Hacker News: mkl95

SpaceX handed lowest possible ESG rating by MSCI

mkl95 — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:35:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/a0dd4ea7-ef3d-4460-a96c-8c6975a053e3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48619334

Points: 8

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New comment by mkl95 in "The computer science degree isn’t dead"

mkl95 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:39:29 +0000

I had a hard time with probability and stats, although it was way more mind expanding than calculus.

The Null Is Always False (Except When It Is True) (2014)

mkl95 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:27:26 +0000

Article URL: http://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-null-is-always-false-except-when-it.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517675

Points: 11

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New comment by mkl95 in "There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing"

mkl95 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:12:35 +0000

> you're not gonna gain any understanding from a self-reported survey of ~2500 people

A sample size of ~2500 is statistically huge - the margin of error is very small. You should sign up to a stats course.

New comment by mkl95 in "There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing"

mkl95 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:12:22 +0000

From an EU perspective it can look complicated. But when you look at the data, the American electorate is relatively simple-minded. For example: https://navigatorresearch.org/2024-post-election-survey-the-...

New comment by mkl95 in "The computer science degree isn’t dead"

mkl95 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:48:38 +0000

> probability, calculus, linear algebra

All of these are mandatory in EU universities' CS programmes and are taught with relative rigor, particularly linear algebra. Calculus is called "Analysis" and usually covers all of Calc I plus a bit of Calc II.

New comment by mkl95 in "There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing"

mkl95 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:37:06 +0000

> belongs to a party that is pretty much advertising on wanting to be a smaller government that gets involved less.

It's the other way around. Americans voted for Trump hoping he'd improve the country's economy and address the cost-of-living crisis. For example, one of the main proposals was to make ICE bigger and use it to deport as many people as possible, hoping it'd give back jobs to Americans. Another key proposal was to withdraw from climate agreements and stimulate the mining industry.

New comment by mkl95 in "We indexed the Delve audit leak: 533 reports, 455 companies, 99.8% identical"

mkl95 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:28:50 +0000

I've worked with SOC2-certified companies where employees would email each other plaintext credentials, publish them in Notion pages, etc. You cannot cure stupidity by "complying".

New comment by mkl95 in "Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?"

mkl95 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:37:52 +0000

That was only Q1! So much winning left!

Compound interest confoundedly profound (2017)

mkl95 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:23:59 +0000

Article URL: https://starkcoffee.medium.com/compound-interest-confoundedly-profound-e53b8a8a70a9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47466806

Points: 2

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New comment by mkl95 in ""I can't do that, Dave" – No agent yet"

mkl95 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:01:45 +0000

It's very unique to LinkedIn. OP's prose is difficult to process even if you've abused your brain for years with LinkedIn content, though. In a more merciful timeline, only people like James Ellroy or Cormac McCarthy would ever attempt to write like that.

Half of all XL Bully dogs in Britain descend from 'Killer Kimbo' (2023)

mkl95 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:52:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/14/britains-xl-bullys-descend-one-inbred-pet-us-killer-kimbo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208369

Points: 3

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New comment by mkl95 in "I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over"

mkl95 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:27:01 +0000

The CEO role at Mozilla is unstable. Even if Mozilla didn't require a LinkedIn page, chances are their CEOs would have an up to date account. Also, Mozilla's ARR is mostly their Google partnership.

New comment by mkl95 in "The three year myth"

mkl95 — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:09:51 +0000

In the zero-interest rate economy, it was easy for early to mid-career engineers with average skill to switch to a company that paid them 20%+ more money. I did it myself multiple times.

The current economy and AI have turned the tables. Even today, waiting for three years is pushing it for most folks, but understandable. Career growth is being decimated across the industry, and opportunities simply aren't there anymore like they used to be. You can be dedicated and above average, but you are still stuck in the same industry as everyone else.

Obey the Testing Goat

mkl95 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:08:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46925437

Points: 1

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New comment by mkl95 in "France's homegrown open source online office suite"

mkl95 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:11:26 +0000

Django must be more popular than Rails in the EU these days. Most Django devs have never used Go or Node and have never heard about Bun. Django is in the category of battle-tested frameworks that are very boring and easy to get things done with.

New comment by mkl95 in "Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native"

mkl95 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 14:33:59 +0000

This is an uncomfortable truth on this site, because many of us work for a FAANG company or FAANG partner. If the cloud hadn't grown that much in the last decade or so, the software industry would be relatively unpretentious.

New comment by mkl95 in "Gas Town's agent patterns, design bottlenecks, and vibecoding at scale"

mkl95 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:19:48 +0000

OP defines herself as a mediocre engineer. She's trying to sell you Slop Town, not engineering principles.

New comment by mkl95 in "European lawmakers suspend U.S. trade deal"

mkl95 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:21:32 +0000

The US won't stop bullying the rest of the world until it has drastic consequences for its economy. Make of that what you will.

New comment by mkl95 in "C Is Best (2025)"

mkl95 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:37:11 +0000

C is like a classic car. It's cool and you might have fun with it, but if something goes wrong out there, there's a significant chance you'll end up in a very bad shape.