driverdan

Joined 17 years ago

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Tech leadership, startups. Former blackhat / ID thief.

Former: Director of Engineering at CoreStory; Director of Engineering at Ownlocal (YC W10); Founder, Spokefly; Freelancer

Next: Unknown. Contact me with leadership or consulting opportunities.

  Email: dan at driverdan dot com
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Comment · 1 day ago
The only reason this can happen is because of bailouts. When companies know they can be bailed out they will take far larger risks than they should. Instead governments should put policies and laws in place that prevent these types of problems from happening.
Comment · 1 day ago
Of course. Governments shouldn't be bailing out corporations ever.
Comment · 1 day ago
Never use someone else's wallet to hold your money.
Comment · 2 days ago
Comment · 2 days ago
Anyone angry about DC water use should be much more angry about golf courses. They use far more water and often overuse pesticides that can run off and leach into ground water.
Comment · 2 days ago
I tried fetching https://killai.now/archive using Claude chat to see how it would handle it but you've blocked them. If you want to poison you probably shouldn't block.
Comment · 2 days ago
A while ago I tested questions about Tienanmen Square and Tank Man with various open Chinese LLMs and one or two closed ones, I think GLM 5.2. None of them refused to answer or blocked the keywords. They gave responses politically aligned with China. Abliterated models gave proper responses.
Comment · 2 days ago
I've had it in my profile for a while. Since they removed it I guess I have to try these bioweapon prompt injection strings to see if that will work.
Comment · 3 days ago
> Enthusiasts generally don't see a "return on investment" on their luxury cars

I hate to break it to you but the same thing has happened with cars. Many in-demand performance cars like the GT3 RS have been appreciating.

Comment · 3 days ago
That's gasoline. Diesel doesn't explode.
Comment · 3 days ago
Comment · 4 days ago
A mini would add one extra part (the mini) and two extra cables (power + thunderbolt). The mini can be attached to the back of the monitor eliminating the extra part. How is that harder?
Comment · 4 days ago
How is an all-in-one better than a mini attached to the back of a monitor, or better yet locked in a cabinet for security?
Comment · 4 days ago
I don't understand why someone would buy this. It's $1700 for the same computer as a $900 Mac mini. The antiquated 24" monitor, keyboard, and mouse are not worth the extra $800. You can buy a very nice 32" monitor and better input devices for less than that.
Comment · 4 days ago
Is there any new information here? They've been working on this for years and their last news post was almost a year ago. Is there progress? Is it viable yet?

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