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RyanMcGreal
If that picture was taken in Canada, all the faces would be blurred out.
csmattryder
I think this is a special case, I have friends who were caught by the car, and they looks like amorphous blobs on Google Street View.
nchlswu
The filtering process actually takes a long time, so my guess is this is an exception for these employees (who probably had to sign waivers)
mdwelsh
Google is intentionally not blurring the faces on these images.

Here's Google's Seattle office, same deal - no faces blurred. http://goo.gl/maps/h5mYC

aquarin
This is some kind of local filtering rule. If you travel along the street, outside of this small area all people faces are blurred.
mkhalil
Brings smiles to my face :D nice find!
Lucadg
Address is approximate :)
makkes
Hamburg, Germany: http://goo.gl/maps/tEXkp
Tichy
A bit creepy. Stupid German laws...
veidr
Totally! That is technologically impressive (from the machine perspective), and completely creepy (from the human perspective).

We have the same laws in Japan; I wonder where else?

amurmann
Why is it stupid? Some people value their privacy and that's something that's more wide spread in Germany.
peterwwillis
They should print out pictures of faces of German politicians who enacted the law and wear them as masks in protest
sasoon
So this is the place my Google check comes from :-) (Gordon House)
citricsquid
The most interesting thing for me is that is a representation of $160,000,000 outgoing a year for Google and presumably even more in (assuming the average employee makes $80k/year and that there are 2,000 people working at that building).
raverbashing
The average employee there certainly takes less home per year and also pays a hefty income tax.
dasil003
Income tax is irrelevant to Google's cost. So is take-home pay to some extent. I'm not sure what you're getting at.
rmc
It's important for the Irish tax income, and the Irish economy. Why do you think Ireland has a low corporate tax rate.
corin_
But nobody was discussing the Irish economy, hence why it isn't really relevant.
raverbashing
Close, but no cigar

Take home pay should be competitive with other companies and guarantee a certain standard of living

So salaries are higher for a competitive take home pay. But the lower corporate tax ends up making things even.

I was only saying the value mentioned by the parent was off, that's all.

spydum
The guy with the horse head or mask on is my favorite.
amurmann
Yay, a bunch of people took a photo of themselves! I am so glad it made it to the top on HN!
peterwwillis
Am I the only person who thought this becomes creepy when you zoom in?
kjf
This street is Barrow Street in the docklands area of Dublin. They've only just recently purchased the building opposite this HQ which goes by by the name of The Montevetro Bulding. Goole are set to rename it...wait for it...Google Docks.
raverbashing
Well, if they could buy the street they would probably rename it Google Drive