Hacker News: weirdmantis69

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA"

weirdmantis69 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:42:49 +0000

Novo Nordisk is a good company? News to me.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling"

weirdmantis69 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:58:17 +0000

That's true. I'm frustrated for example in how they teach math at my kids school. They don't do rote memorization of how to multiply. No quizzes, no reciting... they teach the conceptual parts of it which is fine, but without memorizing I feel they will never have fluency. And my daughter never did get fluency in math now I'm drilling my younger son every day.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled production"

weirdmantis69 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:47:17 +0000

fly... you fools...

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200"

weirdmantis69 — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:51:05 +0000

The terrestrial based systems getting protested, blocked, and demonized everywhere? Those ones?

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy"

weirdmantis69 — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:45:27 +0000

You must have been cheering when they blew up the Buddhas of Bamiyan because at least white people didn't have them.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "BYD overtakes Tesla and Kia as the best-selling EV brand in key overseas markets"

weirdmantis69 — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:45:39 +0000

??? There is such a thing as a cybertruck. It can tow better than any other truck.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "BYD overtakes Tesla and Kia as the best-selling EV brand in key overseas markets"

weirdmantis69 — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:41:27 +0000

Ya I heard that from some chinese facebook users... oh wait...

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "BYD overtakes Tesla and Kia as the best-selling EV brand in key overseas markets"

weirdmantis69 — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:39:08 +0000

lmao. "religious nationalism"? What are you referring to here? The USA's new tighter immigration standards? What pray tell is China's immigration policy? Ignorance? Are you referring to perhaps San Francisco progressives eliminating enhanced schooling because it makes some students feel bad about themselves?

https://www.educationnext.org/san-franciscos-detracking-expe...

Fear? Oh I know, you are talking about how in blue states they can't even build simple housing never mind mega projects like high speed rail and that's why red states are acquiring population and capital at accelerating speeds.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/why-nothin...

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks"

weirdmantis69 — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:39:21 +0000

I mean, that just isn't true. There are amazon tribes today where they just send them down the river to die... your ideas are a disney-fied version of a false past that never existed.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"

weirdmantis69 — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:15:54 +0000

How easy is it for canadians with Tn-1 visas these days?

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Uber torches 2026 AI budget on Claude Code in four months"

weirdmantis69 — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:14:28 +0000

"I write the prompts"

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Canada's first sovereign wealth fund"

weirdmantis69 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:11:46 +0000

I guess we should do stupid corrupt things because Trump exists.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Civilization Is Not the Default. Violence Is"

weirdmantis69 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:06:18 +0000

I take it you haven't studied those cultures you deify in any great detail have you.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Austerity Creates Fascism"

weirdmantis69 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:54:13 +0000

That's weird Canada had austerity in the 90s and we didn't get fascism.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "EFF is leaving X"

weirdmantis69 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:51:33 +0000

Nope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBU75YvR5hg

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)"

weirdmantis69 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:40:29 +0000

I love concrete as a medium but that's got to be heavy af and I would manage to smack my elbow on it all the time as well as smash my coffee mug on it.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "What came after the 486?"

weirdmantis69 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:23:50 +0000

Sadly still in the far future

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Goodbye to Sora"

weirdmantis69 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:11:48 +0000

As opposed to the kardashians and real house wives and Chappell Roan?

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink?"

weirdmantis69 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:22:09 +0000

Because your concern is not real. It wasn't a nazi salute period. You are seeing things. Get your eyes checked.

New comment by weirdmantis69 in "Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters"

weirdmantis69 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:56:41 +0000

lmao