[Maybe OT] Hashcode with Google

[psychoticRabbit]

On Friday, 23 February 2018 at 14:07:03 UTC, Andrea Fontana wrote:
> It could be interesting if a D-team would win this :)
>
> tl;dr:
> Google gives a coding problem, you have to solve it. Any 
> programming language is accepted. You have to register your 
> team.
>
> Details:
> https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/overview.html
>
> Previous problems:
> https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/past_editions.html
>
>
>
> Andrea Fontana

seriously...hasn't google got a big enough foothold on the world?

do we all need to keep encouraging it by particpating in its 
self-promoting, self-advertising ventures?

google are masters of social engineering and the psychology of 
the gift economy.

so I ask, what's the catch this time?

oh.. you need to create a google account first it seems. Then 
they've got you, and all your data too.