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mikeevans

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http://michaelevans.org

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mikeevans··on Antigravity 2.0
Is something new here? Wasn't this launched months ago? https://antigravity.google/blog/introducing-google-antigravi...
mikeevans··on Block spent $68M on a company offsite in September 2025
I don't know what event planning costs but running an event for ~10k people that includes flights, hotels, food, event space, etc. is expensive I guess.
mikeevans··on Block spent $68M on a company offsite in September 2025
Describing it as a “party” feels misleading. It was a company-wide offsite for an essentially fully remote organization.

Was it necessary? Probably not. But I found the in-person time valuable, especially with teammates I’d never met face to face.

Source: I was there

mikeevans··on ICANN fee price hike by 11% [pdf]
There are a few companies that you might know of that use it, like https://block.xyz/ and https://abc.xyz/
mikeevans··on You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News
Firebase is owned and operated by Google (has been for a while).
mikeevans··on The business of gutting failed Bay Area tech companies
Is there a way to find out where the nearest one is?
mikeevans··on Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office
Yes, but Jack isn’t a micromanager.
mikeevans··on NYC Subwaysheds
Do people actually like the air train? I've never heard anyone say they'd prefer it over a subway that actually went to JFK. (and the increased cost/inability to use OMNY is ridiculous)
mikeevans··on Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?
Can you provide some more details about what you needed to do to set up your RX100 III? I have the same camera and would love to do the same.
mikeevans··on Twitter Blue is now available in the US and NZ
Which platform? Here's one on iOS: https://twitter.com/NoelDavila/status/1458134578544185346

Disclaimer: Not associated with the tweet above, but I was the TL for Reader :)

mikeevans··on Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio
From https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-surface-la...:

> The Surface Laptop Studio starts at $1,600 in its base configuration, which includes a Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, and integrated graphics. Pre-orders start today, with a launch next week to line up with the release of Windows 11.

Seems like pretty low specs for that price point, no?

mikeevans··on NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild
Is this true? I've never heard that before. (But makes sense)
mikeevans··on Why in the world would you own bonds?
Software Engineer, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 4 Years of Experience, $800,000 Total Compensation.
mikeevans··on Mac mini review–a testament to Apple’s stubbornness
Do you have a link to where you bought the RAM? Having trouble finding a 64GB kit.
mikeevans··on Introducing Android 9 Pie
Pez?
mikeevans··on Introducing Android 9 Pie
Interesting that the Digital Wellbeing features that were teased at IO aren't being launched today, but part of _another_ beta that you have to opt in to. (And Pixel series only?)
mikeevans··on The mathematics of Magic: the Gathering (1999)
Where are you finding constructed events for $5 in NYC? Most places I know of are at least double that.
mikeevans··on ARCore: Augmented reality at Android scale
There's a sample you can download and run on compatible hardware: https://github.com/google-ar/arcore-android-sdk/tree/master/...
mikeevans··on ARCore: Augmented reality at Android scale
>new ML system in Oreo

Do you mean Tensorflow Lite? That's not part of Oreo, so shouldn't be something people have to wait 2 years for.

mikeevans··on Text Messages Between Travis Kalanick and Anthony Levandowski
Simply unbelievable how much garbage is on that web page without an ad blocker (I put a box around the actual content that appears without having to scroll): http://i.imgur.com/0S2FIAW.png
mikeevans··on JDK 9 modules voted down by EC
I don't know for sure, (https://jcp.org/en/participation/committee shows they were in 2013) but I suspect Oracle v Google might be the reason?
mikeevans··on A Closer Look at North Korea’s Ullim Tablet
Here's a link to the talk from 33c3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAtWwadP6CY
mikeevans··on Square Said to Acquire Team from Struggling Social App Yik Yak
Sounds like the CEO isn't. From the article: "Atlanta-based Yik Yak’s Chief Executive Officer Tyler Droll will not join Square"
mikeevans··on Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)
I don't think OP is ignorant of that fact - because they work at Slack.
mikeevans··on Show HN: LuaGB – A Gameboy emulator written in pure Lua
In the Readme you mentioned that you rip the games yourself - what hardware do you use for that?
mikeevans··on The New York Times’ most famous tweet is ten years old
Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of the first Tweet: https://twitter.com/jack/status/20
mikeevans··on Developer Preview of Android O
But then I have to use their crappy keyboard, which doesn't have all the features of the Google one.
mikeevans··on Nintendo Switch Teardown
I tried it with the USB-C multiport adapter from my MacBook 12 and it didn't work.
mikeevans··on Problems with Android Studio
Couldn't disagree more. The Tools team has made huge progress - the new emulator is so much better than the old one, ConstraintLayout is a huge upgrade for using the layout editor, and there's a huge push to fix performance with the Gradle plugin.
mikeevans··on Problems with Android Studio
My main complaints are - 1) The updates for GPS versions have been quite bad recently. 2) Can't run VirtualBox and Haxm on the same machine.
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