nightshadetrie | 1 year ago | on: Google Chrome's uBlock Origin phaseout has begun
Firefox is looking more appealing now.
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nightshadetrie | 1 year ago | on: A subtle change to the iPhone’s contact-sharing permissions
This is good given people sometimes glaze over and just opt-in.
Contact sharing is dangerous since you can easily reconstruct any individuals social graph (esp big tech), and are unintentionally giving access of your contacts to others.
nightshadetrie | 1 year ago | on: Apple poised to get OpenAI board observer role as part of AI pact
nightshadetrie | 1 year ago | on: Firebase App Hosting
So Vercel but for Firebase
nightshadetrie | 1 year ago | on: Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team
He'll most likely re-hire the core engineers (maybe 1 per team) at higher salaries to maintain context. That's what he did at X
nightshadetrie | 1 year ago | on: Elon Musk fires Tesla's entire supercharger team
I wonder if someone on their team angered Elon, or if it’s just related to a new strategy.
Elon will properly rehire those he needs from the team via extra compensation as needed.
nightshadetrie | 1 year ago | on: Tesla recalls all cybertrucks for faulty accelerator pedals
I can imagine someone being in a rush and forgetting to put on Car Wash mode. 100k down is a rough way to go.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU
I feel Apple is on panic mode trying to find a way to avoid opening up.
They will most likely lose.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Amazon exec: it's time to 'disagree and commit' to office return despite no data
“I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better”
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
Glad Bret Taylor was added to the board.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Former GitHub CEO Friedman and Scale AI CEO Wang Declined OpenAI CEO Role
Taking the role would be like backstabbing YC. It would feel wrong.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Cruise suspends employee stock program, corp bonuses moved up
Wish employers would be honest. It’s obvious they’re planning to do layoffs.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Google Drops Software Support for Pixel 4a Just 3 Years After Its Release
iOS in comparison gets both security and OS updates for 5
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF
Waymo has been, for the longest, the king in the AV industry. These are the vehicles I would trust my family to drive in.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: US smartphone shipments fall sharply, but Android more than iPhone
The difference is that the iPhone is the bread and butter to Apple, where as Google's Android is treated as secondary.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: US smartphone shipments fall sharply, but Android more than iPhone
This is the exception, rather than the norm. Most users outside hacker news just want a phone that works.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Google is already pushing WEI into Chromium
bruh
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself
Also useful in caching mechanisms.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself
All the best people I know left.
nightshadetrie | 2 years ago | on: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself
Twitter does not use google cloud as the main backend service. All of its self hosted.
Gcloud only supports batch jobs and data analysis.
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