> Remember when all the Waymos were confused by a power outage?

I remember.

Do you remember (before Waymo existed) what happened to traffic in SF anytime the power went out?

I remember. It was pretty much the identical situation.

Traffic goes to hell when the traffic lights stop working properly (without Waymo and also with Waymo).

I think the point they're making is that the failure mode of a waymo and automated air traffic control could look the same from an angle, but would have very different consequences.

I think you missed the point. But sure, traffic goes to crap when the lights go out.

Surprised that no one yet has mentioned the song of the same name, by The Damned, released in 1987. Very pleasing track to my ears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4BxP5IEyzw

Thank you for creating this. Much appreciated.

>> I’m sure I’ve spent 16 hours on Netflix or League of Legends in a 24 hour period before

I'm curious if you had planned or intended to spend 16 hours doing it on these days? Or did you simply find it very difficult to stop?

I don't wish to be harsh but why, upon encountering a syntax error, would you have the next step be "redo everything from scratch?" This seems odd to me.

>> The stupidity level at Microsoft today isn't funny.

Stupidity and gaslighting are not the same thing, but MS seems to have plenty of both for us.

Fair enough!

This comment makes no sense. Flagged? Seriously?

If you feel that a low-effort content-free article that is either AI slop or indistinguishable from it doesn't meet the criteria for a good HN article, you can flag it for deprecation from the front page. Clearly some people with serious influence disagree; either that, or the large number of users complaining about the article aren't taking advantage of the flag feature.

Another useful HN feature is the ability to leave comments to gauge (or influence) other users' opinions, as you've done yourself.

Any other questions?

> Revolting sycophancy is not a good sign for the leadership culture.

You seem to think this guy is going to go ask Nadella "hey, did you read my blog post?"

I'm more thinking of the people under him reading this and taking onboard how fawningly one talks about one's manager in this company.

If this sticks, before long no one will be able to say anything other than flattery, and critical thinking is over.

> you don’t get much of a say in resource allocation, they’ve allocated the resources you get

..and your job is to allocate the resources you have been given.

>> ..and your job is to allocate the resources you have been given.

I can repeat things too! This means your success is not yours, that your job is to implement someone else's plan, so you're not really a leader.

The entire side topic of guns and revolt seems misplaced in this thread.

The original Luddite movement arose in response to automation in the textile industry.

They committed violence. Violence was committed against them. All tragic events when viewed from a certain perspective.

My rhetorical question is this: did any of this result in any meaningful impedance of the "march of technological progress"?