Hacker News: ytNumbers

New comment by ytNumbers in "I’m joining OpenAI"

ytNumbers — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:36:48 +0000

Apparently, it was Meta that was the other main contender to hire him. Mark Zuckerberg was impressed by OpenClaw, but, I guess OpenAI wound up outbidding him. It is surprising that Anthropic and Google had little interest.

New comment by ytNumbers in "French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence"

ytNumbers — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:27:29 +0000

There is no excuse for corruption. However, everyone in all countries should ask themselves whether or not most of the representatives in their congress/parliament would, if investigated, be found guilty of the same sort of corruption. Power corrupts.

New comment by ytNumbers in "Ask HN: Can't get hired – what's next?"

ytNumbers — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 01:25:58 +0000

From the tone of your post, you might be suffering from a bit of burnout. If that's the case, then I would recommend taking any extremely low paying and low stress retail job for the rest of this year. Perhaps, when January rolls around, having had a chance to mentally decompress, you might once again consider a position in the startup world. In this job market, given your situation, you're going to have a really tough time applying for jobs at large companies while hoping to beat out all the other job applicants for that $150K+ position. If you're willing to consider taking a lower salary, I would recommend that you focus on applying for jobs at tiny startups where money is tight and the base salary they are offering is $100K or less. A lower salary means that there will be fewer job applicants that you have to beat out for the position. Right now, it might sting to take a lower salary, but, the job market might pick up in a year or two, and then it might be a lot easier to land a high paying position.

Politicians and Pundits Embrace Demonization

ytNumbers — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 01:22:23 +0000

Article URL: https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5524115-let-your-rage-fuel-you-politicians-and-pundits-embrace-demonization-politics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45420944

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by ytNumbers in "Ask HN: How do you fight YouTube addiction and procrastination? I'm struggling"

ytNumbers — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:43:07 +0000

This was even a real problem back in 2007 !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KozkP0mHjQ

Some people may be about to lose their only news source. Is that a bad thing?

ytNumbers — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:21:42 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1945706388203679919

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44624511

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by ytNumbers in "You can now buy personally Human Attention for $5"

ytNumbers — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:34:42 +0000

I will agree that you could say that, at $5, he's ripping people off by taking advantage of people who are desperate for even one minute of human interaction. If he priced it at $1, would he still be unethical and exploitative? Does everything have to be free? At even that price, is it still a ripoff? For me, the answer would be determined by the value of his feedback to people.

The Coward's Bargain

ytNumbers — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 02:35:58 +0000

Article URL: https://stylman.substack.com/p/the-cowards-bargain

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44334046

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by ytNumbers in "Inventing the Adventure Game (1984)"

ytNumbers — Fri, 09 May 2025 23:52:13 +0000

Your psychedelic dreams have come true...

https://store.atariage.com/products/adventure-plus-atari-260...

Romance Scammer in Dubai Blows the Whistle

ytNumbers — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 13:23:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/costs/21yo-who-scams-people-looking-for-romance-on-dating-apps-reveals-tricks/news-story/e9e274895ab6bea6ef0eb6575a92ef88

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42908477

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by ytNumbers in "Show HN: Reddit answers (like grok in Twitter but for Reddit)"

ytNumbers — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 14:43:54 +0000

I think they meant to post this link:

https://www.reddit.com/answers/

New comment by ytNumbers in "Spherical security robot enhances policing in crowded streets"

ytNumbers — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:09:42 +0000

It's amazing to watch absurdly futuristic tech from 1960's TV become reality. I'm used to seeing that from Star Trek, but this one is from "The Prisoner".

https://arkhavencomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-...

New comment by ytNumbers in "Ask HN: Dev with 19y experience. I am having hard time to find a job"

ytNumbers — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:27:04 +0000

It is because you are looking for remote work. Drop that, and you'll quickly succeed. Linked In reports that remote jobs get double the number of applicants. I'd say most people have no idea how much harder it is to land a remote job.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindsaykohler/2024/04/02/fully-...

New comment by ytNumbers in "Germany may introduce conscription for all 18-year-olds"

ytNumbers — Sun, 12 May 2024 19:29:35 +0000

There have been plenty of moments in history where if a country doesn't resort to conscription then it won't continue to exist. If a country exists in a rough neighborhood, then its people must, unfortunately, expect to be enslaved for a few years of their life. In some ways, humanity has made little progress in the last hundred years. It's a shame that some large countries continue to have leaders that are so determined to expand the size of their country no matter the cost. It's also a shame that so many countries continue to trade with such tyrants.

New comment by ytNumbers in "Germany may introduce conscription for all 18-year-olds"

ytNumbers — Sun, 12 May 2024 19:18:57 +0000

Ukraine seems to be trying to find a middle ground here. Until recently, they only drafted men over the age of 27 (last month it was lowered to 25). Of course, even that age is still going to wreck your demographics. On the other hand, I'm not sure that retired old people have enough stamina to last long on the battlefield. Many of Ukraine's units have been fighting for over a year with no R&R.

New comment by ytNumbers in "Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 people"

ytNumbers — Sun, 12 May 2024 14:20:11 +0000

There's probably no single cause for such a short average tenure length. However, Marcus Lemonis always blames high turnover on bad management. Every time a boss tries to argue with that premise he immediately shuts them down.

New comment by ytNumbers in "Could a Netflix for AI-generated movies be a killer idea?"

ytNumbers — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 11:09:24 +0000

You should mention something about your content moderation or "community guidelines". I'm sure you'll (if you haven't already) establish appropriate policies to ensure you don't wind up hosting illegal content. You might even want to consider doling out "blue checkmarks" for trusted video producers.

New comment by ytNumbers in "Show HN: I hate look for places on trips so I created a tool that automates this"

ytNumbers — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:11:33 +0000

On what seemed to be the final button click, I got an error message. Perhaps clicking that last button should result in the button somehow indicating the app is processing the results so that people don't click the button again.

Ecuador President Orders Reversal of Drug Decriminalization

ytNumbers — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:46:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.barrons.com/news/ecuador-president-orders-reversal-of-drug-decriminalization-dc7b485a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38431665

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ytNumbers in "Ask HN: Our stock market news alerts startup just passed 10k users! Advice?"

ytNumbers — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 01:51:46 +0000

You should try to come up with some yardstick for measuring your monthly results. If you can show that you've been delivering value for your subscribers in the past month, and how your paying users could have cashed in using that information, then that might persuade some free users to start paying.