cyborganism@lemmy.ca
on 04 Sep 2025 22:18
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I joined back in the early 2000s when they were still “Do no evil” Google.
Now they’re “pure evil” Google. Like every other big tech company anyway.
I started in computer science in school with a passion, and now I hate that field with a passion.
ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
on 04 Sep 2025 22:27
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Agreed. I started to wonder what happened to my passion. But the thing is, I still really like electronics and that sorta thing, it really is just the monopolization and various anti-consumer practices that killed my love of computing. So now I’m considering an EE degree instead.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca
on 05 Sep 2025 05:09
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That’s actually not a bad idea. You could actually fix things. Physical things.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
on 04 Sep 2025 22:55
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Same, I had that passion, truly believed tech would save us from so many pitfalls. Now I’m ashamed of the companies I’ve worked for. They’ve bastardized all of the ideals for short term profits. Not even long term investments just whatever will get them a few pennies more tomorrow is prioritized over will will get them dollars in a year.
It’s disappointing and sad
tazeycrazy@feddit.uk
on 04 Sep 2025 22:46
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If they whant to get those LLMs running, they need to start drilling baby.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
on 05 Sep 2025 03:44
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20+ year streak of carbon neutrality (at least on paper) down the drain for a hype cycle
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
on 05 Sep 2025 05:35
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I mean, they never meant it in the first place. They just feel comfortable saying that now that aNtI wOkE is cool.
procapra@lemmy.ml
on 05 Sep 2025 06:05
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Headline: “Company does the thing that all companies do!”
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml
on 05 Sep 2025 08:21
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Kinda difficult with AI and Trump gutting renewable energy. I guess they could do it by killing AI or moving their server farms to Iceland but common sense and AI don’t go together.
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I joined back in the early 2000s when they were still “Do no evil” Google.
Now they’re “pure evil” Google. Like every other big tech company anyway.
I started in computer science in school with a passion, and now I hate that field with a passion.
Agreed. I started to wonder what happened to my passion. But the thing is, I still really like electronics and that sorta thing, it really is just the monopolization and various anti-consumer practices that killed my love of computing. So now I’m considering an EE degree instead.
That’s actually not a bad idea. You could actually fix things. Physical things.
Same, I had that passion, truly believed tech would save us from so many pitfalls. Now I’m ashamed of the companies I’ve worked for. They’ve bastardized all of the ideals for short term profits. Not even long term investments just whatever will get them a few pennies more tomorrow is prioritized over will will get them dollars in a year.
It’s disappointing and sad
If they whant to get those LLMs running, they need to start drilling baby.
20+ year streak of carbon neutrality (at least on paper) down the drain for a hype cycle
I mean, they never meant it in the first place. They just feel comfortable saying that now that aNtI wOkE is cool.
Headline: “Company does the thing that all companies do!”
Kinda difficult with AI and Trump gutting renewable energy. I guess they could do it by killing AI or moving their server farms to Iceland but common sense and AI don’t go together.