Hacker News: lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lytonHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:55:07 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by lyton in "Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce"]]>Fyi, the CEO claims[0] they fired very few engineers. The prime target were allegedly salespeople

0: https://x.com/eastdakota/status/2052560831909433554

]]>Fri, 08 May 2026 17:07:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065919lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065919https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065919<![CDATA[New comment by lyton in "Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw"]]>Page archive: https://archive.ph/YWmbx

]]>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:29:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118147lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118147https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118147<![CDATA[New comment by lyton in "Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE"]]>Reminds me of the time when Signal(the private messaging app) once tried to get ad data from Facebook and show it to users with a high degree of specificity eg “You got this ad because you’re a middle aged woman who enjoys kpop and loves reading about Christopher Nolan”

Relevant article: http://archive.today/fzUL4

]]>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:18:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565967lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565967https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565967<![CDATA[New comment by lyton in "Second study finds Uber used opaque algorithm to dramatically boost profits"]]>There are many theories about this, but the one I find most plausible is that the airlines sell the data to Lyft.

Previous HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43687696 Another forum discussion: https://archive.ph/wip/ck9CJ

]]>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:27:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44378414lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44378414https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44378414<![CDATA[A random number generator determined the likely election winner]]>Article URL: https://www.natesilver.net/p/a-random-number-generator-determined

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42051218

Points: 3

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]]>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:10:52 +0000https://www.natesilver.net/p/a-random-number-generator-determinedlytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42051218https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42051218<![CDATA[New comment by lyton in "iMessage, explained"]]>which iPhone model did you go for?

]]>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:21:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38540713lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38540713https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38540713<![CDATA[New comment by lyton in "Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android"]]>Do you mind giving me a referral for Beeper?

]]>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 03:44:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38540263lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38540263https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38540263<![CDATA[New comment by lyton in "10 years since Google said to “hang tight” about Linux support for Google Drive"]]>I used Allo for some time. It's long gone now.

]]>Sun, 24 Apr 2022 21:42:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31148611lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31148611https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31148611<![CDATA[New comment by lyton in "Xdm – Powerfull download accelerator and video downloader"]]>The UI has always seemed "off." I'll stick to Free Download Manager

]]>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:21:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30716024lytonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30716024https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30716024