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The split of opinion on this in tech circles is quite surprising.

No agency would voluntarily modernize systems, which would inevitably reduce head count and put half of them out of jobs. This has been a on-going fight for 30 years. Every politician who previously tried to modernize agencies failed due to intense internal resistance.

Everyone in tech clearly fell on the modernization side. This is what many of us wanted since the 90s. Finally happening. In real time. Headed by one of the greatest tech disrupters since probably Edison. Now they act like the sky is falling?

I can’t find any steel-man argument against DOGE. No modernization plan proposed the traditional way through committees, consultants, contractors, has worked or will EVER work. You have to rip off the bandaid the hard way.

Only explanation I have for those opposing this is some combination of personality derangement spread by nefarious interests, financial incentive, or some crazy model of the world that glorifies bureaucratic power as some fundamental right enshrined in constitution.

Imagine being on the side of the Empire and trying to stop the rebels as they infiltrate the Death Star.

I violently recoil at comments like this.

Elon is so effective as a leader he seems to break people’s brains. No other person could have started this company and had even half this success. There’s a reason all the most talented flock to his companies, despite “conventional wisdom” saying they shouldn’t. It takes a lot of self deception to ignore the reality that he obviously must be doing something right.

Reasonable take not allowed. Must be for or against so I know what ideological bucket to place you in based on current tribal alliances that may or may not change.

Using AI for market price discovery actually sounds like a valuable use case.

My experience with Prisma, which has a very similar DSL for defining schemas, has changed my mind on this. Makes me much more productive when maintaining large schemas. I can make a one line change in the schema file and instantly have types, models, and up/down migrations generated and applied, and can be guaranteed correct. No issues with schema drift between different environments or type differences in my code vs db.

Prisma is popular enough it also has LSP and syntax highlighting widely available. For simple DSL this is actually very easy build. Excited to have something similar in Rust ecosystem.

The entire plan hinges on low cost high volume. That means reducing parts and complexity. Stainless steel body so no paint shop or variations to worry about, or paint maintenance, etc. removing steering wheel, removing glass roof, removing doors, and more.

For high density you have the robovan.

They literally showed a clip of a robot cleaning the car in the announcement. Also perfect task for Optimus.

Just in California, right? What’s the prevent a studio elsewhere from doing this? Online distribution makes the legal borders meaningless here. So people in California will just need a VPN to watch future action movies?

The potential implications of this are huge. Not just open sourcing, but imagine easily decompiling and modifying proprietary apps to fix bugs or add features. This could be a huge unlock, especially for long dead programs.

For legal reasons I bet this will become blocked behavior in major models.

Correct. Surprised more people aren’t aware of this. Twitter literally can’t launch it payments service while still having SF as HQ.

Good for tessellation only if chips are also hexagons. Arguably chips themselves could be hexagons for better pin density and potentially thermal properties. Surprised nobody has tried this before.

Reputation damage through faux media is the cheapest form of information warfare. Many industries, and now days many world governments, have a deeply vested interest in Elon failing.

For years I've had `gc` in my terminal mapped to `TZ=UTC0 git commit` for exactly this reason. No need to change system times or git settings. (though perhaps a better way in global config?)

It's not even for nefarious reasons. I travel a lot, and don't like leaking my travel itinerary on public repos.

I recall reading they were profitable on a quarterly basis at end of 2023.

What light switches did you use, if any?

I also want to use Shelly dimmers, but I haven’t found simple stateless light switches. I want automation and app control in many cases, but also want simple tactile button for on/off or hold for brightness control. Amazingly hard to find.

In the short-term the ASICs won't come from startups. Think companies that already have custom silicon + deep pockets + a need to squeeze every watt at scale.

Eg, Google (TPU), Apple (NPU), Amazon, Telsa (Dojo), Microsoft/OpenAI, etc.

Nvidia should enjoy this period while it lasts. I fail to see any future where custom ASICs don't each their lunch.

There's so much opportunity for custom silicon to massively improve compute-per-watt -- for both for training and inference. Nvidia got lucky with their high-memory GPUs being early to this space, but the usefulness of that architecture has already peaked.

> Added WebRTC support for hardware AV1 decoding on supported device configurations.

Currently no Apple device has hardware AV1 decoding, so why support it in Safari iOS Beta? Perhaps next CPUs (A17 and M3) will have dedicated AV1-decoding hardware? Either way I think this is a hint it may be supported soon.

Great news!

Probably in minority here; I currently work remote, but miss going to the office. Will consider non-remote roles in the future.

FWIW, I went from gmail -> protonmail -> fastmail, and have been very happy with fastmail.

protonmail is great as a secure disposable email, but as a go-to daily email service I found it too difficult to manage. Hard to use other email clients due to requiring this bridge, and their mobile apps and web guis are just not up-to-par with other offerings. Being able to use any frontend on mobile (and not deal with complicated proxy setups) was my biggest issue.

Using a custom domain has made the switches easier, as I don't have to tell anyone to update their contacts or worry about forwarding. Just exporting/importing, change some MX records, and I can switch providers any time.

Center booster was expended in this launch

I think ARM is upset their NVidia buy-out was cancelled. This essentially forces someone else to purchase the company, as the total license fees for a company like Google/Apple could outstrip the straight acquisition cost. It's the only plausible explanation I have, as this is basically a giant foot-gun set on destroying the ARM ecosystem right as it's becoming ubiquitous.

Either that or the MBA's have taken over, the engineers have left the building, and there's no innovation left in their product roadmap. If there's no future in their IP then ARM is just a glorified patent troll; in which case I'll gladly watch them burn down as RISC-V takes over.

This resonates, as I've had bad experiences with being "too into" things when I was younger. Eg, being called a "fanboy" in a derogatory way, just because I'm really passionate about a specific hobby, product, or technology. In my youth this was quite hurtful, and sometimes discouraged me from talking about my hobbies.

There are entire subreddits dedicated to hating on specific things or people. As if they define themselves not by what they love, but by what they hate, and derive some sick satisfaction from mocking others.

As I've gotten older, I realized these people are probably dead inside. So now I almost pity them. I can't imagine being so spiteful that I must shame another's passions.

LPT: Always pursue your passions without shame, and encourage others to do the same.

I've had this exact experience with third-party brokers so many times. I now use third-party sites just for searching and price comparisons, but always book direct with hotel / airline. Usually they give miles / points / benefits you wouldn't get otherwise.

The entire article reads like something straight from The Onion.

Being able to do real remote work, including real time video calls, while on a plane is actually game changing. I'm sure this will eventually become standard on most airlines, especially for Business Class.

Recycling is already a key focus, as batteries are very mineral rich, and at scale much cheaper to refine locally than to mine & import with long supply chains.

For those that doubt it's possible to collect spent batteries; recycling rates for lead acid car batteries is already 99%. They virtually never end up in landfills.

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It's amazing to me how short-sighted many views on Apple Car are. Service is key. Apple won't be following the model of the existing car makers. They WILL NOT sell cars direct to consumer. That's the key insight. They will not have showrooms, sales teams, or public service centers. You won't buy their cars directly at all.

Instead, they are going for the end goal: Fully autonomous electric vehicles on-demand. This is the holy grail Tesla and others are going for. I don't know why this isn't obvious to everyone. Most of us are still stuck in the old paradigm. Apple is thinking bigger.

The Apple Car will not have a steering wheel. Complete Level 5 autonomy is not some add-on feature, it is the key enabler that allows the entire product the exist. You don't need public service centers, because Apple will manage their own fleet, manage their own charging infrastructure, etc.

The user experience is simple. You tell Siri I want to go to X by X time. The car arrives, it drops you off. That's the end. No bullshit. Fewer features. Less hassle. And in the end, less cost for the end user. The perfect UX. That's the Apple vision.

Note, this is also Tesla's vision. But the other automakers don't see this yet, and as a result will likely be bankrupt within 10-15 years.

It's amazing to me how short-sighted many views on Apple Car are. Service is key.

Apple won't be following the model of the existing car makers. They WILL NOT sell cars direct to consumer. That's the key insight. They will not have showrooms, sales teams, or public service centers. You won't buy their cars directly at all.

Instead, they are going for the end goal: Fully autonomous electric vehicles on-demand. This is the holy grail Tesla and others are going for. I don't know why this isn't obvious to everyone. Most of us are still stuck in the old paradigm. Apple is thinking bigger.

The Apple Car will not have a steering wheel. Complete Level 5 autonomy is not some add-on feature, it is the key enabler that allows the entire product the exist. You don't need public service centers, because Apple will manage their own fleet, manage their own charging infrastructure, etc.

The user experience is simple. You tell Siri I want to go to X by X time. The car arrives, it drops you off. That's the end. No bullshit. Fewer features. Less hassle. And in the end, less cost for the end user. The perfect UX. That's the Apple vision.

Note, this is also Tesla's vision. But the other makers don't see this yet, and as a result will likely be bankrupt within 10-15 years.