Hacker News: Kurd

New comment by Kurd in "A jacket that harvests drinking water from the air"

Kurd — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:23:45 +0000

Lisan al-Gaib!

New comment by Kurd in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

Kurd — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:43:45 +0000

Trita Parsi is an Iranian government lobbyist. Of course he would say that.

New comment by Kurd in "The Pentagon Can't Trust GPS Anymore"

Kurd — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:16:18 +0000

https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-pentagon-cant-trust-gps-anymore...

New comment by Kurd in "Amazon plans to lay off 14,000 managerial positions to save $3.5B yearly"

Kurd — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:30:25 +0000

I have had a long career working for F50 companies across a few decades. I can tell you, my time as a senior manager at Microsoft in mid 00’s has been the most pleasant experience I have had working in the private sector. A lot has changed in the past 20 years, but I am in touch with many colleagues still working there, and we still recommend Microsoft over the rest.

New comment by Kurd in "A roadmap and appeal for help from The Matrix.org Foundation"

Kurd — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:13:18 +0000

I like matrix as much as anyone else around here, and I would like to see it survive and prosper. That being said, if over 60% of the annual “expenses” of your nonprofit goes to “management” covering the salaries of four people who have other full time jobs, you really need to do a better job at managing finances.

New comment by Kurd in "Cloudflare Termination Video: A Master Class in How Not to Terminate Someone"

Kurd — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 16:51:30 +0000

She might be an underperforming employee who made a bad decision in posting the recording to the web, but that does not take away from the fact that how the employer handled the call was truly disastrous and unprofessional.

New comment by Kurd in "GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe"

Kurd — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 04:35:36 +0000

Calling it car software is very generous. More like abandonware.

New comment by Kurd in "Ask HN: What are your experiences with Apple Card?"

Kurd — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 22:56:06 +0000

Most likely not. Available credit has very little impact on credit approval decisions. Credit usage on the other hand is a huge factor.

New comment by Kurd in "Huawei’s Revenue Hits Record $122B in 2019 Despite U.S. Campaign"

Kurd — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 02:31:47 +0000

Nah, there is only so much $ the CPC can throw at them.

New comment by Kurd in "PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your Concerns"

Kurd — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 17:40:25 +0000

Your plan will expire on October XX, 2020. Well... shit!