Hacker News: mutator

New comment by mutator in "Work out daily? OK, but how socially fit are you? (2023)"

mutator — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:37:53 +0000

Yea man. Agree so much here. For those struggling, wonder if there’s anything out there outside of therapy.

Behind Every Dad Bod Is a Healthy Dad Brain

mutator — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:18:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opinion/dad-brain-health-fatherhood.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48438140

Points: 2

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New comment by mutator in "Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation"

mutator — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:12:36 +0000

This did round involve a secondary? If yes, any data to suggest that these secondaries are leading to increased spending outside of housing and propping up the local economy?

New comment by mutator in "Larry Page leaves California to protect $12.5B from proposed wealth tax"

mutator — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:10:40 +0000

Have there been proposals to tax secondary properties, or is it just easy to evade those, or is the electorate just way too anti property tax. It does feel a far more sustained source of taxation revenue that a one time tax on select individuals.

New comment by mutator in "Larry Page leaves California to protect $12.5B from proposed wealth tax"

mutator — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:08:50 +0000

Its a one time tax that is expected to raise $100 billion over 5 years, with a bulk of that payment going to preserve existing medical, education and food support programs due to federal budget shortfalls. However without a concerted effort to make these programs more efficient and accountable, its very likely that we are faced with the same budget crisis over and over again. We see this all the time with the government shutdown theater every few years, but guess this is just how the country functions. At some point this has to break the system though!

New comment by mutator in "The Lost Subways"

mutator — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:01:47 +0000

> San Francisco cable car system map, 1892

Wow! Its great to see parts of the system are still active today. Just took the Hyde & Beach car a couple of days ago, and although we had to wait for double the time including a car that could not stop due to being full, it was a memorable experience.

On the flip side, for a city that perhaps was one of the early movers in envisioning a robust transportation system, it is somewhat disappointing to see that in over 100 years, parts of the city still feel so disconnected from the transportation lifeline, making those places really hard to live in and commute.

What went wrong? NIMBY'ism, lawyerly society, more regulation; and what is there to hope for the future?

How your high school affects your chances of UC Admission

mutator — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:04:19 +0000

Article URL: https://sfeducation.substack.com/p/how-your-high-school-affects-your

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46537741

Points: 88

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New comment by mutator in "Lego unveils a technology-packed Smart Brick"

mutator — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:47:37 +0000

It looks as though this is just a brick with lights and sounds. I still think the Mindstorms are a better platform for "smart" play.

Ask HN: Am I missing out by not being at one the high growth AI companies?

mutator — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:57:29 +0000

Context - A senior engineer in Bay Area with 10+ years of experience. Current company is a unicorn startup, pays well, work seems impactful, but revenue growth at the company is slowing down. A lot of colleagues have moved on to the foundational model companies, fast growing/hot startups.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45390429

Points: 2

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New comment by mutator in "Find SF parking cops"

mutator — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:36:20 +0000

The quality of the outcome of the street cleaning process is at best meh. Certainly not worth the high dollar amounts they are charging for the fees.

New comment by mutator in "YIMBYs on the Cusp of Major Victory in California"

mutator — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:59:00 +0000

I recall the bill that made it easier to install ADUs from a few years, and in passing I've seen a number of modular housing construction companies that may have also lowered the cost to build and install one.

However, I'd be curious if the something similar applies here with the upzoning bill. If construction costs remain high, are we going to hit the expected numbers of housing to fulfill the shortage.

New comment by mutator in "California lawmakers pass SB 79, housing bill that brings dense housing"

mutator — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 02:58:50 +0000

The discourse around high density housing does not make it clear what specific type of development do advocates prefer. Its likely that the market will have to decide for itself, but if we end up with an abundance of just 1/2 bedroom rental apartments, targeted towards transient younger people, I fear it's just going to enrich the property management class, and families with kids/older parents looking for larger places and hoping to establish roots are still going to stuck fighting the pricing/supply wars.

Mary Meeker's USA Inc. Report Revisited (Mar '25) [pdf]

mutator — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:44:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bondcap.com/report/pdf/USA_Inc_Revisited.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43245203

Points: 2

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New comment by mutator in "How to make Product give a shit about your architecture proposal"

mutator — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 04:21:04 +0000

Very curious to learn about what classes one can take to build up a rudimentary knowledge of plumbing, electrical and HVAC.

Salesforce Plans for Major Layoffs

mutator — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:46:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/salesforce-major-layoffs-starboard

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33521868

Points: 32

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Dot-com bust 2.0 is becoming a reality

mutator — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:57:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2022/10/28/stock-market-tech-dot-com-bubble-2022

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33374087

Points: 6

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New comment by mutator in "Remote work may have fueled a baby boom among U.S. women"

mutator — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:24:48 +0000

Given the general degradation and lack of investment in physical infrastructure to support any growing baby boom, eg. childcare, education etc, what worries me is life being a lot more competitive for this lot of babies.

Remote work may have fueled a baby boom among U.S. women

mutator — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:56:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2022/10/19/remote-work-baby-boom-america

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33262195

Points: 199

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