Hacker News: slantedview

New comment by slantedview in "Uber is laying off 10% of staff"

slantedview — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:16:20 +0000

Revenue is up massively, so we'll be getting rid of the people that helped that happen. Genius move.

New comment by slantedview in "Autism mutations drive neurodevelopmental pathology"

slantedview — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:40:12 +0000

There's a CNN article that has some expert quotes for context, but isn't quite as in depth as the study itself: https://archive.ph/yBiM8

Autism mutations drive neurodevelopmental pathology

slantedview — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4523

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49469098

Points: 111

# Comments: 192

New comment by slantedview in "Elastic lays off 7% of employees"

slantedview — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:40:34 +0000

Am I misunderstanding their current finances? On yahoo finance, I don't see net negative income for ESTC.

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

slantedview — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:57:31 +0000

Looking at a few retailers, it seems like prices haven't increased yet. Maybe in a few days?

New comment by slantedview in "Killed by Apple"

slantedview — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:48:06 +0000

This list includes some things that were killed then brought back. Seems unfair.

New comment by slantedview in "Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms"

slantedview — Sun, 10 May 2026 15:22:04 +0000

Very cool project!

New comment by slantedview in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

slantedview — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:58:46 +0000

Sounds like the Slate truck.

New comment by slantedview in "EFF is leaving X"

slantedview — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:00:33 +0000

"Who do you believe, me or your lying eyes?"

New comment by slantedview in "EFF is leaving X"

slantedview — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:29:58 +0000

> I find it deeply dismaying that people consider that "just politics" or that opposing it is "ideological"

It depends: if you support far right viewpoints, like wanting to deport minorities, the MSM will cover it as just politics. If you support far left (for America) viewpoints, like, wanting free healthcare, the MSM will cover it as if you're a radical communist.

New comment by slantedview in "US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1B' deal to end offshore wind projects"

slantedview — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:53:09 +0000

No country can survive this level of waste and stupidity. Not even the US.

New comment by slantedview in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"

slantedview — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:21:32 +0000

Keep in mind, Carmack heads an AI company now. His opinion should be viewed with that context.

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

slantedview — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:55:14 +0000

This is absolutely backwards.

New comment by slantedview in "Where things stand with the Department of War"

slantedview — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:21:24 +0000

Let's not imply the world changed on its own. Trump changed it.

New comment by slantedview in "Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers"

slantedview — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:47:02 +0000

"or 1M+ monthly NPM downloads"

Right, because Node is the only package ecosystem.

New comment by slantedview in "Layoffs at Block"

slantedview — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:25:30 +0000

"owning" the decision doesn't mean anything. It's just words.

New comment by slantedview in "Layoffs at Block"

slantedview — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:19:48 +0000

The CEO's last visionary move was to go all in on crypto, even renaming the company. Now he's a visionary again, but firing half the company instead of himself.

New comment by slantedview in "Go 1.26 Interactive Tour"

slantedview — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:46:25 +0000

The recursive type constraints are excellent.

New comment by slantedview in "Are You YES AI or No AI?"

slantedview — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:53:35 +0000

The snap judgement is what makes it fun.

New comment by slantedview in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

slantedview — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:27:19 +0000

As always, she's preferred because she intends to welcome US oil companies. Winning a prize is a red herring.