Hacker News: ojbyrne

New comment by ojbyrne in "Zuckerberg's war on whistleblowers"

ojbyrne — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:37:16 +0000

Maybe because he started after she left?

New comment by ojbyrne in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

ojbyrne — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:45:20 +0000

Only available with 1 memory config - 96 gb. They used to have 512 and 256.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?"

ojbyrne — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:12:37 +0000

From a paywalled article in the WSJ:

“ The China card

Two Chinese chip makers—CXMT, the country’s top DRAM producer, and Yangtze Memory Technologies, which focuses on NAND storage—are growing fast and want to expand their global clientele. China is the closest thing to a quick fix for the chip shortage, but the solution is at best partial.

Yangtze Memory is building three new factories in China that would more than double its current capacity by the end of 2027, people familiar with the plans said. Meanwhile CXMT is seeking to raise $4 billion in an initial public offering in Shanghai, and it is building new factories. It said its revenue rose by more than 700% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, though it acknowledged that its products still trail those of the three industry leaders.”

Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-memory-crunch-is-almost-imp...

New comment by ojbyrne in "Americans express unease over SpaceX's influence on retirement savings"

ojbyrne — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:53:57 +0000

Also CRSP, which is the index used by US Total Market funds and many Target Date funds.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"

ojbyrne — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:13:27 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune%3A_The_Butlerian_Jihad

New comment by ojbyrne in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

ojbyrne — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:32:39 +0000

I’m 65. I’m pretty sure I heard plenty of snide “nose buried in a book” cracks when i was growing up.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SEC"

ojbyrne — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:51:23 +0000

The lockup periods are also being fiddled with: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/spacex-ipo...

New comment by ojbyrne in "The dead economy theory"

ojbyrne — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:50:34 +0000

Managers schedule meetings so that developers can’t get anything done. Then they hire more developers, which means even more meetings. Virtuous cycle!

New comment by ojbyrne in "Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country"

ojbyrne — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:16:39 +0000

That Gizmodo article says none of the things you characterize it as saying.

Except sorta - "Peter Freed, Meta’s former director of energy strategy, who spoke to Heatmap, expects only about 10% of the projects that are currently underway to ever be completed."

Perhaps that's why he's a "former director" but that doesn't really qualify as an "insider."

New comment by ojbyrne in "How to convert between wealth and income tax"

ojbyrne — Fri, 22 May 2026 16:11:22 +0000

Why choose the median state tax? The proposed wealth tax is in California, where the top tax rate is 13%. Also relevant would be Medicare (1.45% or 2.35% depending on your employment income) and presumably for billionaires, the Net Investment Income Tax, another 3.8%.

I understand why he simplifies things, but it doesn’t really jive with saying politicians don’t understand how taxes work.

I think politicians have a better understanding of taxes than Paul does, and they have a better understanding of how politics work - basically as in all things political, if you convince the majority that you’re dumping on minorities (billionaires, immigrants, trans people) you’ll do well.

New comment by ojbyrne in "As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work"

ojbyrne — Tue, 12 May 2026 23:41:25 +0000

It’s almost like a corollary to the Douglas Adam’s principle referred to in the article - if there’s a theory about social behavior formulated before you’re born, it’s fair game to reformulate it.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank"

ojbyrne — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:50:38 +0000

The article starts with “Israeli soldiers and settlers” so presumably the answer to your question is settlers.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs"

ojbyrne — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:49:40 +0000

it would probably be useful to know how many of the current layoffs were people on H-1Bs.

New comment by ojbyrne in "I quit. The clankers won"

ojbyrne — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:25:57 +0000

Perhaps the lack of investment in their skills was the cause for the commenter’s job hopping, not the effect.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

ojbyrne — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:25:06 +0000

Not a lot of prestige in that.

New comment by ojbyrne in "“Your frustration is the product”"

ojbyrne — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:52:32 +0000

The referenced article ends like this:

"I'm Shubham, a full-stack product engineer passionate about fixing hostile UI, building privacy-first tools (like my YouTube extension with 51k+ DAU), and making the web usable again. I am currently looking for my next role."

:-(

New comment by ojbyrne in "Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance"

ojbyrne — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:44 +0000

How can I not be flippant? I lived in Canada for a large part of my life (30 years-ish, 15 years ago). The bills are introduced, not passed.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold"

ojbyrne — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 03:38:04 +0000

“Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea” is a book about the treasure hunt, recommended.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Oracle is building yesterday's data centers with tomorrow's debt"

ojbyrne — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:58:54 +0000

In the ballpark ($2-4 billion in the 1970s): https://priceonomics.com/how-the-hunt-brothers-cornered-the-...

Job Cuts and the AI Narrative

ojbyrne — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:26:25 +0000

Article URL: https://om.co/2026/02/28/block-tackle-job-cuts-the-ai-narrative/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47217694

Points: 2

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