Hacker News: ethanwillis

New comment by ethanwillis in "Domain expertise has always been the real moat"

ethanwillis — Sat, 30 May 2026 23:35:02 +0000

Maybe not between continents but we had meaningful live video chat in 1968

New comment by ethanwillis in "Magnifica Humanitas"

ethanwillis — Mon, 25 May 2026 18:29:55 +0000

> but I think we still have it a whole lot better than a century ago (by and large).

Worse, they won't even give you the dignity of a claim to contribution to society. Then the lack of contribution is weaponized against you.

New comment by ethanwillis in "The Rage of the Billionaires Is Coming"

ethanwillis — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:41:55 +0000

> It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet.

I think this is being misunderstood. I read it as a final bit of civility. It's a warning.

New comment by ethanwillis in "Cisco workforce reductions"

ethanwillis — Thu, 14 May 2026 05:12:50 +0000

When local governments are captured by corporate interests this isn't the argument you think it is.

New comment by ethanwillis in "Life During Class Wartime"

ethanwillis — Thu, 07 May 2026 04:23:46 +0000

You're the one who inserted yourself in the discussion when I clarified my question. I wasn't dragging the discussion away from your preferred path any more than others were dragging it away from mine.

If you don't want to engage in political arguments then don't involve yourself in a subthread that wasn't even flagged.

In either case i'll leave and let you keep your echo chamber.

New comment by ethanwillis in "Life During Class Wartime"

ethanwillis — Thu, 07 May 2026 03:18:12 +0000

Right so then that answers my question. Violence is okay as long as it is directed outwards and said to be defensive, thank you for answering.

I'll remember this when my country of which i'm a citizen uses these same defensive weapons to secure any mineral wealth in Australia.

New comment by ethanwillis in "Life During Class Wartime"

ethanwillis — Thu, 07 May 2026 02:23:07 +0000

So if it's not guillotines and instead massed autonomous attack drones that would be an acceptable way to discuss violence?

Just want to make sure I understand you fully.

New comment by ethanwillis in "Life During Class Wartime"

ethanwillis — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:14:27 +0000

And when these things aren't possible?

New comment by ethanwillis in "Ex-CEO, ex-CFO of iLearningEngines charged with fraud"

ethanwillis — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:19:07 +0000

Unfortunately, in 2026 even shoe companies are "AI companies"

New comment by ethanwillis in "The tech jobs bust is real. Don't blame AI (yet)"

ethanwillis — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:15:42 +0000

Why not "2 Indian born people, 1 German born person, 1 Canadian born person, 1 Polish born person, 1 Ukrainian born person, and 2 US born people?"

New comment by ethanwillis in "The tech jobs bust is real. Don't blame AI (yet)"

ethanwillis — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:44:32 +0000

Just so people know since the user above wanted to edit their comment away to hide how they really see things. It was this:

"They also pay the social security and Medicare taxes so listless rednecks can collect SSDI for being unable to work."

New comment by ethanwillis in "The tech jobs bust is real. Don't blame AI (yet)"

ethanwillis — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:58:38 +0000

"listless rednecks"

Yea, keep that same energy and see how it plays out.

New comment by ethanwillis in "The tech jobs bust is real. Don't blame AI (yet)"

ethanwillis — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:37:10 +0000

Offshoring isn't a given. It's simply permitted.

Y Combinator lets you cross the line [video]

ethanwillis — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:17:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptT_LGfT69k

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47742669

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by ethanwillis in "Delve removed from Y Combinator"

ethanwillis — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:19:17 +0000

I guess if he told them "die slow motherfuckers" as he's told others that wouldn't be too intense for him.

New comment by ethanwillis in "Go hard on agents, not on your filesystem"

ethanwillis — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:58:02 +0000

What we need is a capabilities based security system. It could write all the python, asm, whatever it wants and it wouldn't matter at all if it was never given a reference to use something it shouldn't.

New comment by ethanwillis in "If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos"

ethanwillis — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:50:37 +0000

"hope that helps"

Why the smug sarcastic attitude? nah, fuck github i'm out.

New comment by ethanwillis in "Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms"

ethanwillis — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:39:37 +0000

in what specific ways did it go too deep? it's hard to understand when you're being so vague.

New comment by ethanwillis in "Does Where You're Born Matter More Than How Hard You Work?"

ethanwillis — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:52:30 +0000

greatness is working illegally, tax evasion, defrauding consumers, and refusing to pay child support for all of your children.

New comment by ethanwillis in "System76 on Age Verification Laws"

ethanwillis — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:43:20 +0000

Okay assuming you're right that society can offset this bad parenting.

Maybe a more prudent first step is giving these kids free breakfast, lunch, and dinner before putting state mandated age verification on a computer.