GitHub is in a tough spot. From what I've heard they've been ordered to move everything to Azure from their long standing dataceners. That is bound to cause issues. Then on top of that they are using AI coders for infra changes (supposedly) which will also add issues.

And then on top of all that, their traffic is probably skyrocketing like mad because of everyone else using AI coders. Look at popular projects -- a few minutes after an issue is filed they have sometimes 10+ patches submitted. All generating PRs and forks and all the things.

That can't be easy on their servers.

I do not envy their reliability team (but having been through this myself, if you're reading this GitHub team, feel free to reach out!).

Anecdotally, both from riding in them and walking/driving next to/around them, this feels obvious. They never get distracted. Sure, they sometimes make mistakes, but the mistakes are never "I didn't see that". They see better than humans in all cases (where they operate). They react faster than humans.

The one case where they hit a child, it was because the child jumped in front of the car. And they showed that they hit the child at a lower speed than a human would have because of the reaction time.

I would rather be in an area where only Waymo's are allowed than an area where they are banned.

I think we already laid out our argument too. A private company can do whatever they want with your data. They can sell it, exploit it, and block you from accessing it.

The government can do none of those things. They can't deplatform you. They can't exploit your data or sell it. They can't block you from it.

At least by design.

By design, having the government responsible for verifying your identity is far superior than having private companies do it, because by design they have to be truthful and forthcoming.

The flaw is that the system is failing and so right now the private system and government system are equally bad.

You know meta keeps a shadow profile on every person who is know to every one of their customers, right? So even if you don't use it, they almost certainly have you in their system.

At least when the government is working, there are controls around what they can collect, what they can do with it, and who they share it with. And what they cannot do with it.

When the government is working as intended, and have not abdicated their duties to the people, the government at least has controls over what they can and cannot do. Yes, they have a monopoly on violence, but they also in theory have lots of controls.

For example, the government cannot silence your speech, but a private company can. The government cannot share your data with others, a private company can.

Unfortunately the government has abdicated their duties and so you think they are worse than a private company.