3 ms·
Sorry, I don’t know who George Hotz is, but why isn’t AMD making better drivers for AMD?
by isatty 2y ago
Sorry, I don’t know who George Hotz is, but why isn’t AMD making better drivers for AMD?
- adastra22 2y agoGeorge Hotz is a hot Internet celebrity that has basically accomplished nothing of value but has a large cult following. You can safely ignore. (Famous for hacking the PS3–except he just took credit for a separate group’s work. And for making a self-driving car in his garage—except oh wait that didn’t happen either.)
- Den_VR 2y agoYou’re not wrong, but after all these years it’s fair to give benefit of the doubt - geohot may have grown as a person. The PS3 affair was incredibly disappointing.
- adastra22 2y agoGiven the number of times he has been on the news for bombastic claims he doesn’t follow through on, I don’t think we need to guess. He hasn’t changed.
- xuki 2y agoHe was famous before the PS3 hack, he was the first person to unlock the original iPhone.
- adastra22 2y agoYes, but it's worth mentioning that the break consisted of opening up the phone and soldering on a bypass for the carrier card locking logic. That certainly required some skills to do, but is not an attack Apple was defending against. This unlocking break didn't really lead to anything, and was unlike the later software unlocking methods that could be widely deployed.
- SirMaster 2y agoWell he also found novel exploits in multiple later iPhone hardware/software models and implemented complete jailbreak applications.
- hshshshshsh 2y agoWhat about comma.ai?
- adastra22 2y agoHe promised Waymo.
- hshshshshsh 2y agoWhat specifically is in comma.ai that makes it less technically impressive? Comma.ai looks like epic engineering to me. I haven't made any self driving cars. Why do you think otherwise? Can you share specific details?
- sebmellen 2y agoComma.ai works really well. I use it every day in my car.
- medler 2y agoHe took an “internship” at Twitter/X with the stated goal of removing the login wall, apparently failing to realize that the wall was a deliberate product decision, not a technical challenge. Now the X login wall is more intrusive than ever.