Hacker News: stats111

New comment by stats111 in "IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites"

stats111 — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:49:40 +0000

Gaza is the the grave yard of not only Palestinians, but the lie of a rules-based international order. Israel has been allowed to get away with - the backing on it's western allies - flagrant legal violations of international law, alongside accusations of Genocide by the ICJ.

New comment by stats111 in "Mercury: Commercial-scale diffusion language model"

stats111 — Thu, 01 May 2025 00:34:58 +0000

Can't use the Mercury name Sir. It's a bank!

New comment by stats111 in "Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum"

stats111 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:18:16 +0000

Why would an army not committing heinous acts deny access to western journalists and independent observers?

New comment by stats111 in "Growing number of apps help automate pro-Israel activism online"

stats111 — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 23:50:05 +0000

Why does a country that is apparently doing nothing wrong have the most advanced PR and propaganda machine in the world?

New comment by stats111 in "UK and US strikes against Houthis under way in Yemen, say US officials"

stats111 — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 01:42:07 +0000

The UK and US cares more about shipping lanes than living breathing human beings in Gaza.

New comment by stats111 in "Hertz paid Accenture $32M for a website that never went live (2019)"

stats111 — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 01:01:56 +0000

Accenture and other large SI firms are responsible for the majority of public and private sector complex and large software delivery projects. Many of them are resoundingly successful and deliver a great deal of value to businesses and their end users. Some do go wrong due to poor management and individual failures, but it would be unfair to tarnish entire industries based on these isolated incidents (full disclosure: I've worked for several consulting and SI firms in the past).

New comment by stats111 in "Twitter Still Wants Musk’s Money"

stats111 — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:57:29 +0000

I believe Musk will increase Twitter's accountability, which will benefit the platform and its users.

New comment by stats111 in "Ask HN: Startup Jobs as a Solution Architect"

stats111 — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:40:31 +0000

As you originally suggested, the closest may be the CTO role. Do startups generally hire CTO's? And are CTO's expected to code?

New comment by stats111 in "Ask HN: Startup Jobs as a Solution Architect"

stats111 — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:44:46 +0000

I work in management consulting and design and assure complex IT systems for large public sector organisations, acting as an intermediary between business stakeholders and technical teams. The work requires strong communication skills, stakeholder management, commercial awareness, and technical skills. Solution architects typically have a background in software development and have extensive experience working in a variety of industries and technical domains. It's massively unfair to suggest that Solution architects just "talk about" things as suggested by another commenter. In the public sector especially, problems are big and unwieldy (think legacy systems, poor interoperability, multiple stakeholders, regulatory requirements, multitude of use cases, technical governance etc.).

Ask HN: Startup Jobs as a Solution Architect

stats111 — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:57:14 +0000

I've worked as a Solution Architect for several years and have been considering roles at startups, but startups don't seem to hire Solution Architects? Is there another term for this position in startups, or do senior developers typically take on design responsibilities?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31209938

Points: 5

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New comment by stats111 in "The Story of Sugru"

stats111 — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:17:07 +0000

Invested in them and lost all my money

New comment by stats111 in "Sonic Robo Blast 2: a 3D open-source Sonic the Hedgehog fangame built on Doom"

stats111 — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:36:33 +0000

Classic Sonic games are based on momentum and not speed. The aim isn't to run through the level as soon as physically possible; speed is only one (small) attribute to the games overall qualities.

New comment by stats111 in "Goldman CEO warns remote work is aberration, not new normal"

stats111 — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:07:36 +0000

Working from home creates a new friction to collaboration that didn't exist previously. It is however a trade-off with employee well-being and recognising that people have lives and responsibilities outside of work.

New comment by stats111 in "Atlassian ends support for all server products"

stats111 — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 15:51:37 +0000

Not cool for secure government departments who will look to use something else.

Ask HN: Is there a role for a Solution Architect at startups?

stats111 — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 15:49:50 +0000

Most jobs seem to software development or marketing. As someone who is a Solution Architect it doesn't seem start-ups present much of an opportunity for me.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24810850

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Why does every country needs its own Covid contact tracing app?

stats111 — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 11:00:07 +0000

Several countries have now launched contract tracing apps, with other countries, like the UK, marred by overspend and delay in launching their own. If many of these are based on Google and Apple contract tracing protocols, why is there a need to develop an app per country? I could see benefits of skinning the apps and maybe links/email to local health advice, but over and above that, it seems really wasteful, and with delays, will have a real human cost.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23778848

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by stats111 in "Convert Markdown to a Mind Map"

stats111 — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:58:08 +0000

This is great. Is there anyway to have it set vertically?

New comment by stats111 in "My Salary Progression in Tech"

stats111 — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:50:19 +0000

It's a UK wide average. Specific industries like banking will pay a markup. Also expect a 15-20% higher pay in London due to increased living costs.

New comment by stats111 in "My Salary Progression in Tech"

stats111 — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:46:03 +0000

These salaries sound astronomical compared to earning potential in UK companies. As an Architect, average salaries are around £64,000. Does anyone know how like for like roles pay in the UK for US companies? I can't see Amazon paying £200k for a software developer?

Gender pay reporting misses the mark when it comes to people of colour

stats111 — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:34:20 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@smiah2/diversity-pay-reporting-misses-the-mark-when-it-comes-to-people-of-colour-da7168d15d3b

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16771817

Points: 1

# Comments: 0