Hacker News: slaw

New comment by slaw in "Japan implements language proficiency requirements for certain visa applicants"

slaw — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:14:28 +0000

Yes, by 2091 Africas fertility rate should be 2.1

New comment by slaw in "Japan implements language proficiency requirements for certain visa applicants"

slaw — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:47:17 +0000

Africa has fertility rate 4.02 in 2025. Do you want Switzerland look like Africa?

New comment by slaw in "BYD's bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid rising oil prices"

slaw — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:40:26 +0000

You start with wrong assumption. Compare PHEV with 70kWh battery + ICE vs the same model as BEV with 100kWh battery.

New comment by slaw in "Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued"

slaw — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:55:10 +0000

40 nuclear power plants.

New comment by slaw in "DARPA’s new X-76"

slaw — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:05:18 +0000

Nothing that makes them jet fighters is used. Propeller planes with launchers could do the same.

New comment by slaw in "DARPA’s new X-76"

slaw — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:43:06 +0000

Russia/Ukraine war shows that 4th generation jets are not survivable in any current as of 2026 air defense environment.

New comment by slaw in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

slaw — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:52:49 +0000

Isn't it easier to fix housing issue and build more apartments?

New comment by slaw in "iPhone 17e"

slaw — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:08:44 +0000

Mercedes-Benz sells commuter cars in Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_A-Class

New comment by slaw in "Why isn't LA repaving streets?"

slaw — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:01:51 +0000

one garbage truck - 40,000 pounds wears road 2000x than escalade.

New comment by slaw in "Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston"

slaw — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:23:22 +0000

No and no. US companies started offshoring in 2022. There are no new STEM jobs since than.

New comment by slaw in "Tesla registrations crash 17% in Europe as BEV market surges 14%"

slaw — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:34:30 +0000

missing /s ?

New comment by slaw in "Tesla registrations crash 17% in Europe as BEV market surges 14%"

slaw — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:37:09 +0000

More lives would be saved if usaid never existed.

New comment by slaw in "Hetzner Prices increase 30-40%"

slaw — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:33:26 +0000

China blocked from buying ASML machines?

New comment by slaw in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

slaw — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:31:36 +0000

> near-instantly increase in fertility rate by huge amounts over the next couple of years

Nothing like this on Wikipedia. Do you have a better link?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_population_projections

New comment by slaw in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

slaw — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:06:44 +0000

All projections show world population growth until at least 2100, thanks to Africa birth rate above 4.

New comment by slaw in "TSMC to make advanced AI semiconductors in Japan"

slaw — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:17:56 +0000

The only logical way to compare is by amount of money.

New comment by slaw in "Canadian startups need to stop playing slow"

slaw — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:51:00 +0000

> are heavily aligned with MAGA

Is it good or bad for startups? Or just not related.

New comment by slaw in "Tesla (TSLA) can't find the bottom in Europe"

slaw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:50:07 +0000

Tesla was never super-mainstream, regular-mainstream or mainstream. It was top EV when there were no other EVs. Stellantis has 16% market share in Europe.

New comment by slaw in "Tesla (TSLA) can't find the bottom in Europe"

slaw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:19 +0000

> Across the wider region (EU, UK, EFTA), market share fell to 1.7% by November 2025

Tesla was never mainstream in Europe.

New comment by slaw in "Amazon cuts 16k jobs"

slaw — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:14:43 +0000

Correlation without causation. In 2024 companies were not starting to hire.