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New comment by RestlessMind in "Spirit Airlines Is Winding Down All Operations"

RestlessMind — Tue, 05 May 2026 01:51:38 +0000

> those will fail upwards to other cushy roles

I see this trope often. Citation needed!

> If the board is unable to bring their house in order, the state should fire them, not let their incompetence ruin the lives of the working class.

Oh no please! Last thing I want is letting Donald Trump (or AOC if you are a right-winger) decide which board to fire based on their whims about a company.

> I disagree with the assessment of that being a good thing.

What you are suggesting is much worse.

The Only Thing Worse Than Spirit Airlines Is a World Without Spirit Airlines

RestlessMind — Tue, 05 May 2026 01:48:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/spirit-airlines-cancellation-closure/687047/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017152

Points: 4

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New comment by RestlessMind in "Spirit Airlines Is Winding Down All Operations"

RestlessMind — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:27:27 +0000

Management is also fired in this instance. What you are probably suggesting is that management should have been fired sooner and replaced with competent ones. That is the job of the board, who is the proxy for shareholders. Since the board didn't do its job properly, their shares are also going to zero.

Again, working as intended. There should be no free lunch or bailouts for incompetent work.

The Case for Returning the Koh-I-Noor Diamond Has a New Backer: Mamdani

RestlessMind — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:42:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/nyregion/kohinoor-diamond-india-history-mamdani-king-charles.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47963311

Points: 2

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New comment by RestlessMind in "How Europe regulated itself into American vassalage"

RestlessMind — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:41:20 +0000

> if it's working as intended

It doesn't seem to be working as intended. Look at the reports published by European leaders, like Draghi for instance.

New comment by RestlessMind in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

RestlessMind — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:39:56 +0000

> affirmative action being destroyed by the Trump administration.

Affirmative action was gutted by SCOTUS when Biden was president. Not that it was popular before. California of all places rejected it by 56-44 margin in 2020.

New comment by RestlessMind in "How Europe regulated itself into American vassalage"

RestlessMind — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:33:39 +0000

https://archive.is/PPhqe

How Europe regulated itself into American vassalage

RestlessMind — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:33:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/04/22/how-europe-regulated-itself-into-american-vassalage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47885975

Points: 4

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New comment by RestlessMind in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

RestlessMind — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:40:55 +0000

(non-chinese) asian equivalent of whatsapp is still whatsapp, it completely dominates in some of the biggest asian countries like india, indonesia or pakistan along with a bunch of other smaller places

How and Why $150 NJ Transit World Cup Train Tickets Became Reality

RestlessMind — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:06:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianquillen/2026/04/18/the-perfect-storm-that-led-to-150-nj-transit-world-cup-train-tickets/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822357

Points: 3

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New comment by RestlessMind in "VC Money and Israel Outrage Derailed a Hot Hollywood Startup"

RestlessMind — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:57:06 +0000

https://archive.is/nGEKn

VC Money and Israel Outrage Derailed a Hot Hollywood Startup

RestlessMind — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:51:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/how-vc-money-and-israel-outrage-derailed-a-hot-hollywood-startup-3d6f46ff

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728137

Points: 4

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Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events

RestlessMind — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:32:34 +0000

https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/breaking-news/article/tran...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47530945

Points: 361

# Comments: 843

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans

RestlessMind — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:01:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/travel/french-alps-problems-overdevelopment-climate-change.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47243277

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

The Remote-Work Dream Isn't Dead, but It's Slipping Away

RestlessMind — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:17:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-remote-work-dream-isnt-dead-but-its-slipping-away-a19ae9e8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161373

Points: 16

# Comments: 1

China's Birthrate Sinks to Record Low

RestlessMind — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:54:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/world/china/chinas-population-falls-for-fourth-straight-year-409986bd

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688044

Points: 8

# Comments: 2

New comment by RestlessMind in "In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All"

RestlessMind — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 18:11:55 +0000

Reality doesn't match your claim, for example when one looks at European countries who have all of that.

New comment by RestlessMind in "Japan's Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash"

RestlessMind — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 06:06:44 +0000

TIL about karoshi, or “death from overwork”. With that kind of culture, no wonder Japanese population is in decline. Why have kids if you are expected to work 12, 14, 16 hours a day? Who is going to nurture those kids?

Japan's Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash

RestlessMind — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 06:05:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/world/asia/japan-takaichi-work-overtime.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45911280

Points: 3

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New comment by RestlessMind in "French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence"

RestlessMind — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:08:54 +0000

But most of the people live in countries with death penalties. All the top 6 countries by population have death penalty and only 4 out of biggest 17 countries do not have death penalty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_country#...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen...