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amaks··on Google I/O
It's an example of AI coding agents successfully completing complex coding tasks.
amaks··on Meta Earning Results Q3 2022 [pdf]
Meta's real problem is Zuck.
amaks··on AWS vs. GCP reliability is wildly different
The link is broken?
amaks··on Russian ALFA Class interceptor submarine
BTW, the real "Red October" is a Typhoon class sub: http://www.hisutton.com/The%20REAL%20Red%20October%20-%20Typ...
amaks··on Clang Is Now Used to Build Chrome for Windows
"We" as Google
amaks··on What is it like to live and work in Bali as an engineer?
I think it does, check the Free-Visa Policy section.
amaks··on Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher
Powered by Bing?
amaks··on Russia Threatens to Shut Facebook Over Local Data Storage Laws
Yeah, next logical step is for Zuckerberg to learn Russian and ask Putin to name his next child.
amaks··on Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black Lives Matter, Muslims
Facebook should be blocked in US as the foreign intelligence agency's actor.
amaks··on Facebook Scraps Plan for New Share Class
We'll see about that.
amaks··on Tesla is working with AMD to develop its own A.I. chip for self-driving cars
Interesting parallel with Intel working with Waymo.
amaks··on Google Has Spent Over $1.1B on Self-Driving Tech
And $120 million of that amount got paid to Anthony Levandovski?
amaks··on iPhone X
Not entirely true. Your email is your password. If you own email and access to it, you can reset and request new password.
amaks··on Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch
Cleaning cookies, using browser extension like uBlock Origin, and not using facebook login via other web sites such as Yelp will help with reducing tracking.
amaks··on Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
"Mr. Damore, who worked on infrastructure for Google’s search product, said he believed that the company’s actions were illegal and that he would “likely be pursuing legal action.”

“I have a legal right to express my concerns about the terms and conditions of my working environment and to bring up potentially illegal behavior, which is what my document does,” Mr. Damore said."

The guy apparently has decided to cleverly game the system and get $$$ settlement from Google.

amaks··on Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
Somebody in Lyft must be opening a champaigne right now.
amaks··on Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of social norms
How about email?
amaks··on Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of social norms
"Google (who is even worse in that aspect)"

Proof?

amaks··on The Holder Report on Uber
You can click on the "original PDF" link that opens:

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3863782/The-Holde...

It looks much better on Linux.

amaks··on Uber Posts $708M Loss as Finance Head Leaves
What values?
amaks··on Android now supports Kotlin
Steve Yegge had this to post about Kotlin:

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2017/05/why-kotlin-is-better...

amaks··on Google I/O 2017
I think Amazon and Microsoft are closer.
amaks··on Uber board director and CTO under pressure in sexual harassment investigation
Lead by example.
amaks··on Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules
Food delivery business?
amaks··on Windows 10 on ARM
It's actually only x86 emulation. x64 is not supported according to the video.
amaks··on Windows 10 S won't let you change the default browser or switch to Google search
Welcome to the good ole Microsoft.
amaks··on Cello – A library that brings higher level programming to C
There are several reasons why people use C, one of them is that the language makes it very explicit what generated code is going to look like. That's one of the reasons why Windows kernel is written in C (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff..., https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http://dow...). Libraries like this obfuscate source code.
amaks··on Uber's head of communications is leaving the company
I'd guess there is too much shit storm at Uber for their PR head to handle.
amaks··on Uber's head of communications is leaving the company
What about Lyft, Didi Chuxing, etc. etc.?
amaks··on Apple admits the Mac Pro was a mess
Not surprising given the reputation of Daring Fireball to be an Apple fan boy.
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