Post AZe6S1jb3F3XBQpMPo by kalleboo@bitbang.social
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 (DIR) Post #AZe6S0jYltQs51noie by detreville@discuss.systems
       2023-09-10T21:17:19Z
       
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       Silicon Valley archaeology on a Sunday afternoon: Meta’s HQ was originally Sun Microsystems’, until Oracle bought Sun and Facebook bought its buildings. To make a statement, Facebook updated the front of the old Sun Microsystems sign, facing the road, but left its decaying back untouched.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZe6S1jb3F3XBQpMPo by kalleboo@bitbang.social
       2023-09-11T02:25:33Z
       
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       @detreville @skinnylatte The story I heard was leaving it was on purpose to remind them about the cost of failure
       
 (DIR) Post #AZe6S26HgtCiJnRTmK by detreville@discuss.systems
       2023-09-11T00:54:47Z
       
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       BTW, I’ve been fascinated by this old sign for some time now. The insides used to be much cruftier, as shown in these photos. Facebook/Meta have cleaned it up since then and fixed some bent metal in the old Sun sign.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZe6S3CLbpeFitHprs by detreville@discuss.systems
       2023-09-11T01:17:07Z
       
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       Another fun fact: When Facebook moved into the old Sun buildings, they converted it to open-plan seating, tearing out all the old private offices.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZe6S3g7p7T3DFDcHY by detreville@discuss.systems
       2023-09-11T01:02:43Z
       
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       Sun certainly used to be all over the place (and I remember when it was all/mostly at one place on Rengstorff). Here’s a sign on an old Google building that used to be an old Sun building.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZe6TEle52G5tVMYWO by wa7iut@mastodon.radio
       2023-09-11T02:34:52Z
       
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       @detreville @aka_pugs Tesla HQ (Deer Creek Rd, Palo Alto) used to be HP Bldg 25, part of HP Labs. I worked there in the 80s
       
 (DIR) Post #AZe6TFlKNhbAyoDofI by aka_pugs@mastodon.social
       2023-09-11T02:56:07Z
       
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       @wa7iut @detreville And now Tesla has taken over a big chunk of the HP Page Mill HQ.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZe6TGYxPBIVSjRS1Q by wa7iut@mastodon.radio
       2023-09-11T02:57:56Z
       
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       @aka_pugs @detreville desecration of sacred ground!!
       
 (DIR) Post #AZe6a4mLcGkmwSx6Tw by PopeASDF@dobbs.town
       2023-09-11T04:08:30Z
       
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       @detreville @lisamelton let’s hope they fall the same way and end up a forgotten oracle product too ;)
       
 (DIR) Post #AZeyqO8on2TP9Sgq8m by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2023-09-11T14:16:03.569910Z
       
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       @detreville Someone online once made the joke about frontend/backend.