There was a time where employees could get paths under google.com/ for semi-personal projects.

The comments from 15 years ago are even more interesting.

What's that quote about dying a hero vs living long enough to see yourself become the villain?

Sometimes you chicken out, and someone else does it ...

To wit: around the same time, Google tossed out some service that would listen to your computer's mic for room sounds (such as a TV broadcast), and provide helpful info.

I guess people were creeped out, thing was shut down, and now we have Amazon's version ...

The prophecy.

Isn’t that Google in a nutshell?

Only the young die good.