Hacker News: ycombonator

Harvard Has Trained So Many Chinese CP Officials They Call It Their Party School

ycombonator — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:24:51 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44162661

Points: 2

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Cajun Navy making rescues in Florida after Hurricane Ian – wwltv.com

ycombonator — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 13:07:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wwltv.com/article/weather/hurricane/cajun-navy-making-rescues-florida-hurricane-ian/289-61fcc22d-4601-4cf6-a375-23b22238f085

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33055583

Points: 3

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Airbnb Executive Resigned Last Year over Chinese Request for More Data Sharing

ycombonator — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:38:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/airbnb-executive-resigned-last-year-over-chinese-request-for-more-data-sharing-11605896753

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25186598

Points: 1

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New comment by ycombonator in "Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China"

ycombonator — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 19:38:44 +0000

of course it is. how else are they going to increase their margins. Apple TV is a multi billion dollar dumpster fire that keeps losing money. as long as they find suckers to manipulate they will keep lobbying. https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/

New comment by ycombonator in "For Alaska shipwreck survivor, losing everything has been ‘sort of liberating’"

ycombonator — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 10:01:51 +0000

US Coast Guard: balls of steel

New comment by ycombonator in "The Vale Programming Language"

ycombonator — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:38:51 +0000

Valid question. if you started programming dynamic languages like Python you don’t have to worry about memory control.

China-state-funded hack hits companies around the world, report says

ycombonator — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 04:38:21 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/11/massive-china-state-funded-hack-hits-companies-around-the-word-report-says/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25146279

Points: 8

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New comment by ycombonator in "China turns Ladakh battleground with India into a ‘microwave oven’"

ycombonator — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:02:00 +0000

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8957019/China-used-...

China turns Ladakh battleground with India into a ‘microwave oven’

ycombonator — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-turns-ladakh-battleground-with-india-into-a-microwave-oven-6tlwtrtzz

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25144404

Points: 5

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No Twitter “Fact check” tags on Iranian drivel

ycombonator — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 03:25:27 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1325395945106911233

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25132859

Points: 2

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New comment by ycombonator in "The Treehouse Is De-Plaformed"

ycombonator — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 20:11:21 +0000

We are precipitating towards the Chinese Communist model of group think and censorship.

'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Other Books Banned from California Schools

ycombonator — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:15:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newsweek.com/kill-mockingbird-other-books-banned-california-schools-over-racism-concerns-1547241

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25114212

Points: 6

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New comment by ycombonator in "Why Military History?"

ycombonator — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 04:04:21 +0000

'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.'

New comment by ycombonator in "Don't use third party auth to sign in"

ycombonator — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 14:25:33 +0000

This applies to all “as a service” products. Unless you can’t provision a server and stand up open source services on your own there is no reason to use 3rd party services.