Hacker News: antonius

New comment by antonius in "Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels"

antonius — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:20:33 +0000

Interviewed at Corel a few years back. Surprised the company still exists given how dated the product line is.

New comment by antonius in "Tell HN: I just wanted to say: thank you, Hacker News"

antonius — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:06:27 +0000

Good job. I received a degree in finance and ended up not wanting to go into banking so I went back and got my CS degree. Like you said, looking back it was definitely worth all the time and effort.

New comment by antonius in "Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL"

antonius — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:56:40 +0000

Mind explaining the significance? I didn't pick up on it.

New comment by antonius in "British Columbia to target foreign real estate buyers with new tax"

antonius — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:06:22 +0000

Take away Vancouver and Toronto, and the price of a house in Canada is nowhere near the asking prices currently in those two cities.

Wealthy foreign inflation on Canadian real estate is quite evident.

New comment by antonius in "Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project"

antonius — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:52:32 +0000

Mansfield has a successful track record with respect to Apple products.

With that said, this is his most difficult challenge to date and I'm not sure how successful he and the company as a whole will be given the difficulties of bringing an autonomous car to market.

Tesla expects to be profitable by the end of 2016, and Wall Street is psyched

antonius — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:23:49 +0000

Article URL: http://qz.com/614608/tesla-expects-to-be-profitable-by-the-end-of-2016-and-wall-street-is-psyched/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11076612

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Is Bitcoin breaking up?

antonius — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:29:59 +0000

Article URL: http://www.wsj.com/articles/is-bitcoin-breaking-up-1453044493

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10920133

Points: 85

# Comments: 87

New comment by antonius in "YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to Take on Starbucks"

antonius — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:00:17 +0000

Besides their newly released app, what's proprietary about this business? What would stop a big coffee company from replicating this at a cheaper cost?

New comment by antonius in "$153,161.25 for a Snake Bite"

antonius — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:51:34 +0000

The possibility of becoming poor and/or bankrupt as a result of an injury is the scariest part of being part of the American society. Hope this changes one day.

New comment by antonius in "How I met my identity thief"

antonius — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 20:49:23 +0000

No blackmail? No money in return? This hacker was definitely more considerate than your typical hacker with ill intentions.

New comment by antonius in "[dead]"

antonius — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:48:05 +0000

"Apple’s stock price would be just as high as it is today (or more likely higher)"

How is this hindsight on par? How is he so sure that the stock price would be higher? Hindsight is 20/20 but making BS hypothetical claims with no backing is unprofessional. He's just guessing.

New comment by antonius in "[dead]"

antonius — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:41:55 +0000

"I believe – although this is impossible to prove – that Apple’s stock price would be just as high as it is today (or more likely higher) had they spent that $100 billion on a combination of smart M&A and smart R&D that would have continued to extend Apple’s lead over other Android phone makers."

Anyone else find this peculiar? A whole article based on the author's hindsight of what Apple's stock price MAY have ever been with no proof/facts.

SEC Charges Bitcoin Entrepreneur For Share Offering

antonius — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:14:59 +0000

Article URL: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sec-charges-bitcoin-entrepreneur-for-share-offering-2014-06-03?mod=latestnewssocialflow&link=sfmw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7840668

Points: 60

# Comments: 42

New comment by antonius in "Fraudulent trading activity at Mt. Gox"

antonius — Sun, 25 May 2014 17:35:28 +0000

Further proof that the absurd run-up in November when bitcoin reached $1,200 was illegitimate.

New comment by antonius in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired?"

antonius — Fri, 02 May 2014 19:06:12 +0000

Ottawa, Ontario; Internship/Remote Work

Stack: C, C++, Java, JS

Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonkarpus

Contact: anton [at] karpus [dot] net

I'm a student currently majoring in CS but have a background in Finance (through first degree). Well rounded and eager to learn whatever is thrown at me. Ideally looking for part-time work or an internship in North America. If you're looking for a coder with a strong business sense, send me an email and we can chat!

New comment by antonius in "Show HN: My first WP8 game – Made with Unity"

antonius — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:40:13 +0000

Unplayable on my Lumia 520. Very laggy. What could be causing this?

New comment by antonius in "NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years"

antonius — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:10:53 +0000

Good luck trying to wiggle out of this one, NSA.

Report: 44% of Twitter Accounts Have Never Sent a Tweet

antonius — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:02:14 +0000

Article URL: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/11/new-data-quantifies-dearth-of-tweeters-on-twitter/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7572862

Points: 87

# Comments: 92

New comment by antonius in "Write Code Every Day"

antonius — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:05:51 +0000

"No more zero days" is a good quote to live by. No matter how busy I get, I try to code something everyday.

New comment by antonius in "Drop Dropbox"

antonius — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:05:36 +0000

When looking to grow our board, we sought out a leader who could help us expand our global footprint.

Condoleezza sure left a global footprint in the Middle East alright. Hate do this Dropbox, but time for me to move on.

Edit: Suggestions for a Dropbox substitute?