In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001)

Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by FrojoS on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:21PM (#34779791)

I asked chatGpt to find out which company you are referring to:

> Someone mentioned a company that is located at "5251 Westheimer". Which company could this be?

There are several companies located at 5251 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77056, United States, so I'm unable to determine which specific company the person you mentioned is referring to without further context. Some of the businesses located in that building include restaurants, retail stores, and offices.

> It is or was a software company.

I apologize, but without a specific name, it's difficult to determine the exact software company located at 5251 Westheimer Road in Houston, TX. There are many software companies located in Houston and it's possible that the company has since moved or changed its name.

You may consider reaching out to the person who mentioned the company for additional information or searching online for software companies located in Houston, TX to see if you can find a match.

> It was apparently a big company, big enough to develop a lot "in house".

If the company was big enough to develop a lot of software in-house, it's possible that the company you're referring to is Compaq. Compaq was a large computer company that was headquartered in Houston, Texas and was one of the largest suppliers of personal computers in the world. The company was acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2002.

However, it's important to note that this is just a possibility and I cannot say for certain that this is the company the person you mentioned was referring to without additional information.

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Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by theamk on Monday February 13, 2023 @04:36PM (#34780963)

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Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by runnerup on Monday February 13, 2023 @05:35PM (#34781869)

Compaq has moved a few times since 1995 and being absorbed by another megacorp.

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Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by ubermonkey on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:20AM (#34789643)

But, to be clear, was absolutely never at 5251 Westheimer.

Nor, to the best of my knowledge, were any software companies or restaurants or retail. It's an office building that was primarily leased by my former employer, which another commenter correctly noted was TeleCheck.

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Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by forevergreenyon on Monday February 13, 2023 @05:35PM (#34781872)

your own post is the real counter-example.

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Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by InitialLastName on Monday February 13, 2023 @05:36PM (#34781873)

Has dang ever ruled on the appropriateness of this situation, where someone just redirects AI-generated output to their comment (absent any evaluative substance and on a digression from a digression fully unrelated to the discussion of AI)?

It strikes me as a bad-faith way to farm for low-effort internet points, but I'm just some idiot on the internet so I'll have to satisfy myself with a down-vote, a mild complaint, and a minute or two of wasted time.

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Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by noitpmeder on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:03PM (#34782231)

I've definitely seen this in the wild -- certain accounts here post long-winded responses that at first glance seem very technical and hard to understand, but after a closer reading reveal it's just a mismatch of jargon intermixed with tangents.

See here, for one example: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Cullinet

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Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by sph on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:17PM (#34782405)

The AI generated bullshit spam that will soon invade the net will appear here first. I've been ranting about openly-AI-generated content, profiles and comments on this forum before, to deaf ears and sneers calling me a Luddite.

I am quite tired of reading "I asked ChatGPT x and they said:", and it's been around for just 3 months.

Dang is quite equanimous, so I doubt he will take an open stance for or against it, but I dream he'd just come out and say "chill it with the GPT people. This place is for thoughtful discussion".

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Re:In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001) by ianbutler on Monday February 13, 2023 @08:00PM (#34783645)

How did you get "certain sounding comment" from "However, it's important to note that this is just a possibility and I cannot say for certain that this is the company the person you mentioned was referring to without additional information."

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