Hacker News: johntiger1

New comment by johntiger1 in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

johntiger1 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:17:44 +0000

Yeah i'm no fan of Elon but starlink is actually quite useful. It solves a real problem - I need network access anywhere on the globe, for any reason, at any time. they can easily charge what they wish for that (military, air travel, desert tourists etc.)

New comment by johntiger1 in "Shall we play a game? My AI nuclear simulation"

johntiger1 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:59 +0000

LLMs are creatures of statistics and probability - hard to enforce hard boundaries with them

New comment by johntiger1 in "Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation"

johntiger1 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:16:42 +0000

Google's only focus isn't on Gemini. Anthropic is do-or-die

I Became a Quant (2007) [pdf]

johntiger1 — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:24:24 +0000

Article URL: https://engineering.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/2021-10/How_I_Became_a_Quant%20%281%29.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46491811

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The Demise of Symantec (2020)

johntiger1 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:12:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardstiennon/2020/03/16/the-demise-of-symantec/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46305572

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by johntiger1 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

johntiger1 — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:26:36 +0000

https://bobalearn.org/

Site where you can read and generate graded Chinese stories, in order to learn Chinese. What's a graded story? It's one written with the vocab of a {X} year old. Words are often repeated, so that you can learn from the left-and-right context. I normally pay for book versions of these, so I thought, why not make one that's online and free?

What I vibe coded in a week (laid off MLE at Meta)

johntiger1 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:53:45 +0000

Article URL: https://hermitian3.substack.com/p/what-i-vibe-coded-in-a-week-laid

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45858087

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by johntiger1 in "Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year"

johntiger1 — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:37:44 +0000

Yeah principal EM is confusing here. Wouldn't EM I report to EM II? At Meta it's typically M1 -> M2

New comment by johntiger1 in "Using AI to secure AI"

johntiger1 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:28:44 +0000

who watches the watch man?

New comment by johntiger1 in "Open models by OpenAI"

johntiger1 — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:08:51 +0000

Wow, this will eat Meta's lunch

New comment by johntiger1 in "Las Vegas is embracing a simple climate solution: More trees"

johntiger1 — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 07:33:17 +0000

Yeah there was no need for an ad hominem there

Spun-off PayPal is worth more than eBay

johntiger1 — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:04:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/07/20/paypal-as-a-spinoff-is-worth-way-more-than-ebay-its-former-parent-company/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41058432

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Meta stock has lost $137B in market cap on weak Q2 revenue guidance

johntiger1 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:05:08 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/meta-stock-falls-disappointing-q2-202013597.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149630

Points: 20

# Comments: 12

Meta debuts new generation of AI chip

johntiger1 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:53:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-debuts-new-generation-ai-chip-2024-04-10/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39995592

Points: 12

# Comments: 3

New comment by johntiger1 in "Ask HN: If you've used GPT-4-Turbo and Claude Opus, which do you prefer?"

johntiger1 — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:27:14 +0000

There are definitely some shills all over HN now... But even aside from that, the sheer novelty aspect (+less robotic ethical alignment) of it is enough for many

"It feels like a burden" – Bumble's new CEO on women-first messaging

johntiger1 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:51:31 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2024/03/12/bumble-dating-app-reconsider-women-make-the-first-move-signature-feature-ceo-lidiane-jones/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39706256

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Ex-Meta VP sued after leaking top employee perf reviews, compensation info

johntiger1 — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 05:05:19 +0000

Article URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/tech/meta-sues-ex-vp-dipinder-singh-khurana-heres-why/articleshow/108448773.cms?from=mdr

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39688282

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by johntiger1 in "New York State Department of Labor Warn Filing – April 1 Google Layoff [pdf]"

johntiger1 — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 19:43:59 +0000

Looks like 225 will be affected starting in April? Or has this already occurred?

New York State Department of Labor Warn Filing – April 1 Google Layoff [pdf]

johntiger1 — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 19:43:59 +0000

Article URL: https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2024/02/google-2023-0185-through-2023-0188-1-22-2024.pdf

Hacker News: johntiger1

New comment by johntiger1 in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

New comment by johntiger1 in "Shall we play a game? My AI nuclear simulation"

New comment by johntiger1 in "Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation"

I Became a Quant (2007) [pdf]

The Demise of Symantec (2020)

New comment by johntiger1 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

What I vibe coded in a week (laid off MLE at Meta)

New comment by johntiger1 in "Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year"

New comment by johntiger1 in "Using AI to secure AI"

New comment by johntiger1 in "Open models by OpenAI"

New comment by johntiger1 in "Las Vegas is embracing a simple climate solution: More trees"

Spun-off PayPal is worth more than eBay

Meta stock has lost $137B in market cap on weak Q2 revenue guidance

Meta debuts new generation of AI chip

New comment by johntiger1 in "Ask HN: If you've used GPT-4-Turbo and Claude Opus, which do you prefer?"

"It feels like a burden" – Bumble's new CEO on women-first messaging

Ex-Meta VP sued after leaking top employee perf reviews, compensation info

New comment by johntiger1 in "New York State Department of Labor Warn Filing – April 1 Google Layoff [pdf]"

New York State Department of Labor Warn Filing – April 1 Google Layoff [pdf]

New comment by johntiger1 in "U.S. students will take the SAT online"