Google’s 80-acre San Jose mega-campus is on hold (opens in new tab)

(cnbc.com)

88 pointssmaili2y ago37 comments

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TBH Im not surprised. The quality of their products is worsening to the point Im looking for alternatives; Google Home is as stupid or worse (still no conversations or clarification WHY it doesnt understand certain input.) to their software missing basic features for ages now, like offline Google Maps missing speed limits or even addresses of spots you favorited.. Search becoming worse, No proper way to flag bad ads in Youtube. Not to mention them being behind on the AI battle or Cloud Computing.

asdfman1232y ago

The downturn affecting all of tech is a lot more salient than this narrative

afavour2y ago

…what would that have to do with them pausing work on a campus?

chii2y ago

The OP is assuming that funds being directed towards a campus is extraneous spending that could've been directed towards making products better instead.

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rlanday2y ago

This is hard to believe given the quality of most software, but at some point, one might expect a decline in product quality to harm revenue and profitability, which would reduce or eliminate the need for headcount growth.

itsoktocry2y ago

>Google Home is as stupid or worse

Now that "modern AI" is mainstream culture, the (lack of) capability of Google Home is astounding. It's 50/50 whether it can get even basic commands correct.

klooney2y ago

It turns out that giving the devices away and then losing money every time someone says something near them is a bad way to run a business.

vkdelta2y ago

Will this help to drop prices of homes in San Jose? I remember a lot of realtors selling the future of google

GloriousKoji2y ago

Downtown San Jose has been on an overall downward trend since the start of covid lock down.

bushbaba2y ago

Not as bad as downtown SF or downtown Oakland though.

kqr22y ago

Any links?

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hindsightbias2y ago

data points to no:

https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/4th-look-at-local-hous...

prices may not rise but there’s no inventory.

12700180802y ago

Only increasing housing density will decrease housing prices substantially.

2OEH8eoCRo02y ago

Supply and demand. Without the expected demand of the San Jose Google campus, it's possible that prices drop without building anything.

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AtlasBarfed2y ago

Suggestion. Turn 80 acres into housing

hyuuu2y ago

curious about this too

fnordpiglet2y ago

I look forward to a world where we have 80 acres of housing rather than 80 acres of human hamster wheels.

Rebelgecko2y ago

How many acres of housing would this have had? I honestly have no conception of how much space 4,000 people take up

plorkyeran2y ago

The average lot size for a single-family home in California is roughly 1/5 acre, so 80 acres would be somewhere around 400 homes. Probably more like 300 after accounting for streets and stuff. Three-story apartment building are around 25 units per acre.

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electric_mayhem2y ago

I look forward to a world where comments like yours get upvoted instead of downvoted.

Insightfulness adds value, particularly when it happens to be humorous at the same time.

7e2y ago

Adding more housing is like adding more highways. It just replicates the problem.

fnordpiglet2y ago

Which problem? Of humans that aren’t homeless?

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readonthegoapp2y ago

Time for a real, no-cars neighborhood!

I'll allow for LSVs.

andrewstuart2y ago

ChatGPT ruins everything.

lowlevel2y ago

.. everything that Google hasn't already ruined.

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37 comments

nlstitch2y ago

asdfman1232y ago

The downturn affecting all of tech is a lot more salient than this narrative

afavour2y ago

…what would that have to do with them pausing work on a campus?

chii2y ago

The OP is assuming that funds being directed towards a campus is extraneous spending that could've been directed towards making products better instead.

1 more reply

rlanday2y ago

itsoktocry2y ago

>Google Home is as stupid or worse

Now that "modern AI" is mainstream culture, the (lack of) capability of Google Home is astounding. It's 50/50 whether it can get even basic commands correct.

klooney2y ago

It turns out that giving the devices away and then losing money every time someone says something near them is a bad way to run a business.

vkdelta2y ago

Will this help to drop prices of homes in San Jose? I remember a lot of realtors selling the future of google

GloriousKoji2y ago

Downtown San Jose has been on an overall downward trend since the start of covid lock down.

bushbaba2y ago

Not as bad as downtown SF or downtown Oakland though.

kqr22y ago

Any links?

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hindsightbias2y ago

data points to no:

https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/4th-look-at-local-hous...

prices may not rise but there’s no inventory.

12700180802y ago

Only increasing housing density will decrease housing prices substantially.

2OEH8eoCRo02y ago

Supply and demand. Without the expected demand of the San Jose Google campus, it's possible that prices drop without building anything.

1 more reply

AtlasBarfed2y ago

Suggestion. Turn 80 acres into housing

hyuuu2y ago

curious about this too

fnordpiglet2y ago

I look forward to a world where we have 80 acres of housing rather than 80 acres of human hamster wheels.

Rebelgecko2y ago

How many acres of housing would this have had? I honestly have no conception of how much space 4,000 people take up

plorkyeran2y ago

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electric_mayhem2y ago

I look forward to a world where comments like yours get upvoted instead of downvoted.

Insightfulness adds value, particularly when it happens to be humorous at the same time.

7e2y ago

Adding more housing is like adding more highways. It just replicates the problem.

fnordpiglet2y ago

Which problem? Of humans that aren’t homeless?

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readonthegoapp2y ago

Time for a real, no-cars neighborhood!

I'll allow for LSVs.

andrewstuart2y ago

ChatGPT ruins everything.

lowlevel2y ago

.. everything that Google hasn't already ruined.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse