Dennis Gorelik

Hacker News laughs at Facebook's corporate doublespeak:
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17405133
I skimmed over that post. I had to go through it twice to see where they actually were admitting defeat. Was buried in the middle of the second to last paragraph.
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The actual title, "High altitude connectivity: the next chapter" and the admission that the project is actually shutting down remind me of Google's corp-speak drenched blog post about Google Fiber
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I really cannot believe how deeply they buried that admission.
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I had to read this whole thing twice to find what it is all about.
A lot of self-congratulatory corporate speak there. I wish companies could just clearly state what is going on sometimes. Then I'm not surprised, this is Facebook
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Here's the core of original Facebook message:
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https://code.facebook.com/posts/190457848334738
we've decided not to design or build our own aircraft any longer, and to close our facility in Bridgwater
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