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1. MoltenMonster · 1789511027 · focus · HN ↗

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   &gt; The author was banned from Asahi Linux for hiding his extensive use of LLMs from us in another attempted contribution, and (more importantly) for concealing that he is a former Apple engineer with direct contacts to the people involved in Apple Silicon development. Make of this what you will.

   1. ADevWithAnIdea · 1789514814 · focus · HN ↗

      &gt; concealing that he is a former Apple engineer with direct contacts to the people involved in Apple Silicon development

      This is false. I am a former Apple engineer. I did not conceal it (it&#x27;s the top item of my resume and my LinkedIn and I made my PR from my public Github with my name attached, as opposed to a pseudonym which is expressly allowed by Asahi policy). I also had no exposure, at all, to any internal information or code about macOS, SPTM, or Apple Silicon during my time there.

      I also don&#x27;t have connections to people involved in Apple Silicon development (and I&#x27;d add that this does not mean someone cannot contribute, the question is were they exposed to tainted information, which is absolutely not true in my case). I have many friends who work for Apple (I&#x27;m a Stanford alum) but none in Apple Silicon directly.

      I disagree with the phrasing of this entire thing, but this statement is demonstrably false.

      1. thrwy19940314 · 1789519818 · focus · HN ↗

         At least according to your own accounts on the Asahi IRC rooms, you were very aware of SPTM (which is part of the AS platform) and knew the people working on it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oftc.catirclogs.org&#x2F;asahi-dev&#x2F;2026-06-04#35383763" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oftc.catirclogs.org&#x2F;asahi-dev&#x2F;2026-06-04#35383763

         1. ADevWithAnIdea · 1789522219 · focus · HN ↗

            The friend I am referring to I met at Stanford around April of 2026 in a dorm event. We&#x27;ve spoken in person exactly once (I use &quot;friend&quot; loosely to describe anyone I&#x27;ve spoken to who I&#x27;m not on bad terms with) and at no point did we discuss anything detailed about Apple Silicon. For further context, I left Apple in June of 2025.

            1. flippingheck · 1789531505 · focus · HN ↗

               Isn&#x27;t that chat log from 2024?

               1. vesrah · 1789532727 · focus · HN ↗

                  If you read the page it says 2026-06-04.

                  1. flippingheck · 1789533588 · focus · HN ↗

                     Ah. I read the post, but only saw &quot;2024-07-16 04:52 ChanServ changed [...]&quot;

                     On mobile I didn&#x27;t see the full URL, and zoomed before I saw the calendar. My bad.

               2. mathisfun123 · 1789532814 · focus · HN ↗

                  am i crazy or is the date stamp not literally in the link?

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