Hacker News: prithviphttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=prithvipHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:07:51 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by prithvip in "The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level"]]>Exactly. Crazy you are getting downvoted for having the most informed comment here. The other aspect of this is the rise of franchisees in America. Previously, the salary of the manager of a corporate store would be measured as labor income. In a franchise, it would be measured as capital income.

https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/research-summary/the-rise-o...

]]>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:03:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48735704prithviphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48735704https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48735704<![CDATA[New comment by prithvip in "Log level 'error' should mean that something needs to be fixed"]]>This is not true. Any modern Java compiler will generate identical bytecode for both. Try it yourself and see! As a programmer you do not need to worry about such details, this is what the compiler is for. Choose whatever style feels best for you.

]]>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:16:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46343140prithviphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46343140https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46343140<![CDATA[New comment by prithvip in "Threads, an Instagram app"]]>Wow, this was prophetic.

> they'll have a userbase in the millions within hours of launch that's able to hop over from IG.

Well done on this prediction.

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