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ricefield··on After AI beat them, professional Go players got better and more creative
OGS is the closest thing I’ve found to lichess but it’s quite good! https://online-go.com/
ricefield··on HN is up again
thank god
ricefield··on Zuckerberg spent $419M on nonprofits ahead of 2020 election–& got out Dem vote
> During the 2020 election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hundreds of millions of dollars to turn out likely Democratic voters.

> The 2020 election wasn’t stolen — it was likely bought by one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful men pouring his money through legal loopholes.

Encouraging people to vote is buying elections now? What in the world?

ricefield··on Gen Z is using Slack, TikTok, Clubhouse to break into venture capital
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts_Exchange
ricefield··on I tried the first no-kill, lab-grown chicken burger
There are plenty of people who are difficult to convince to reduce their meat consumption using vegetarian food and meat substitutes alone. Providing choices like this will make it easier to get more folks to reduce meat consumption or go vegetarian.
ricefield··on I tried the first no-kill, lab-grown chicken burger
Not necessarily. I'm sure there are plenty of people who have zero compunction about the practices of factory farms, so long as they get to enjoy their meat.
ricefield··on Roblox S-1
> We have a history of net losses and we may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.

This is boilerplate and isn't notable. [0]

[0]: https://news.crunchbase.com/news/how-to-read-an-s1/

ricefield··on Roblox S-1
I recently had a director reach out to me about joining their team to work on rebuilding an ad system from scratch, so unfortunately your fear may very well be valid.
ricefield··on [dead]
> And it alleges that he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on private plane trips, including for extended family when he was not present; traveled to Africa with his wife on a safari gifted by an NRA vendor; and spent more than $3.6 million on luxury black car services and travel consultants in the past two years.

>Head of NRA spends $3.6M on Uber Black

These are not the same thing. Not even remotely

ricefield··on After GitHub CEO backs Black Lives Matter, workers demand an end to ICE contract
I think it's probably more that people have lost trust in the political proces and are pushing on private companies as a last resort to effect change.
ricefield··on Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case for a basic income
It's not really your data though, how can you control / monetize it?
ricefield··on Zoom 5.0
> > it also doesn’t support gallery view so groups larger than 2 > https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/22/21231294/google-meet-gall....

This only applies to Google Meet, not Google Hangouts (the non-enterprise version)

ricefield··on Zoom 5.0
I use Google Meet every day and it's a pretty terrible experience. Lots of lag and audio/video distortion.

Meanwhile, Zoom works pretty seamlessly for me, always.

ricefield··on Switching from Sketch to Figma
Chrome dev what? I can't hear you over the sounds of waves crashing on the beach
ricefield··on Time to Ban Wet Markets
Those animals are dead
ricefield··on Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety
Yeah I'm really confused by the whole "my life got so much better when I got off FB" trope. I don't spend a lot of time on Facebook, but my time spent there is generally pretty positive - I really enjoy getting updates from my friends and family and seeing their photos.
ricefield··on Tesla remotely removed autopilot features from used Tesla without notice
As long as I get to drive it, the distinction isn't very material to me. But I guess I'm not the type to work a lot on my car.
ricefield··on Tesla remotely removed autopilot features from used Tesla without notice
I think I'm fine with it, as long as they continue to sell best-in-class vehicles and provide quality service. Third-party repair and open documentation are nice, but not must-haves for me.
ricefield··on Wirecutter CEO Sells Top Reviews for Kickbacks (2014)
Can the mods add a "(2014)" in the headline for this one?
ricefield··on Carbn.app – Passively manage your carbon footprint
How does Carbn passively track carbon footprint? The website is scant on details
ricefield··on Stardew Valley has sold over 10M copies
Well-deserved. Such a great game
ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
Ah my bad, I think I misread this paragraph:

> Apple sued Williams in August, alleging that he breached an intellectual property agreement and a duty of loyalty to the company by planning his new startup while on company time at Apple, spending hours on the phone with colleagues who eventually joined the venture.

ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
Wow, TIL. Does this even make sense financially for anyone?
ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
Doesn't seem hostile or unreasonable. He was a senior director that potentially stole IP and also committed a breach of contract by poaching employees.

I'd say if he _did_ do those things, that seems like something that would merit serious legal action.

ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
1) I think Apple could easily argue it was planning on leveraging it's chip design and manufacturing expertise into other areas. That's pretty reasonable. I could be seem them exploring licensing some of their IP to other manufacturers for example - ARM servers are gaining traction and Apple is a leader in the ARM space

2) Seems like the whole "rival" piece is not material to the lawsuit itself and is just a bit of editorializing on Reuters' part. The lawsuit probably centers on duty of loyalty and breach of contract

ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
His LinkedIn literally says, "Senior Director": https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-williams-iii-27895aa/

It's not like he was some kind of low-ranking IC engineer

ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
> Apple filed the lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court against Gerard Williams III, who left the company last year after more than nine years as chief architect for the custom processors that power iPhones and iPads to start Nuvia Inc, which is designing chips for servers.
ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
Nuvia makes _chips_ for servers, not the servers themselves. Given that Apple also makes chips, it seems like a pretty fair argument
ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
Life's not so bad here - welcome to come anytime
ricefield··on Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
Not sure why you're laughing, this is an actual legal term: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fiduciary-responsibi...
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