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New comment by wnc3141 in "Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models"

wnc3141 — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:25:08 +0000

Meta saw the grave premonitions from ai firms as a means of edging out legacy firms through regulatory capture.

New comment by wnc3141 in "JetZero"

wnc3141 — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:19:29 +0000

tell me more? I used to live in Albuquerque and always wondered what happened.

New comment by wnc3141 in "(Planet Money, NPR) "We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?""

wnc3141 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:43:20 +0000

On general magic and their 90s smartphone efforts and the constraints they worked within.

(Planet Money, NPR) "We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?"

wnc3141 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:43:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5872785/general-magic-sony-magiclink-constraints

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48694925

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by wnc3141 in "How to earn a billion dollars"

wnc3141 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:36:19 +0000

Own a significant chunk of a rapidly growing large company, or be LeBron james.

New comment by wnc3141 in "Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau"

wnc3141 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:30:28 +0000

Stalin's demographic researchers kept disappearing until they came up with the numbers he wanted.

New comment by wnc3141 in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"

wnc3141 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:09:31 +0000

The only thing that doesn't make sense: these companies are more profitable than ever. Google stock rocketed up last year. AI spend per employee is also up, many companies with a strictly enforced minimum AI spend. Surely that cost could have gone to entry levels?

New comment by wnc3141 in "New U.S. college grads now have higher unemployment than the average worker"

wnc3141 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:03:40 +0000

I think the designation of the US as a flawed democracy is fair. We have free elections, yet (particularly at higher levels of government) rarely see popular mandates translate to governance.

New comment by wnc3141 in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"

wnc3141 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:55:40 +0000

A family member at a large tech has stated that their has been an effective hiring freeze for the last three-ish years in their department. To the point that they're letting major business lines rot on the vine.

New comment by wnc3141 in "New U.S. college grads now have higher unemployment than the average worker"

wnc3141 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:50:43 +0000

There are extractive and inclusive economic institutions. democracies tend to guarantee the latter, we are rapidly pursuing the former.

New comment by wnc3141 in "I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling"

wnc3141 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:16:21 +0000

I definitely struggled with feeling hyper engaged in the classroom setting, and then the jarring transition to the next class. By the time I switched between three and four subjects that day and on to do assignments, I was completely fried.

New comment by wnc3141 in "I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling"

wnc3141 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:10:40 +0000

Loved my time at Olaf.

New comment by wnc3141 in "The desperation of NYTimes"

wnc3141 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:23:44 +0000

Bloomberg is crazy expensive. They used to have citylab articles without a paywall, but looks like they've fixed that.

New comment by wnc3141 in "Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets"

wnc3141 — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:12:55 +0000

I think the stocks don't have a arbiter managing a discrete outcome between parties that don't have any KYC compliance.

New comment by wnc3141 in "'You can hear me now or pay me later' Music exec tells graduates booing AI"

wnc3141 — Tue, 19 May 2026 17:04:56 +0000

"one word. Plastics"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaCHH5D74Fs

New comment by wnc3141 in "ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline"

wnc3141 — Sat, 16 May 2026 02:05:12 +0000

Clare Malone era of FIVE THIRTY EIGHT was among the most serious political journalism out there.

New comment by wnc3141 in "Google says criminal hackers used AI to find a major software flaw"

wnc3141 — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:08:16 +0000

But in exchange we get to also waste vast energy and carbon while depleting job prospects for just about any college grad.

New comment by wnc3141 in "Driver accused of DUI tracks missing laptop to Illinois State trooper's house"

wnc3141 — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:18:26 +0000

I would think Police unions would probably gladly accept. higher pay for more accountability. It feels like accountability sheltering is a deal with the devil that cities made.

New comment by wnc3141 in "Meta's embrace of A.I. is making its employees miserable"

wnc3141 — Sat, 09 May 2026 22:23:53 +0000

Read "why nations fail". It essentially covers this. Markets and technologies are great but ultimately bound by the systems of power they inhabit.

New comment by wnc3141 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wnc3141 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:51:37 +0000

For expensive high growth markets, rents have dropped in most. Part of this is from a freezing of the labor market meaning nobody is really moving to town.