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platinum1 | 4 years ago | on: Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it

The "control of the device" hasn't been handed over to anyone. If you log into another account, or go into guest mode, GoGuardian will not be present. In fact, you couldn't find out if GoGuardian was installed on another account you aren't logged into, because every account has all user data encrypted. The school won't be able to see anything about non cps.edu accounts - they don't know if they exist, what the email addresses were, etc.

There is no concept of installing or running programs outside of a login on ChromeOS. There is also only one form of device ownership, and that is device enrollment (which is not what is being described by OP), and the set of policies that are applied to enrolled device. Logging into an account cannot apply device policies.

cps.edu is who's enforcing that while you use a cps.edu account, you have to use their software (only while logged into that account or browser). BYOD devices are still yours and you can remove the account with a press of a button.

platinum1 | 4 years ago | on: Chrome abandons 'simplified domain experiment' in omnibar

The verbiage of this article: "Google’s experiment ... has failed" - seems to be written by someone who doesn't know what an experiment is for. It did exactly what it was meant to - provide the data needed to make the right decision. Kudos to those involved for following the data.

The experiment didn't fail, it concluded.

platinum1 | 6 years ago | on: The math of media bosses who told Deadspin to ‘stick to sports’ doesn’t add up

> Am I a freedom fighter if I tell my boss that I'm not going to code that thing they want to get out the door next week, I have a pet project that I really like, and then me and all my other co-workers go on strike when I can't do that?

Yes, if you thought that thing you were going to code was antithetical to freedom. Just because you do or don't do something at work doesn't mean it's exempt from ethical scrutiny by either employees or society at large.

Something similar at Google for instance: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/27/google-...

and again regarding a military contract: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-alphabet-defense/google-t...

platinum1 | 8 years ago | on: 2017 California Autonomous Vehicle Disengagement Reports Are Out

No real surprises here, but the notable front runners are Waymo, with 352544.2 miles and 63 disengagements (5595.9 disengagements/mile) and GM Cruise with 131675.94 miles and 105 disengagements (1254.1 disengagements/mile).

A distant third is Nissan with 5007 miles and 24 disengagements, for 208.6 disengagements/mile.

All others have less than 5000 miles driven and less than 200 miles/disengagement

platinum1 | 9 years ago | on: Is Private Browsing Really Private?

> Your entire search history is fingerprinted, associated, shared, and sold.

I've often been curious about this. I've heard this sentiment many times, but I've never heard of where/how anyone could actually buy a search history. Surely there must be some accounts of how the other side of the equation works.

Also, how much does it cost? All the facebook/google help pages I've seen focus on ads, where no personal information is shared.

platinum1 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you discuss in your one on ones?

It's different for each of my reports, and it's different when I have my 1:1 with my manager as well.

My manager and I usually talk about high level strategy - he does more talking, letting me know about direction decisions that have been made or things I have to plan for.

One of my reports likes to go into a technical deep dive and get advice on whatever he happens to be working on. These usually run a bit long (a couple hours) so I have them scheduled such that it isn't a problem.

Another coworker just gives status updates, lets me know general status, points out any new issues or changes in existing challenges that I may not be aware of. I keep on top of what's going on so they're pretty short.

Another report likes to chat about the industry, what's going on, random stuff from within the company. This 1:1 is more like a little break for both of us. Sometimes we just skip if either of us is busy or there's nothing to talk about.

No two are the same, but I always try to cover two minimum things: 1) Pass down any new information that is relevant to what they're doing, and 2) Ask if there's anything they're blocked on that I can help with.

platinum1 | 9 years ago | on: New MacBook Pros Fail to Earn Consumer Reports Recommendation

"we experimented by conducting the same battery tests using a Chrome browser, rather than Safari. For this exercise, we ran two trials on each of the laptops, and found battery life to be consistently high on all six runs"

Specifically it looks like it might be a Safari problem.

platinum1 | 10 years ago | on: I Have Read Prop F

It's right there in the proposed sec.41A.5(f)

If no violation has occurred and the complaint was dismissed, the "Interested Party" may sue, and if prevailing "shall be entitled to an award of actual damages, attorneys fees and costs and special damages of not less than $250 and not more than $1,000 per violation per day."

What part isn't true?

platinum1 | 10 years ago | on: Keep Out – A WebGL Game

Oh wow - thanks so much for this!! I just got a huge nostalgia hit back to the days of The Shadow of Yserbius/Fates of Twinion, which were some of the earliest games I played. I think both your game engine and art style have somehow captured the core of this type of game, even being realtime, and without the multiplayer or RPG elements.

I'm a big fan of web first development and I'll be sure to use this as an example of what's possible.

platinum1 | 10 years ago | on: “Stop reverse engineering our code”

You can be authentic and speak your mind without being arrogant, insulting, and condescending.

In terms of tone, I wouldn't hold this up as a good example - it distracts from any legitimate argument the writer may or may not have.

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