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Re:Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housin... by Animats on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:09PM (#14562843)
FactoryOS, the builder, has never built anything. But they have a really cool team video.[1]

It sounds like Google is building a "man camp", like the ones in oil fields.[2] "Owned by management companies, the oil companies typically pay a daily rate per employee for residency at the camp, and, depending on the employment arrangement, the oil company may require employees to be responsible for a certain portion of the cost. ... Many oil companies have set up company policies that forbid alcohol, illegal drugs, firearms, and unauthorized women. Rowdiness is controlled not only by background checks of employees but also by working the employees long hours so that each day is like "Groundhog Day" – work, eat, sleep – leaving little time for shenanigans."

[1] https://factoryos.com [2] http://www.ogfj.com/articles/print/volume-10/issue-4/feature...

Re:Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housin... by ceejayoz on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:40PM (#14563150)
> so that each day is like "Groundhog Day" – work, eat, sleep – leaving little time for shenanigans

Someone didn't watch that movie very closely.

Re:Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housin... by logfromblammo on Thursday June 15, 2017 @03:08PM (#14563444)
Some estimates put the time Phil spent repeating Feb 2nd at 10000 years. He spent half a year, practicing 4-5 hours a day, just learning how to flip playing cards!
Re:Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housin... by ceejayoz on Thursday June 15, 2017 @03:09PM (#14563462)
There's some fun analysis of the length at https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6334/how-long-was-..., including a post directly from the screenwriter.
Re:Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housin... by drawkbox on Thursday June 15, 2017 @03:00PM (#14563357)
Moats and drawbridges are not far off for the modern day kingdoms and sharecropper serfdom that work is turning into.
Re:Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housin... by Animats on Thursday June 15, 2017 @03:10PM (#14563470)
That's Foxconn in Shenzhen, where they had to put anti-suicide nets on the employee dorms.[1] Google isn't at that level.

[1] http://www.dailytech.com/Foxconn+Installs+AntiSuicide+Nets+a...