that otherwise was most likely developed by a rando coder in his spare time. Thus Google believes (and perhaps rightly so) that a third party is required to make informed assessments about the quality of said code, and that that party shall be Google. In other words, let the unpaid dudes use Microsoft's platform (i.e. Git plus bells and whistles) for their development process, but make no mistake, Google will vet what reaches the consumer's plate -- which doesn't really come as news, since that's how Google viewed their WoT relationships all the way since day one: they provide (granted, while swallowing some of the risks) and you consume. [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2021/google-the-tech-company#comment-2539 The Platform « The Tar Pit Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:42:53 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=405#comment-2539 [...] taxes from you? why does TickTock show you some particular piece and not the other one? why does Google's machine, or for that matter Zuckerberg's, enforce "community standards"? For the most part, all [...] [...] taxes from you? why does TickTock show you some particular piece and not the other one? why does Google's machine, or for that matter Zuckerberg's, enforce "community standards"? For the most part, all [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2021/google-the-tech-company#comment-638 The cost of ransomware attacks will go beyond 9000 in the next decade « The Tar Pit Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:26:59 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=405#comment-638 [...] far as security is concerned there is no difference between the Microsoft and "open source" (i.e. Google et al.) philosophies of making computer-based systems. They both support as much security as my [...] [...] far as security is concerned there is no difference between the Microsoft and "open source" (i.e. Google et al.) philosophies of making computer-based systems. They both support as much security as my [...]

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