Hacker News: njloof

New comment by njloof in "Microsoft consumes Activision; and a plea"

njloof — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:59:05 +0000

France and Germany recognize the creators’ moral rights to the work; maybe the relevant law there would be a good starting point

New comment by njloof in "At Apple, Rare Dissent over a New Product: Interactive Goggles"

njloof — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 20:58:01 +0000

Google Glass specifically prohibited using the camera for facial recognition —- but let you silently take pictures and video and post them to Google+.

They literally blocked a useful feature (recognizing people you have already met) and promoted a feature nobody wanted (posting pictures of people without consent).

New comment by njloof in "At Apple, Rare Dissent over a New Product: Interactive Goggles"

njloof — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 20:55:14 +0000

Let’s be clear: the Internet was available in phones of that era, but they were not well integrated into the experience. I recall having a Blackberry that required two minutes to “log in” to the Internet when you wanted to actually use it.

New comment by njloof in "ImageGlass added malware with this commit"

njloof — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:25:54 +0000

Maybe it’s time we re-examine the value prop for open source authors

New comment by njloof in "Egghead.com Redirects to Amazon.com"

njloof — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:48:03 +0000

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2585090/amazon-buys-eg...

New comment by njloof in "Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019)"

njloof — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 16:04:57 +0000

(2018)

New comment by njloof in "In Defense of Richard Stallman"

njloof — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:56:16 +0000

This thread should be required reading anytime someone asks why there aren’t more women in computing science.

New comment by njloof in "Traffic apps turned L.A.’s neighborhoods into ”shortcuts”"

njloof — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 12:10:32 +0000

Why do we have a shady neighbourhood in the first place? Does no one care about a place unless they drive through it?

New comment by njloof in "Traffic apps turned L.A.’s neighborhoods into ”shortcuts”"

njloof — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 12:09:41 +0000

Sounds like the tragedy of the commons.

New comment by njloof in "Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet"

njloof — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:05:04 +0000

Sure wish I could delete the stuff I said on Usenet back in the day.

New comment by njloof in "I Pay for News; Why Do I Still See Intrusive Ads? (2017)"

njloof — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 19:04:09 +0000

(2017)

New comment by njloof in "[dead]"

njloof — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:24:51 +0000

And posted about it on his own subreddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/jonluca/comments/9mvg4s/bruteforcin...

New comment by njloof in "Don't Steal Money from Day Traders Before They Lose It"

njloof — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:05:39 +0000

One trick insiders use is when they know a stock will go down, they invest in competitors within the sector. They don’t have the same reporting requirements for those shares and are much less likely to get caught.

New comment by njloof in "Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System"

njloof — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 22:46:40 +0000

They didn’t say it was a good software culture.

New comment by njloof in "Apple releases software fix for MacBook Pro slowdown"

njloof — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:20:44 +0000

Has he tried setting it on his bare legs during the test?

New comment by njloof in "MIT severs ties to company promoting fatal brain uploading"

njloof — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:13:30 +0000

I for one am in favor of death without backups. I’ve met enough of you people; on the whole, you’ve all got to go.

New comment by njloof in "21 Years of Income as a Software Engineer in San Francisco"

njloof — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 23:36:16 +0000

Come try Montréal, the housing is fine!

New comment by njloof in "Is Your English Accent British or American?"

njloof — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 13:11:09 +0000

My New England accent got me 50/50. I guess that makes sense?

New comment by njloof in "Blockchain could fix a key problem in China’s food industry"

njloof — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:19:08 +0000

Celebrities > blockchains?

New comment by njloof in "[dead]"

njloof — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:00:30 +0000

It's damage if it drives good engineers out of the company. By firing him the company is attempting to reduce the damage by indicating that this memo does not represent Google nor is it even under discussion.