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andygeorge··on Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update
did an ai write this
andygeorge··on Feds Have No Idea How Many Times Cruise Driverless Cars Hit Pedestrians
unsure if you've been around VCs but they certainly are involved in non-commercial money-losing ventures
andygeorge··on Feds Have No Idea How Many Times Cruise Driverless Cars Hit Pedestrians
Feels like the feds have some idea

https://www.nhtsa.gov/book/countermeasures/countermeasures-w...

andygeorge··on Nicotine (2016)
street price of coffee is a little lower than other drugs
andygeorge··on Nicotine (2016)
addiction is wild
andygeorge··on Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job
Agreed. I'm "only" 20 years into my career and, while it has ebbed and flowed, it's also something I love and am thankful I get to do for a living.
andygeorge··on Waze will now warn drivers about crash dangers using historical data
> Google kept Waze independent and as a separate brand to preserve the spirit of innovation of the team behind it and because there was really no reason to kill it, but there was also no reason to promote it.

but sounds like its days are numbered https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/go92isunj

andygeorge··on New models and developer products
did an AI write this
andygeorge··on Splunk to cut workforce by 7% after cisco deal
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/876/233/4c9...
andygeorge··on The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be signed
Agreed.

That said - and maybe I'm missing something - but why did did ImageMagick wait til the _day of expiration_ to make this post?!

andygeorge··on The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be signed
I mean, you certainly _could_ - most users don't try to regularly reinstall the same binary they downloaded.
andygeorge··on Waterbed Theory (2014)
prime takeaway here is to never use financing when purchasing a waterbed
andygeorge··on 'Delete Act' seeks to give Californians more power to block data tracking
> it's too hard for the average consumer

oh yeah, hard agree with this

andygeorge··on 'Delete Act' seeks to give Californians more power to block data tracking
> GDPR doesn't work as described

could you expand upon or clarify that? i work in systems infrastructure and have been a part of implementing GDPR-driven changes in both apps and infrastructure, so it certainly seems to be working in my line of work

andygeorge··on Google DeepMind
agree on it being a good play by MS. will interesting to see if they do spin it out to their other realms
andygeorge··on Google DeepMind
ehhhhhhh sure but for how long? these statements stick out to me:

- "I’m sure you will have lots of questions about what this new unit will look like" aka we're not going to talk about specifics in public comms

- "Jeff Dean will take on the elevated role ... reporting to me. ... Working alongside Demis, Jeff will help set the future direction of our AI research" aka Demis isn't the only Big Dog in the room anymore

andygeorge··on Google DeepMind
curious if/when MS will get desirable returns on the significant investment needed to run/train copilot
andygeorge··on Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant – customer data not compromised
ah yes, notoriously-anonymous physical mail
andygeorge··on Only one pair of distinct positive integers satisfy the equation m^n = n^m
other way around - op updated title after submitting to hn
andygeorge··on Only one pair of distinct positive integers satisfy the equation m^n = n^m
this appears to be a(n incorrect!) gpt comment
andygeorge··on Astral
Vault namespacing also requires an enterprise license, so yeah if you're doing anything useful with Vault at scale, you're paying for it.
andygeorge··on The electron is so round that it’s ruling out potential new particles
*D-infinity
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