Hacker News: davidu

New comment by davidu in "Salesforce to Acquire Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B"

davidu — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:56:38 +0000

Massive congrats to Eoghan McCabe, what an amazing story arc. We love when a CEO comes back and gets the business back in fighting shape and then delivers an incredible win. CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS. I freakin' love it.

New comment by davidu in "After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet, Phone Ban"

davidu — Thu, 21 May 2026 03:31:23 +0000

How is it more telling or adding more credulity? Wouldn’t I be in a strong position to know? And how am I losing my mind?

New comment by davidu in "After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet, Phone Ban"

davidu — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:39:29 +0000

credibly accused.

New comment by davidu in "After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet, Phone Ban"

davidu — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:31:12 +0000

This has not happened with Flock, nor have they ever been credibly accused of this. And what a weak conspiracy style post to insinuate it has.

New comment by davidu in "Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)"

davidu — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:58:52 +0000

This is assuredly not happening.

New comment by davidu in "Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)"

davidu — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:57:46 +0000

I had ulevitch.delmar.ca.us delegated to me until one day some IT dweeb just deleted it and when I complained he just said I didn't have any right to have it.

So I'd caution against this path for something you actually care about.

New comment by davidu in "U.S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP"

davidu — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:47:38 +0000

Because raising taxes has only resulted in more spending, not balancing the budget.

New comment by davidu in "Small Engines"

davidu — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:43:11 +0000

This helps define some of the challenges with making very very small turbine engines. We have electrical (lithium) powered drones but they are heavy and have low energy density compared to what a liquid fuel + turbine could provide. But could we make a 2 inch diameter turbine engine reliably? Maybe!

New comment by davidu in "Koralm Railway"

davidu — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:51 +0000

It turns out, you can build new high speed railways. Take note California!

New comment by davidu in "How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs"

davidu — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:54:50 +0000

"Historically, elites could shape support only through limited instruments like schooling and mass media"

Well, I think the author needs to understand a LOT more about history.

New comment by davidu in "Map of Near and Middle East Oil 1965"

davidu — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:21:06 +0000

It's not AI slop, it's probably not even AI. You simply are unable to parse the description, or the map, or both.

New comment by davidu in "Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps"

davidu — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:22:10 +0000

Palantir, the incredible American technology company run by one of the most successful Black Americans? That's great.

New comment by davidu in "Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk"

davidu — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:27:04 +0000

link?

New comment by davidu in "Fivetran to acquire Census"

davidu — Thu, 01 May 2025 18:36:48 +0000

Congrats to the Census team and the Fivetran team!

New comment by davidu in "Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch"

davidu — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:20:34 +0000

Tom who is stepping in is an awesome executive. He was OG Pandora and Snap before Quibi and was on the Sonos board. He's a true product person. I'm sure he was enjoying semi-retirement and see him dropping in as CEO is a huge upgrade. :-)

New comment by davidu in "Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch"

davidu — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:07:56 +0000

So what are people using instead of Sonos AMP for home sound control?

New comment by davidu in "Show HN: Django Daisy – Modern Django Dashboard with DaisyUI"

davidu — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:49:28 +0000

Really nice work.

New comment by davidu in "Honeycrisp apples went from marvel to mediocre"

davidu — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 23:57:28 +0000

This article doesn't explain why a hudson valley grown honeycrisp would taste worse now than 10 years ago? Those are still coming from the boutique farms where you can pick them off the tree. It only explains why big apple in Washington is ruining the national honeycrisp market. Or did I miss something?

New comment by davidu in "Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047"

davidu — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 21:31:00 +0000

This is a massive win for tech, startups, and America.

New comment by davidu in "Forbes Marketplace: The Parasite SEO Company Trying to Devour Its Host"

davidu — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:42:29 +0000

This is such a big story and yet most of HN just doesn't care. It should make the WSJ though.