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thruster_fuel69 t1_j5flaqi wrote

Reply to comment by Last-Caterpillar-112 in Area 120, Google's in-house incubator, severely impacted by Alphabet mass layoffs by Last-Caterpillar-112

That is the way, yes. I once imagined starting a business around one of their experiments, very glad I didn't.

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existentialstix t1_j5i2auq wrote

If I may ask what was their experiment?

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thruster_fuel69 t1_j5i2maw wrote

I forget the name now, years ago, but it was a browser api that could detect nearby iot devices. It was super cool, probably about to be too spammy or whatever. They never really announced it though, just let it starve until a few developers did their own thing.

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existentialstix t1_j5i2vfj wrote

Ah good old IoT experiments back in the day

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thruster_fuel69 t1_j5i2zu1 wrote

I had my phone going through DC collecting pings off everyone's android devices. Maybe I killed it who knows 🤷‍♂️

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