Hacker News: dj_rock

New comment by dj_rock in "Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave"

dj_rock — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:29:12 +0000

Come at the king you best not miss...

Five dead after Amazon cargo plane overruns runway at Miami Airport

dj_rock — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:20:06 +0000

Article URL: https://abcnews.com/US/cargo-plane-overruns-runway-miami-international-airport-faa/story?id=136242081

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49598787

Points: 2

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New comment by dj_rock in "Americans without degrees are having one of the best job markets in years"

dj_rock — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:25:49 +0000

In Canada they are.

New comment by dj_rock in "Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus (2018)"

dj_rock — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:54:45 +0000

James Stewart made a lot of money off his textbook.

Here is an article about the interesting house he designed:

https://torontolife.com/real-estate/look-inside-integral-hou...

Meta to build its first $13B data centre in Canada

dj_rock — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:22:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/meta-to-build-its-first-13-billion-data-centre-in-canada/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48839756

Points: 5

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Trump's Canada trade war hits Jack Daniel's/Jim Beam with devastating $143M loss

dj_rock — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:13:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/91531349/trumps-canada-trade-war-hits-jack-daniels-jim-beam-devastating-143-million-loss

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47910977

Points: 17

# Comments: 3

New comment by dj_rock in "Five men control AI. Who should control them?"

dj_rock — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:39:27 +0000

"Insider is supported by Anthropic"

Tech exec pitches $500k exit tax for educated Canadians

dj_rock — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:41:09 +0000

Article URL: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-newman-tech-exec-pitches-liberal-convention-on-500k-exit-tax-for-educated-canadians

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751825

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by dj_rock in "Jennifer Aniston and Friends Cost Us 377GB and Broke Ext4 Hardlinks"

dj_rock — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:00:28 +0000

We were on a break...of your filesystem!

New comment by dj_rock in "Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs"

dj_rock — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:29:34 +0000

And yet he's only about 500B richer than the second richest person in the world:

https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/

Canada's population shrank last year – a first for the country, StatsCan says

dj_rock — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:15:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-population-decline-first-time-9.7133643

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47443563

Points: 4

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Trump's Canada Trade War Hits Jack Daniel's and Jim Beam with 'Devastating' Loss

dj_rock — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:57:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/trumps-canada-trade-war-hits-jack-daniels-and-jim-beam-with-a-devastating-143-million-loss/91313385

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47310759

Points: 9

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New comment by dj_rock in "Science Fiction Is Dying. Long Live Post Sci-Fi?"

dj_rock — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:58:13 +0000

Project Hail Mary is getting a major movie release in a couple weeks.

New comment by dj_rock in "Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule"

dj_rock — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:46:38 +0000

The Catholic Church exerted strong influence in Quebec until the 1950s. Of course since then Quebec has become the most secular region in North America.