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New comment by dontblink in "Apple needs a Snow Sequoia"

dontblink — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:35:02 +0000

Opencore legacy patcher would be to differ.

New comment by dontblink in "US Will Ban Cancer-Linked Red Dye No. 3 in Cereal and Other Foods"

dontblink — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:43:48 +0000

Wasn't that said of Benito Mussolini?

New comment by dontblink in "AMD Unveils AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Graphics Card"

dontblink — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:21:15 +0000

Every sapphire (3) I have had has failed. I luckily got one rmaed but that starting freezing my computer after a year.

Switched to XFX Merc 319 6950xt. I hope this serves me better.

New comment by dontblink in "YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on non-Chrome browsers"

dontblink — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:09:07 +0000

Technically you are correct. In practice this is difficult to implement though. If you disagree, please provide a PoC?

New comment by dontblink in "YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on non-Chrome browsers"

dontblink — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:07:19 +0000

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the most probable and there is no wide spread conspiracy.

Youtube does experiments based on user-agents. I think this is well known and if not, a former Googler just let you know.

In any case, for those who are complaining, it's their website. Either pay or stop using it?

New comment by dontblink in "Google paid $8B to make its apps default on Samsung phones"

dontblink — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:42:33 +0000

I think it's in part that they don't want to seem to compete with Samsung so they have to define themselves as mid tier.

New comment by dontblink in "GM's Cruise alleged to rely on human operators to achieve "autonomous" driving"

dontblink — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 22:20:10 +0000

So Waymo/Google winning here in your opinion?

New comment by dontblink in "A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge"

dontblink — Fri, 05 May 2023 20:50:56 +0000

Could be one about WW2 actually!

New comment by dontblink in "Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronization"

dontblink — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:13:15 +0000

Just an FYI here: Google's community support forums aren't well named as their intended purpose is for users to answer other user's questions. For the community to support each other.

For actual support you need a paid account to reach out to.

You could argue that it's badly named and should just be called Google's community forum instead, which is what it really is.

New comment by dontblink in "Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts"

dontblink — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:15:34 +0000

Google famously underpays as it leverages it's name. Startups can't really compete on total compensation because so much is tied to equity which can be made liquid in the case of big tech. At the same time, startups don't want to give away their equity and are fairly conservative about it. I don't see this changing. The current situation will resolve itself in 1-2 yrs and we will be back again.

New comment by dontblink in "Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website"

dontblink — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:15:21 +0000

It's been forked. I'm no lawyer, but I think they could.

New comment by dontblink in "Google to reduce workforce by 12k"

dontblink — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:49:08 +0000

Is it though? He hasn't really moved the needle for Google at all other than capitalizing on growth laid out by his predecessors. Satya is far more admired for his accomplishments comparitivly.

New comment by dontblink in "Latest Tech Layoff Trends in Three Charts"

dontblink — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:07:03 +0000

No. Seems like the article is making assumptions.

New comment by dontblink in "Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet"

dontblink — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:53:53 +0000

I don't understand why the disgruntled companies don't simply band together and remove their apps from Apple until Apple complies? Apple is as reliant on their third party apps for their ecosystems as much as the inverse.

New comment by dontblink in "Meta stock price drops more than 20%"

dontblink — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:55:15 +0000

Have you ever tried virtual desktops? It was a huge benefit for me.

New comment by dontblink in "Elon Musk moves ahead with Twitter deal in 13D filing"

dontblink — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:58:46 +0000

I feel the same. Now Twitter will potentially be manipulated by him. He will have a lot more sway over public opinion.

New comment by dontblink in "How long do software engineers stay at a job? (2021)"

dontblink — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:26:08 +0000

Switching every two years is a red flag for employers and is called out during hiring in many companies.

Every 3-4 years seems to indicate a better uptick in interest / offers in my experience. Otherwise the concern from many Hiring Managers is: I'm going to invest my time and effort (~6 mos) in training, and that will be lost very quickly.

In my view a promotion is every 3-4 years as well (although it can be faster) at the FAANG companies. If someone is able to get a promo, that is the best time to start looking. It establishes that the individual is on an upwards trajectory so it makes it easier to hire them and convince others if the company is committee based on hiring decisions.

New comment by dontblink in "Sundar Pichai hopes to make Google more efficient, hints at potential cuts"

dontblink — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:43:29 +0000

Trimming the fat can be used to also be net zero in employment loss. E.g. cutting projects that are not going to make money and reinvest the effort from Engineers into extending more impactful (profitable?) products.

New comment by dontblink in "'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg sound the alarm"

dontblink — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:47:20 +0000

This doesn't work in a company of large size. There is a reason it's called 120% rule at Google.

New comment by dontblink in "FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores"

dontblink — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:10:51 +0000

Well, allies can ask friendly governments for information on their own citizens without violating and of their own privacy laws. So it can be useful as a circumvention tool for them.