A note on our lawsuit against Otto and Uber – Waymo
Competition in the self-driving space is a good thing; it pushes everyone to develop better, safer and more affordable technology. But we…
Pope Francis says it's better to be an atheist than a greedy Christian
Atheists cause less scandal then Christians who talk one way and act another, Pope Francis said.
Hasnain says:
This guy is pretty cool.
"(CNN) - If you're a Christian who exploits people, leads a double life or manages a "dirty" business, perhaps it's better not to call yourself a believer, Pope Francis suggested in a homily on Thursday in Rome."
Posted on 2017-02-23T22:45:18+0000
Announcing the first SHA1 collision
Posted by Marc Stevens (CWI Amsterdam), Elie Bursztein (Google), Pierre Karpman (CWI Amsterdam), Ange Albertini (Google), Yarik Markov (Goog...
Hasnain says:
Interesting that this is the amount of SHA1 computations the Bitcoin network does every 3 seconds, so ... Fairly practical for an agency with resources
Posted on 2017-02-23T17:34:17+0000
Demangling C++ Symbols
I wrote a Rust crate to demangle C++ symbols: cpp_demangle. Find iton crates.io and github.
Our Miserable 21st Century
On the morning of November 9, 2016, America’s elite—its talking and deciding classes—woke up to a country they did not know. To most privileged and well-educated...
Reflecting on Susan Fowler’s Reflections
The following post is entirely my personal opinion and should not reflect on Uber at large.
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Posted on 2017-02-22T04:13:08+0000
What I Heard From Trump Supporters
After the election, I decided to talk to 100 Trump voters from around the country. I went to the middle of the country, the middle of the state, and talked to many online. This was a...
Hasnain says:
Well worth reading the full thing. So many quotes, that I can't pick any one out, except for the given TLDR.
"The TL;DR quote is this:
“You all can defeat Trump next time, but not if you keep mocking us, refusing to listen to us, and cutting us out. It’s Republicans, not Democrats, who will take Trump down.”"
Do read the whole thing though.
Posted on 2017-02-21T21:33:06+0000
Efficient game updates
, it listed a series of reasons, from network problems to invalid content to imperfect hardware that may occur when initially installing a game.
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber
As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like. It's a strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story that deserves to be told while it is still fre
Hasnain says:
Reading all of this makes me wonder why Uber doesn't already have a huge discrimination lawsuit on their hands.
Especially the HR, WTF?
Posted on 2017-02-19T21:25:13+0000
Dole Food Had Too Many Shares
It's enough to make you wish for a blockchain.
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Posted on 2017-02-19T04:43:36+0000