Hacker News: mv4

New comment by mv4 in "US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]"

mv4 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:38:17 +0000

Wondering how Spotify is handling this issue

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-09-24/spotify-terms-creato...

New comment by mv4 in "Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage"

mv4 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:45:42 +0000

I tried finding a 128 - 256GB Mac Studio online and most options would not be shipped for at least "8-10 weeks".

New comment by mv4 in "The Millisecond That Could Change Cancer Treatment"

mv4 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:22:18 +0000

Does this have to do with cell division?

New comment by mv4 in "US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February"

mv4 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:04:45 +0000

Why is this unexpected? Seasonal sales hiring is over. Tech is cutting jobs (because AI). Things are generally bleak right now.

New comment by mv4 in "Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at their jobs"

mv4 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:02:29 +0000

as someone frequently exhibiting at various industry trade shows, I can confidently say nobody would notice.

New comment by mv4 in "Nobody gets promoted for simplicity"

mv4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:41:19 +0000

I also feel it's very easy for a good interviewer to bring the conversation back to the desired scenario.

Anything from "imagine we are in a parallel universe where Google Sheets has not been invented yet" to "how would you design a google sheets competitor" would do the trick.

Source: interviewed hundreds, incl FAANG.

New comment by mv4 in ""Clothing-as-a-Service" startup charged with $300M fraud (2025)"

mv4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:30:15 +0000

seems to be the pattern doesn't it.

This hedge fund manager did a review on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36kSqwjaaw&t=7s

New comment by mv4 in ""Clothing-as-a-Service" startup charged with $300M fraud (2025)"

mv4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:27:12 +0000

Do investors do due diligence anymore?

New comment by mv4 in ""Clothing-as-a-Service" startup charged with $300M fraud (2025)"

mv4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:37:56 +0000

A prominent entrepreneur who founded the now-bankrupt clothing technology startup CaaStle was criminally charged on Friday with defrauding investors out of more than $300 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

"Clothing-as-a-Service" startup charged with $300M fraud (2025)

mv4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:37:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/clothing-tech-entrepreneur-charged-with-300-million-fraud-in-us.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47254265

Points: 33

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New comment by mv4 in "Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy"

mv4 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:35:01 +0000

They probably mean receiving the package directly from Amazon?

New comment by mv4 in "Unsung heroes: Flickr's URLs scheme"

mv4 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:44:45 +0000

Yes, I remember gaming the algo to get to the top page! HDR was much harder to produce back then lol

New comment by mv4 in "Hetzner Prices increase 30-40%"

mv4 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:47:12 +0000

The problem is manufactures are shifting their production capacities towards the more profitable, high-performance "AI" components.

New comment by mv4 in "Unsung heroes: Flickr's URLs scheme"

mv4 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:06:47 +0000

Don't forget their "interestingness" algorithm that would determine which photos get to the top position in groups and other shares views. Way before ML ranking.

New comment by mv4 in "Unsung heroes: Flickr's URLs scheme"

mv4 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:05:31 +0000

They were also publicly in "beta" for a few years, which provided a great example that it was okay to roll out experimental features to the public.

New comment by mv4 in "You are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer"

mv4 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:10:15 +0000

LinkedIn says she was a researcher. Joined as part of the Meta <> Scale deal with Alexandr Wang.

New comment by mv4 in "Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras"

mv4 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:05:06 +0000

Thank you for clarifying. It is true that many of such possessions have become incredibly cheap (and therefore affordable) especially when it comes to media consumption and other forms of escapism, but they do very little to address our fundamental needs (physical safety & health, financial security, emotional stability).

True luxuries (not having to worry, not having to waste time) are increasingly out of reach for most people.

New comment by mv4 in "Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras"

mv4 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:57:35 +0000

I see your point, and I've seen people reevaluate their priorities when presented with a life altering sum of money (or with a court subpoena).

And that's one of the reasons we made it architecturally impossible for someone to access the data externally. The user decides how and where to send the data.

New comment by mv4 in "Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras"

mv4 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:42:24 +0000

I wouldn't call these material luxuries, just like big screen TVs are no longer a luxury. Being able to visit a doctor or a dentist on the other hand...

New comment by mv4 in "Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras"

mv4 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:20:56 +0000

"Among the 37 percent of adults who would not have covered a $400 expense completely with cash or its equivalent, most would pay some other way, although some said that they would be unable to pay the expense at all. For those who could cover the expenses another way, the most common approach was to use a credit card and then carry a balance, and many indicated they would use multiple approaches. However, 13 percent of all adults said they would be unable to pay the expense by any means (table 21), unchanged from 2022 and 2023 but up from 11 percent in 2021"

https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2025-economic-we...