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Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by tdeck »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #91
raphlinus wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From Google's official opensource documentation on IARC[0]: We don’t approve every project submitted through this process, but historically we’ve been able to rapidly approve the vast majority of them. I personally have had one IARC approved and one denied (and something like a dozen opensource launches), but from what I've seen, the above statement is accurate. [0] https://opensource.google.com/docs/iarc/

Open source yes, but if it might earn you a bit of coin, then generally no.

I work at Google and had a proprietary side project approved despite explicitly stating that I might make money from it. It's not a billion dollar idea or anything, but they didn't automatically say no. Meanwhile a tiny open source project I wanted to keep maintaining got denied rather rudely. I don't understand the process, but it is possible to get an approval. However the fact that you are supposed to ask for an approval to live your own life in your free time does kind of suck the soul out of it.

Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by fstuff »

throwaway90125 wrote: post #144

There is also a supposed conversation between him and Larry Page before he left. From what I've read, Larry supposedly knew a lot about the circumstances of his leaving, and what transpired in that meeting supposedly will undermine Waymo's position. He's being deposed, but apparently Uber is only allowed to ask him one question, which is odd. Edit: downvoted as expected. I bet that 9 out of 10 people upvoting these s…

I read they can only ask one question because there was no proof the conversation occurred except for him saying it happened. the judge was being lenient allowing one question.

Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by maverick_iceman »

dmerfield wrote: post #78
sanguy wrote: post #52

Anthony is overrated and a complete psychopath. He doesn't understand it's basic right from wrong. In his mind IP is boundless and his, not Googles. This comes from 5 years of working in fairly close contact. Zero morals. He is what's wrong with Silicon Valley - on equal grounds to Travis from Uber. I can completely see this all being planned for years just like circumventing the iPhone App Store rules. As a Google s…

Do you really think he should be in prison for intellectual property infringement ?

Martha Stewart went to jail for making ~$400,000 in insider trading, a far less serious offense.

Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by [deleted] »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #128
dmerfield wrote: post #78

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Do you really think he should be in prison for intellectual property infringement ?

> intellectual property infringement? I believe that's a deliberate attempt to illogically equate what Levandowski is being accused of, which is duplicitous, pre-meditated behavior to milk Google out of 100+ million dollars, then take Google's technology to a competitor for another multi-hundred million payout, with something like unintentional patent infringement. I absolutely believe that if Levandowski is guilty o…

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Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by lovich »

stanleydrew wrote: post #121
havetocharge wrote: post #115

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You might want to try a Pixel phone. I'm on my third generation of Google phones and this one has the best battery life of all.

It is a great phone, if you can track one down. Google isn't making enough of them it seems. http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/18/14315458/google-pixel-xl-s...

I just ordered an XL last month and got it in 2 weeks. The blue option was out when I went to order, but maybe they got some of the logistics worked out

Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by throwaway90125 »

sgift wrote: post #169
throwaway90125 wrote: post #144

There is also a supposed conversation between him and Larry Page before he left. From what I've read, Larry supposedly knew a lot about the circumstances of his leaving, and what transpired in that meeting supposedly will undermine Waymo's position. He's being deposed, but apparently Uber is only allowed to ask him one question, which is odd. Edit: downvoted as expected. I bet that 9 out of 10 people upvoting these s…

I must be number 10 then. No connection to Google, just don't think hearsay is helpful/interesting.

Uber has requested that Larry Page be deposed and they have questions they want to ask him under oath. That's fact, not hearsay. They clearly have questions the truth of which will weaken Waymo's position. Lawyers don't ask questions they don't already know the answer to. The only unknown is if Larry will lie under oath or be able to skillfully answer in a way that doesn't hurt Waymo's position.

Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by vidarh »

linkregister wrote: post #73
sriram_sun wrote: post #71

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> Anthony is overrated Maybe. He did this. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah... . At least that's what Google tells me :). Given your history with him, do you know how much of this is true? > and a complete psychopath Whoa.. When you say psychopath, I'm translating that to 'ruthless without any morals.' Can you give any examples without giving away other people's personal details? > As a Go…

GOOG and GOOGL are now shares in Alphabet. [1] We're all GOOG shareholders if we have a 401(k) with a large-cap index fund. As a GOOG shareholder, I want an Android phone that doesn't run out of battery after 8 hours of typical use, but I'm probably not gonna get it. 1. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GOOG?p=^GOOG

> As a GOOG shareholder, I want an Android phone that doesn't run out of battery after 8 hours of typical use, but I'm probably not gonna get it.

Probably not from Google.

Bit my most recent phone (UMi Plus) has a 4000mAh battery that has for the first time gotten me in the habit of not plugging it in at the first sight of a charging cable. It's also helped that it's USB-C and charges faster than any previous Android phone I've had.

There are also a few Android phones with 6000mAh battery, and at least one with a 10,000mAh battery that (unfortunately or fortunately depending on how important the battery life is for you) has a less battery hungry screen (and lower resolution) than most similarly priced phones. (both the 6k and 10k phones I mention are available from AliExpress sellers; read reviews carefully...)

Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by chrisper »

vidarh wrote: post #177
linkregister wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GOOG and GOOGL are now shares in Alphabet. [1] We're all GOOG shareholders if we have a 401(k) with a large-cap index fund. As a GOOG shareholder, I want an Android phone that doesn't run out of battery after 8 hours of typical use, but I'm probably not gonna get it. 1. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GOOG?p=^GOOG

> As a GOOG shareholder, I want an Android phone that doesn't run out of battery after 8 hours of typical use, but I'm probably not gonna get it. Probably not from Google. Bit my most recent phone (UMi Plus) has a 4000mAh battery that has for the first time gotten me in the habit of not plugging it in at the first sight of a charging cable. It's also helped that it's USB-C and charges faster than any previous Android…

The Google pixel does that already. It runs quite long on a single charge. I think it's due to AMOLED.

Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by EpicEng »

woah wrote: post #95
mattmanser wrote: post #94

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It's much worse in terms of $$$ compared to most muggings, why shouldn't it be a long term sentence? This is one of the major disconnects in modern society, stealing huge sums of money by rich middle aged white guys is a minor slap on the wrists but stealing a few dollars by young, black guys is let's send them to the slammer and throw away the key. It's so blatant and ingrained in the system that you can't even see…

The difference is the use of violence to threaten someone's life, as opposed to moving some numbers on a screen.

I would happily get smacked around if you promised to 'move around' some significant numbers into my banking account.

Re: Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

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Post by ChuckMcM »

tdeck wrote: post #171
ChuckMcM wrote: post #91

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Open source yes, but if it might earn you a bit of coin, then generally no.

I work at Google and had a proprietary side project approved despite explicitly stating that I might make money from it. It's not a billion dollar idea or anything, but they didn't automatically say no. Meanwhile a tiny open source project I wanted to keep maintaining got denied rather rudely. I don't understand the process, but it is possible to get an approval. However the fact that you are supposed to ask for an a…

Excellent! It is nice to know that it is at least possible to get some things approved.
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