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gregglain··on What we know so far about Spain train crash
Jenga effectively. 3 others and Bob spent time destabilizing but Bob over here pulled the block before it collapsed. It's his fault.
gregglain··on DoorDash to acquire Instacart
And luxuries have a cost. I won't pay it until I'll have to choose to.
gregglain··on Intel stock plunges after posting disappointing Q4 outlook
-23.01% at AH close.
gregglain··on Google value plunges by $500B as AI fears rattle Wall Street
Did people think it would just keep going up?
gregglain··on Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site
The ask was about malware. So the computer is the hostage... so probably ??
gregglain··on Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce
This and yes also excessive refactor (I'm guilty).

One case I recall was an SRE that was quite intelligent asking smart questions and management took it as insubordination. The thing is he was fighting against shipping crap that later would ruin oncall.

Another time a coworker solved a big problem, saving time. But because management was not too involved, she got a pip.

One would assume making the system more reliable would get rewarded, in some contexts this is true. Others, it has to be blessed otherwise it can cut against.

gregglain··on New iMac with M6
I work with 30hz and cannot tell the difference. Mind it's mostly iTerm work.
gregglain··on LiberNT - A free NT operating system
Windows NT in 1994 holds a special place in my heart. Such pure computing. Makes me happy to see this project and hope it does great.
gregglain··on Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce
I actually have seen good coworkers get chopped down because they cared more about the system than others egos. It saddens me when management supports egos more than the product. It shows up years later to the customers.
gregglain··on New iPad mini
Airpod cases are horrible. Best wrapped a rubbery non-slip case
gregglain··on Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11
I loathe mobile first design, seems to me it's "mobile matters, on other devices just deal with it.".

The Wells Fargo website screams this for me - it used to be dense and packed with info, now it's got large elements and wasted space.

gregglain··on Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads
"might"
gregglain··on Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site
ah. No idea.
gregglain··on Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site
The book "Never split the difference" is a great read on hostage negotiations.
gregglain··on Whoops: Grok Bot Spills Tech CEO's Bank Data in Public Slack
The failure IMO is trusting anything that has not proven itself first with a year or three of experience.

US privacy laws - has anyone gone to jail or massive impacting fines for violations?

gregglain··on Facebook Pages require paid subscription to post more than two links per month
I joked to wife about paying for Facebook in 2011.

Monopolies suck.

gregglain··on Sergey Brin says Google's AI models are reaching recursive self-improvement
Performance review 2025: yes

Refresher: a few lambos annual raise, small town as a bonus, larger town in RSUs

gregglain··on My static site was serving my internal docs
you mentioned the second use case.

My comment was regarding separation of concerns.

Copy out the hosted content to /var/www or somewhere else outside of git, separated from the repo.

gregglain··on The 8-mile hole in a Hawaii national park that no one can explain
there we go - thank you.
gregglain··on New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing
I got their blood pressure cuff for a couple years ago. I declined the setup and BT sync, partly from privacy, partly from apathy of "when will it break".

The cuff works well, I enter the numbers manually, no failures so far.

gregglain··on The 8-mile hole in a Hawaii national park that no one can explain
Oh they know I am certain. For these sites it's a game of reload and go into airplane mode before too much crap loads.
gregglain··on Amazon pushes up prices across the Internet
i'm the 10th person, we don't stay for returns. However, I am doing a lot more shopping on different websites nowadays as I see Amazon is the most expensive option.
gregglain··on Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe
And it pays well too.
gregglain··on Doory – Open-Source Canva
It's open source.
gregglain··on Data Center Darling's $30B IPO Dream Crushed in 48 Hours
Just don't pay at all
gregglain··on My static site was serving my internal docs
What about have the output directory outside the repo?
gregglain··on Iranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPT
We know the solution to the decline of journalistic integrity but it's hostile to profits.
gregglain··on Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
Especially those "one package wonder" ISO vendors, $20 is steep.
gregglain··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
The developers do care, but we are judged on other metrics, and sometimes working crap code meets the need. Caring takes time we sometime don't want to give up from family or life. So crap we ship.
gregglain··on Why were Victorian elites so effective?
s/elite/owners/g
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