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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by dudus on Monday October 12, 2020 @10:47PM (#24761754)
I didn't include a source because there probably isn't one. But he def told this story. I was there in person at a google off-site keynote
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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by samatman on Monday October 12, 2020 @11:13PM (#24761895)
It certainly didn't originate with Schmidt, but according to this, it probably didn't originate with Friedman either:

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/10/10/spoons-shovels/

Though he's best known for it.

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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by dudus on Friday October 16, 2020 @09:23PM (#24806719)
It's kind of depressing seeing how much even leaders just blatantly copy each other quotes.
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