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mcoliver

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About mcoliver

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #48750310

    https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/aesCodin...

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    Comment #48640995

    Gemini / antigravity didn't use to be this hamstrung. Something recently changed within the past couple months that makes doing security work very difficult to do. Even auditing/se…

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    Comment #48612510

    Speaking from experience, neither apple nor Google will enforce dmca takedown requests unless they come from the courts. Even when provided clear and direct evidence. Their positio…

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    Comment #48612087

    A similar thing is happening to me. I worked on something for 3 years which I give away for free to help people and a thief took my software, ran it through ai to rebrand everythin…

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    Comment #48318327

    Bingo. The bigger story is that the float is not there so the companies are "public" in that they sell a small number of shares at IPO to get crazy market caps that then force the …

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    Comment #48318282

    Homes last for 50+ years and are fixed objects that establish the visual look of our communities and outdoor space. They aren't disposable products. The way you get economies of sc…

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    Comment #48243561

    Glad to see financial institutions use voice authentication. Absolutely nothing could go wrong with that.

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    Comment #48240703

    Not a doctor, but reading this https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/22/sport/kyle-busch-death “I’ve got an individual that’s (experiencing) shortness of breath, very hot, thinks he’s going …

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    Comment #48231870

    Currently reading Command and Control after visiting the Titan missle silo I'm Tucson Az. If you're into Nuclear history check it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_Con…

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    Comment #48230254

    I'm a perfect world, artists would rent a facility and sell/resell their own tickets (or partner with a ticket processor that offers price caps on resales) thereby controlling the …

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    Comment #48214976

    Vs code extensions have been terrifying for a long time. Such a wild and obvious attack vector. I'm constantly getting pop ups in vscode to install an extension because it recogniz…

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    Comment #48130576

    Yeah I've considered that as well. Was loving having everything in the same ecosystem and have been pleased with the Gemini 3.1 models. I still think this is a blip and Google will…

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    Comment #48130561

    It's really baffling. Zero transition plan. I could see them offering something to businesses and not consumers. But the other way around has me scratching my head. I figured out h…

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    Comment #48125735

    Meanwhile Google acquired windsurf, released antigravity, and recently handicapped it for Google business workspace users by removing the AI Ultra plan for workspace. So the only r…

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    Comment #48038070

    -------- Google Workspace logo Dear administrator, We are simplifying our Google Workspace AI add-ons to focus AI tool access on our core services. As part of this shift, we are re…

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    Comment #48038066

    Received this email yesterday. The initial read of the email made me think I was losing antigravity and gemini cli with no alternatives, until you read all the way to the bottom of…

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    Comment #48018114

    Yeah what was said below. Lack of experience. A lot of people just don't know to ask about it or think through data flows. Running your code base through an llm asking it to act as…

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    Comment #48014362

    I've seen this at so many startups (and worked to patch the gaps and put in best practices) including those backed by top tier VCs. The problem is that it is rare for startups to h…

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    Comment #47980492

    Virtual credit cards have been a thing for years. I remember bank of america or Citi providing them to me 15+ years ago. If I recall it was a java app or maybe even a standalone ex…

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    Comment #47926346

    This is bigger than github: https://downdetector.com

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    Comment #47926272

    Ebay is having issues right now. Appears to be at the edge. I'm guessing the root cause is also what is affecting github right now. What other sites are experiencing issues? An err…

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