Nest’s time at Alphabet

Re:Nest’s time at Alphabet by walshemj on Sunday June 05, 2016 @03:56PM (#11842795)

Hmm this is how Hitler ran Germany and why they had multiple research programs competing with each other - not sure its a good model to follow

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Re:Nest’s time at Alphabet by asdfologist on Sunday June 05, 2016 @04:05PM (#11842840)

Hitler also spoke German and ate 3 meals a day - not sure it's a good model to follow.

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Re:Nest’s time at Alphabet by walshemj on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:49PM (#11843320)

The German competing fiefdoms method caused real problems when the allies got a good enough design and cranked it out like the T34, sten gun and arguably the Sherman tank

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Re:Nest’s time at Alphabet by sdenton4 on Sunday June 05, 2016 @04:03PM (#11842828)

Meh. The us military does this, too. It's pretty common.

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Re:Nest’s time at Alphabet by arethuza on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:09PM (#11843140)

It's why the UK had 3 different types of strategic bombers - developed by different teams and with different levels of risk and performance:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_bomber

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Re:Nest’s time at Alphabet by walshemj on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:46PM (#11843299)

Ah like in ww2 where the Army and Navy intelligence refused to cooperate unlike BP did.

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Re:Nest’s time at Alphabet by walshemj on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:47PM (#11843305)

Your tax dollars at work :-)

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