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New comment by ojbyrne in "Is this why science advances one funeral at a time?"

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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New comment by ojbyrne in "Layoffs at Block"

ojbyrne — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:49:48 +0000

It’s not clear to me whether you’re characterizing that as trenchant business advice or cynical bullshit. Meta has had several rounds of layoffs now so it surely can’t be the former.

Also Guy Kawasaki probably isn’t the first to say this, but I’d guess he predates Zuckerberg: https://guykawasaki.com/the_art_of_the_/

New comment by ojbyrne in "How far back in time can you understand English?"

ojbyrne — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:34:53 +0000

Once upon a time I took a course where the prof read excerpts from Chaucer to us. Middle English was much more decipherable to this modern English speaker when it was spoken.

New comment by ojbyrne in "US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere"

ojbyrne — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:17:48 +0000

Pretty sure it will be like TrumpRX. Big PR blitz and when the details are exposed, a nothing burger.

New comment by ojbyrne in "My eighth year as a bootstrapped founder"

ojbyrne — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:34:40 +0000

Concerning independence and autonomy, I ruefully recall hearing the saying “You get to work your own hours … as long as it’s all of them.”

New comment by ojbyrne in "Why I Joined OpenAI"

ojbyrne — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:14:59 +0000

The article says "I ended up having 26 interviews and meetings (of course I kept a log) with various AI tech giants."

I don't think that indicates that any one company interviewed him 20+ times.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Data centers in space makes no sense"

ojbyrne — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:44:45 +0000

Plus government backstop. The federal government (especially the current one) is not going to let SpaceX fail.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k"

ojbyrne — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:49:56 +0000

Amateur status hasn’t been relevant to the Olympics in quite a while.

New comment by ojbyrne in "US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year"

ojbyrne — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:34:33 +0000

Personally I’m willing to pay more to support global trade, and reduce the harmful effects of excessive nationalism and imperialism.

New comment by ojbyrne in "US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Than a Year"

ojbyrne — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:10:15 +0000

Actually its easy if you're a multinational. You invest outside the United States.

New comment by ojbyrne in "Tell HN: Merry Christmas"

ojbyrne — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 02:52:11 +0000

I can’t tell if you’re joking, because I’m looking at the site on chrome on iPhone and there’s numbers.