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cbtacy

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About cbtacy

building internet sh*t since 1992. left Hacker News in May of 2023 due to the rampant bigotry and hate that has consumed this site, and this community.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #35794636

    That's it. I'm done. Been a Hacker News user since this launched, but have been feeling increasingly like I'm not part of this culture and don't want to be part of this culture any…

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    Comment #35781739

    Reforming "flagging" to make it less open to abuse and brigading is obviously overdue.

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    Comment #35781471

    [flagged]

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    Comment #35781078

    I love that this is being downvoted. Nothing validates my point better.

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    Comment #35780534

    sadly, very common. See: anything critical about Elon Musk. See: anything about LGBTQ+ issues.

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    Comment #35745645

    I don't know if anyone has done the deep analysis to determine if fraud is more frequent and severe and agree this seems like a doubtful statement, but I suspect it's likely that c…

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    Comment #35691863

    1) AI is Software. Marc was just a little off on market timing, and the eating starts for real right now. 2) I worked for a large private equity company on contract for a bit. The …

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    Comment #35518044

    This is bad. This should result in more EU fines, and the Consent Decree is obviously in play. SMH.

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    Comment #35296972

    Investors include Y Combinator, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Microsoft, Amazon, Infosys, Tiger Global, Elevation Capital, Bedro…

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    Comment #35159435

    I was talking about how their rejection of this post is a bad look for YC, not about how their lack of support for the entrepreneur is a bad look.

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    Comment #35155322

    Definitely not a good look for YC.

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    Comment #35102065

    "But if all of your depositors are startups with the same handful of venture capitalists on their boards, and all those venture capitalists are competing with each other to Add Val…

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    Comment #35072342

    "My guess is that some continue to feel that Musk’s cruelty reflects his ability to see the world as it “really is”, where useless people like designers and disabled people drain e…

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    Comment #35048071

    "The one remaining site reliability engineer attached to the project"

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    Comment #34961230

    Would developers love open source if personal visibility in open source was comparable to personal visibility in closed source?

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    Comment #34906381

    One boarding school has gone as far as to ban smartphones for students AND teachers due to this issue. ABC story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSUrE4-zYzg

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    Comment #34890497

    1) they're taking advantage of market conditions to top grade 2) they need to protect partner payouts 3) they will replace these folks over the coming 18 months with cheaper, young…

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    Comment #34890446

    The layoffs are honestly less shocking than the demand that engineers "make twitter ad targeting work like Google's.... in a week."

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    Comment #34810648

    “He bought the company, made a point of showcasing what he believed was broken and manipulated under previous management, then turns around and manipulates the platform to force en…