ycombonator's comments

On: Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China

[ycombonator]

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/

On: For Alaska shipwreck survivor, losing everything has been ‘sort of liberating’

[ycombonator]

US Coast Guard: balls of steel

On: The Vale Programming Language

[ycombonator]

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

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

[ycombonator]

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

On: The Treehouse Is De-Plaformed

[ycombonator]

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

On: Why Military History?

[ycombonator]

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

On: Don't use third party auth to sign in

[ycombonator]

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.

On: DoorDash S-1

[ycombonator]

That probably means they are cooking the books for the pre IPO investors and don't want to go jail after public listing.

On: Podcasting 2.0

[ycombonator]

From the "podfather" himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curry

On: Tech Startups Say New Pay Rules for H-1B Visas Are Unaffordable

[ycombonator]

https://www.boundless.com/blog/biden-harris-immigration/