kshacker

7 ms·

31.
by kshacker 4mo ago
Only if such evidence was made public
32.
by kshacker 4mo ago
Sure, but look at the alternative. Oppose him and he will support your primary opponent, like it happened yesterday in Texas. The problem is his pied piper like hold on the populace which happened because the parties did not actually try to
33.
by kshacker 4mo ago
100M is only 5 people. You add to the entire corporate paraphernalia, we will be looking at a lot of money. There was this story I was reading yesterday, here or reddit, where a driver got $27 for a $65 (or so) ride. That is a horrible mark
34.
by kshacker 4mo ago
R&D is not cheap and similarly executive comp is not cheap. They appear to have made a net income of 1.5 B last year (2025), but if. you look at exec comp, the top 5 execs took in 100 M. If you check all their creamy layer, it is likely
35.
by kshacker 4mo ago
This is where tariffs help actually, if they could be approved. You bring in money from tariffs, use that to subsidize things - gas tax is one way but it is small, but there could be others. Of course no tariff on gas exports since everyone
36.
by kshacker 4mo ago
For example ... I just finished it 2-3 months back and started only because of a thread here :)
37.
by kshacker 4mo ago
The risk with charity money is not the companies collecting a few cents but the charity itself.
38.
by kshacker 4mo ago
As long as it is within the country, restriction works. How do you restrict the capability from a foreign entity, especially a hostile one?
39.
by kshacker 4mo ago
Not just fickle but their kills impact more.
40.
by kshacker 4mo ago
Or vice versa as kids move out and you don't need all that food. We will shop at Costco monthly but TJ is way more common.
41.
by kshacker 4mo ago
I have seen things move for no reason, but I have seen things remain where they are for a decade. I am in south bay and go to Sunnyvale Costco. They move their bread, the oil and bunch of stuff many times, but the wine (which I do not parta
42.
by kshacker 4mo ago
There is noise for years that China will eventually take over Taiwan. Date set to be 2028 or so. How else to prepare for that than run this war, figure out your weak points and work to fix them. So maybe US got taught a lesson, but saying i
43.
by kshacker 5mo ago
I agree. I have been fully remote for a bit over 2 years, and I myself feel a change. In the early days I had a managerial role so I felt the need to visit office and deal with employees, colleagues and customers. Office is 5 miles so not t
44.
by kshacker 5mo ago
Gosh, I was guilty on this account just an hour ago. I just came back from a midday walk in my neighborhood. Headphones on, walking along, when I hear someone call out — I don't quite catch what. I turn around, and there's a neigh
45.
by kshacker 5mo ago
Just saw this other active thread on similar lines (but related to Mercedes Benz) : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47997418
46.
by kshacker 5mo ago
> What do you think the best implementation would look like? Seems it would still have to strike a balance Others have explained how the old tech worked well. But let's assume new tech (touch screens), and see what can be done. Ther
47.
by kshacker 5mo ago
I know it is not you but the industry parlance, so a question to anyone knowledgable. Is gross margin ever useful? Sure 50% sounds like a lot, but without R&D and staff and other expenses, you can not make that 50% and even the 100%.
48.
by kshacker 5mo ago
There is a difference between 5 B revenue and 400 B revenue. Also the price point shifted from primarily a 2K machine, to all price ranges, with the original iPhone being a few hundred bucks. More sales smaller units so the number of produc
49.
by kshacker 5mo ago
I think the premise could be stated more clearly. It is a boolean choice. What do you think it is closer to. Once I figured it, I tried it 2 more times ... and got different results :) but the new results were consistent.
50.
by kshacker 5mo ago
If you look at their recent actions, they all seem financial as if they have become the monopoly already and can do anything. Maybe it is driven by fear of going bankrupt Example. Them doing a AB test where they remove Claude CLI from the 2
51.
by kshacker 5mo ago
Lol thanks I will check it out, and I guess I was using the word diner way too loose - if it serves burgers, eggs and coffee, it hit my benchmark.
52.
by kshacker 5mo ago
Thanks I have thought about that, but somehow it does not work with me. Fresh food is something else (and my assumption is the food is fresh, even if it is just heating/grilling)
53.
by kshacker 5mo ago
That was precisely my thought on seeing the news. I did not know about Google's existing entanglements with anthropic, but it seemed like a clear message - Do not panic on the money, do the work.
54.
by kshacker 5mo ago
My favorite is Holders Country Inn. I used to go to the one in Cupertino before it burnt down. They moved, this was on Deanza long time back, and the one on Wolfe does not have the same old diner feeling, it is for the next gen :) Now I go
55.
by kshacker 5mo ago
Don't know about "classic". But diners used to be my weekly jaunt here in South Bay for almost a decade. Not any more because with age you realize the quantity is too much and my drive to work changed (WFH). There's some
56.
by kshacker 5mo ago
Usually there is this gang of 6 or gang of 8 who is still kept informed.
57.
by kshacker 5mo ago
I know that, now. But apart from this incident being in the annals of time as it relates to my work, there absolutely was no fallout, which my mind could not comprehend in those days.
58.
by kshacker 5mo ago
Can I do a mea culpa? This is more than 3 decades back. I was a junior programmer (2-3 years in industry) sent to a client site in europe. You can imagine the state of systems those days. I wrote (or rather updated) a fix which would update
59.
by kshacker 5mo ago
Someone archive the leadership page :) to be referenced 12 months from when John takes over
60.
by kshacker 5mo ago
I wonder how it works for small folks like me. My brother sent me something from India and put a value on it (should not have). The government charged me a few bucks, but then fedex charged me something on top as their fees. Now if they cha

More ›