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New comment by rajivjain in "Amazon blocks Meta’s new Muse AI agent from shopping on amazon.com"

rajivjain — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:41:16 +0000

That’s an interesting thought experiment. How would advertising need to evolve to appeal to agents vs humans?

New comment by rajivjain in "Amazon blocks Meta’s new Muse AI agent from shopping on amazon.com"

rajivjain — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:34:29 +0000

The real big question is what happens to display advertising revenue on Amazon, if even a fraction of its traffic moves to these agents.

Amazon ads is a relatively large portion of its retail profits.

Display ads are meaningless to agents. And agentic commerce is a huge threat to Amazon’s profitability.

No wonders, Amazon is actively banning these agents. but for how long is this even viable? Do we simply move our shopping to more agent friendly destinations? Is this an opportunity for Walmart to finally reclaim it’s throne?

SpaceX 10GW in 2027 – Why It's Real, Will Drive $300B ARR for SpaceX

rajivjain — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:02:50 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/spacex-10gw-in-2027-why-its-real

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49217941

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by rajivjain in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

rajivjain — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:11:23 +0000

My biggest peeve with macOS Tahoe is the App Launcher redesign.

It seems like a clear regression in usability. By moving from a high-density, full-screen experience to a constrained, scrolling window, they’ve increased the interaction cost for launching apps via the mouse. It feels like a 'unification tax. Sacrificing desktop utility to align with non-Desktop modalilties. Does anyone see a functional upside here, or is this purely aesthetic consistency?

New comment by rajivjain in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

rajivjain — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:15:03 +0000

https://charlastar.org/

My twins (in high school) and I are building an AI study buddy.The idea is simple. A peer-level “study friend” you can work alongside, ask questions, and stay on track with.

It’s not doing anything ChatGPT or Claude couldn’t do. The goal is packaging it into something that feels a high-schooler would actually want to use when they’re studying.

We are also using this as a weekly project to learn the abstract stuff. Product thinking, design, pricing, marketing, and how to turn a vague idea into something real. Each week the kids prioritize a feature, research it, write up the idea, and then we build (or cut) it together.

Our stack is Claude Code, TypeScript, React and it's hosted on Cloudflare Pages for frontend + Workers for API.

No login or credit card required to try this out. We welcome your feedback.

New comment by rajivjain in "OpenAI faces complaint to FTC that seeks suspension of ChatGPT releases"

rajivjain — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:30:27 +0000

One way or other, the cat is out of the bag and there is no going back. Remember Napster. Even if Open AI/ChatGPT is taken down, however unlikely, there is no slowing down the innovation that is about to transform our lives. This moment in time feels like early 2000s when Web 1.0 became real to masses and suddenly everyone had a use for web. We are at precipice of the next big technology cycle, and this is showing all the classical symptoms of incumbents fighting the inevitable disruption

New comment by rajivjain in "India fines Google $162M for anti-competitive practices on Android"

rajivjain — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 03:16:49 +0000

The American technology companies are looking increasingly vulnerable especially internationally. Tech companies are the new wave of American mega corporations. I wonder how the mega corporation of past managed to navigate these challenges? Did US government play any role in protecting the US companies? If so, what drove it, more business friendly Washington, more effective lobbying, or something else?

New comment by rajivjain in "Amazon’s Alexa to be tested on Artemis 1 test spaceflight"

rajivjain — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:37:07 +0000

Here is NASA’s blog with more details - https://www.nasa.gov/feature/callisto-technology-demonstrati...

New comment by rajivjain in "FTC Chair Lina Khan outlines new vision for antitrust enforcement"

rajivjain — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:42:42 +0000

This is interesting new thinking coming from FTC. The whole concept of "dominant intermediaries" seems to focus on the likes of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook. Can't wait to see how FTC takes this forward.

FTC Chair Lina Khan outlines new vision for antitrust enforcement

rajivjain — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:39:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/23/ftc-chair-khan-outlines-vision-for-antitrust-enforcement-consumer-protection.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28634195

Points: 4

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New comment by rajivjain in "Twitter Ban in Nigeria"

rajivjain — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 14:07:32 +0000

It’s not that simple. Twitter has business, operations, and employees in India. Twitter can choose to stop doing business in India. This decision will hurt both Twitter and Indian economy. It’s not in the interest of both parties to keep escalating.

New comment by rajivjain in "Russia gives Google 24 hours to delete banned content"

rajivjain — Mon, 24 May 2021 23:57:37 +0000

Pressuring social media companies seems to an interesting developing trend. India and Russia both took actions against social media companies in the past few days. Florida passed local laws protecting politicians. Over the past 6 months Google, Facebook, Twitter, et al proved themselves to be competent in monitoring and banning unwanted content. I will not be surprised that each country will create laws and pressure the tech companies to comply. After all, the veneer of ToS compliance is a thin match against local laws. If a government can justify their actions in the local courts, the only options the tech companies have would be to either comply or leave the country. Even Apple chose compliance with the local laws in China. See - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-ce...

New comment by rajivjain in "Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made anti-competitive demands"

rajivjain — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:50:48 +0000

This is why we as users should choose our platforms carefully. This spat between Roku and Google is ultimately all about $$$ generated with 'monetizing' our habits and data. Ad infested platforms like Roku will continually try and push for larger share of the pie. Whereas, Google will continue pushing for more data. They both will win. Win at our expense. Not thanks, I would rather stay with my Apple TV and have a modicum of control over my privacy, even though it's more expensive piece of hardware to buy.

New comment by rajivjain in "Camp Century"

rajivjain — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:32:17 +0000

Camp Century was nuclear power research base in Greenland and was a cover-up for a Project Iceworm whose end goal was to install a vast network of nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet. This video shows the audacity of this project in 1960 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28NYczAuXl4). It was ultimately abandoned as ice conditions were not as stable as initially projected. Nuclear waste and Biohazard created by this site has become an environmental concern with the melting of the ice sheet.

Camp Century

rajivjain — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:32:17 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Century

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26854491

Points: 2

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The Political CEO

rajivjain — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 19:00:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/04/15/the-political-ceo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26846554

Points: 2

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China semiconductor imports surge to all-time high in March

rajivjain — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:09:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3129383/china-semiconductor-imports-surge-all-time-high-march-amid-global

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26796559

Points: 2

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New comment by rajivjain in "US bosses now earn 312 times the average worker's wage, figures show (2018)"

rajivjain — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:35:09 +0000

Compare and contrast the executive compensation to the weakening power of employee unions. In the past executives needed to be diligent about how executive compensation would affect union negotiations. It would be very hard to squeeze unions while dramatically increasing executive compensation. With weakened labor unions, there is no need to maintain the curtain of equity of treatment of labor vs executives.

New comment by rajivjain in "Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time"

rajivjain — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:04:30 +0000

The Economist published article in this week's edition contrasting the rise of the current left/right fervor to relative decline of the religious fervor. The accompanying image captures this really well - https://www.economist.com/img/b/1000/563/90/sites/default/fi....

The full article is here -https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/03/27/religious...

Too Much Choice Is Hurting America

rajivjain — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:39:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/opinion/deregulation-health-care-electricity.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26318723

Points: 2

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