joiojoio

Don't forget the infamous ap Doc.

Orbiting this at a distance of roughly 92 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

I'll go with a "what brought you here".

I find this is the basic of networking hack. And this is what most people do. Say "hi" and ask their opinion or their story.

Or you can offer your opinion "I found that new technique very interesting". "I didn't understand why that's better than X".

Or if you're super focused on something specific go for that. You're looking for a job, a client, an employee, ask for that directly. "Hi, I really enjoyed the talk and I'm looking for a job in the area. Are you working on something similar?".

Good news! They're being offered on Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/system-architecture-tpu-vm...

So you don't have to be frustrated anymore.