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>The fact that the car was self-driven doesn't really affect any of this That's a bit ridiculous. Of course it does; how many people do you know are OK with so

>The fact that the car was self-driven doesn't really affect any of this That's a bit ridiculous. Of course it does; how many people do you know are OK with some random dudes making an ass of themselves in the middle of the street, blocking your right-of-way? Should probably also disclose you work for Google when making such a statement about one of its products.

dekhn 2y ago
Generally, if I'm driving in SF (which I do on occasion) and somebody is making an ass of themselves int he middle of the street, I don't do anything. Moving the car often prompts such people to spend even more time in the street. I don't work at Google. Why do you think I work at Google (I worked at Google, but not on self-driving cars; I am sympathetic to their mission, but also skeptical about the product's future). And even so, why would that matter? All I'm doing is pointing out there are systemic problems and having a driver in the car really wouldn't have addressed any of those.
- Nicksil 2y ago
  >I don't work at Google. Why do you think I work at Google [...] >[...] I worked at Google
  - jerlam 2y ago
    It's in the past tense.
    - Nicksil 2y ago
      Right. They asked why I thought they worked at Google and it's because they said they worked at Google.
  - dekhn 2y ago
    As I said, I don't work at google. I worked at Google. I'm mainly curious how people identify me on HN (I've gotten email from folks who looked at my submissions to figure out my real life identity). The reason I'm defending waymo is not that I worked at Google. It's that I think self-driving cars are a good idea and I don't want to see them invalidated through viral social media and "think of the children" press articles.
    - Nicksil 2y ago
      You asked why I thought you worked at Google and it's because you said as much.
      - dekhn 2y ago
        I think you must be misreading. You brought this up in the first place when you said "Should probably also disclose you work for Google when making such a statement about one of its products.". Before that, I did not say anything about Google, or imply that I worked there, in any way. The thread clearly shows this.
        Nicksil 2y ago
        >I think you must be misreading. You brought this up in the first place when you said "Should probably also disclose you work for Google when making such a statement about one of its products.". Before that, I did not say anything about Google, or imply that I worked there, in any way. The thread clearly shows this. Oh c'mon; are you just trolling now? Of course you didn't say that in this thread, but you did say it lol. I mean, do you think I just made a wild guess that some random HN user worked for Google and happened to be right?
        dekhn 2y ago
        Yes, I did (originally) believe you made a wild guess. The alternatives (including what appears to be the actual truth... that you saw a comment I made some time ago on another thread) all seemed lower probability to me.
        squigz 2y ago
        Recognizing a user and remembering some of their comments isn't that difficult around here.

dekhn 2y ago

Generally, if I'm driving in SF (which I do on occasion) and somebody is making an ass of themselves int he middle of the street, I don't do anything. Moving the car often prompts such people to spend even more time in the street. I don't work at Google. Why do you think I work at Google (I worked at Google, but not on self-driving cars; I am sympathetic to their mission, but also skeptical about the product's future). And even so, why would that matter? All I'm doing is pointing out there are systemic problems and having a driver in the car really wouldn't have addressed any of those.

Nicksil 2y ago
>I don't work at Google. Why do you think I work at Google [...] >[...] I worked at Google
- jerlam 2y ago
  It's in the past tense.
  - Nicksil 2y ago
    Right. They asked why I thought they worked at Google and it's because they said they worked at Google.
- dekhn 2y ago
  As I said, I don't work at google. I worked at Google. I'm mainly curious how people identify me on HN (I've gotten email from folks who looked at my submissions to figure out my real life identity). The reason I'm defending waymo is not that I worked at Google. It's that I think self-driving cars are a good idea and I don't want to see them invalidated through viral social media and "think of the children" press articles.
  - Nicksil 2y ago
    You asked why I thought you worked at Google and it's because you said as much.
    - dekhn 2y ago
      I think you must be misreading. You brought this up in the first place when you said "Should probably also disclose you work for Google when making such a statement about one of its products.". Before that, I did not say anything about Google, or imply that I worked there, in any way. The thread clearly shows this.
      - Nicksil 2y ago
        >I think you must be misreading. You brought this up in the first place when you said "Should probably also disclose you work for Google when making such a statement about one of its products.". Before that, I did not say anything about Google, or imply that I worked there, in any way. The thread clearly shows this. Oh c'mon; are you just trolling now? Of course you didn't say that in this thread, but you did say it lol. I mean, do you think I just made a wild guess that some random HN user worked for Google and happened to be right?
        dekhn 2y ago
        Yes, I did (originally) believe you made a wild guess. The alternatives (including what appears to be the actual truth... that you saw a comment I made some time ago on another thread) all seemed lower probability to me.
        squigz 2y ago
        Recognizing a user and remembering some of their comments isn't that difficult around here.