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mikeryan

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About mikeryan

I run a small interactive agency called A Different Engine we build apps across multiple devices.

I've been heavily focused in interactive TV for over 10 years starting out for a cable network (TechTV) and moving over to the dark side (Comcast) for a number of years before leaping out on my own.

I love running my own services business but keep tossing around whether to move to a more product focused startup.

You can reach me at mike at a different engine (one word) dot com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49140354

    lol. Wish I could have grabbed a pic for this but on mobile the actual Material Icon in the top left is pretty much unreadable.

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    Comment #48938251

    I think the pullback from the initial IPO bump was expected. I think the news here is expectations that it has a lot more downside to come. Particularly once it gets past the locku…

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    Comment #48789208

    In all my CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md files I have a line to fix pre-existing issues. I don’t know what it is but every agent I’ve tried through Claude code (including deepseek and GLM…

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    Comment #48789169

    That and finishing a statement with an em dash — that’s what AI does.

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    Comment #48769588

    When I bought a Rivian I missed CarPlay. There were a few things that really stood out. 1. Proper Voice Texting 2. Google maps for routing with (good) traffic data. The Voice Texti…

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    Comment #48718921

    I’ve been using herdr for about a week. There is visibility into which terminals need attention and you can set up workspaces to organize it. I’ve enjoyed it so far though the key …

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    Comment #48592031

    he didn’t solve content moderation. Considering what character.ai is, maybe he should have at least taken a shot at it.

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    Comment #48591947

    MICHAEL RYAN HUNGERFORD MASSACRE PERPETRATOR 204 STRENGTH · TOP 35% For fucks sake.

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    Comment #48572922

    I started my web dev career in 1999 so my main code references were a combination of O’reilly and “for dummies” books. As a wet behind the ears engineer I’d find myself regularly w…

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    Comment #48558131

    It’s all in a stock that may very well be near its zenith when this closes (or maybe not. This is so far past fundamentals it’s impossible to tell). They’re spending Monopoly money…

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    Comment #48451027

    Google also just announced a new equity raise of $80B. I have no idea if doing this via equity vs debt is trying to suck some of the wind out of the IPO Market for Anthropic and Op…

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    Comment #47781935

    It’s also now ridiculously easy to simply cherry pick from open source without actually “using” it. “I need to do foo in my app. Libraries bar and baz do these bits well. Pick the …

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    Comment #47718291

    I agree this article doesn’t add to the conversation except as additional color that belongs in a larger story. I think it’s about as strong as trying to absolve Sam by saying “he’…

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    Comment #47712883

    Well there's the whole issue that Open AI wasn't a "business" when it started, it was in fact a non-profit focused on safe AGI for humanity. That said the whole "He's a CEO thing" …

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    Comment #47586191

    JavaScript Temporal. Not sure knowing what a "workday" is in each timezone is in it's scope but it's the much needed and improved JS, date API (granted with limited support to date…

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    Comment #47529024

    No. Just no, this is backwards. Bands, especially bands early in their career made money from touring. Merch was always a huge driver. Bands got “loans” to record albums with that …

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    Comment #47210804

    That’s not how the term is being used here. In this case “red lines” as a term is being used as “lines than can not be crossed” Anthropic wanted guardrails on how their tech was us…

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    Comment #47139389

    It also doesn’t describe any of the why the additional security measures were put in place. It sounds arbitrary, but could be an insurance or regulatory requirement that the acquir…

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    Comment #46980941

    Unity has a whole template and asset library for creating car displays. https://unity.com/blog/industry/automotive-hmi-template-take...

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    Comment #46575809

    It’s actually easier than that. Depending on the UC many just require completing a dedicated set of courses with a 2.0 or higher with no class lower than a C and will provide guara…

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    Comment #46575709

    A significant, and growing, number of schools (many of them independent and high end) are no longer offering AP/Honors classes. Which means that you now don’t have a level measure …

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    Comment #46569160

    No. They’re no longer allowed to use race but can, and still consider a wide range of factors. They have to - it’s likely they have far more applicants with near perfect GPA/Test s…

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    Comment #46514521

    They’re not de facto laws like some of the presidential orders. He created a task force to research the issue and directed the municipal consumer and worker protection division to …

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    Comment #46512331

    Without a doubt there are toxic work environments and bosses that think the way you’ve stated. That said my point of view as a manager was to try to hire people who could take my j…

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    Comment #46423654

    I honestly don’t follow this much but I doubt that production ramp up is the Cybercab’s long pole when they’ll need a significant number of market approvals for FSD to reach critic…