Readit Newsnewbie578 commented on Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
Buffet reminded me a lot of Angela Merkel.
They stood clearly and simply for good moral judgment, fair systems and looked at the bigger picture to carry most people forward. They also based all their decision in facts, truth and science. They learn't their trades (economics & politics) over time and weren't afraid to adapt as times changed.
Their slow and steady presence did more for equality and fairness than many others. We will need to find these values again after the current times have played out.
I cannot believe that there are people praising Merkel with a straight face. She is literally a laughing stock in Europe, I put her as the poster boy for immigration crisis together with the energy crisis. The only thing she did was shove problems further in the future not caring about the consequences.
newbie578 commented on Apple violated antitrust ruling, judge finds wsj.com/tech/apple-violat... · Posted by u/shayneo
Finally vindicated! For years we were arguing with the Apple fanboys here on HN about what Apple is doing and how it is wrong, immoral and illegal. Glad to see something starting to happen.
I just wonder what are the next excuses going to be?
Solo founders do worse and teams with a technical founder do better particularly in enterprise. So it seems your best chance is one of each.
This list is a pure fallacy of statistical understanding. Skewed data and cherry-picking while also being strengthened by our subjective biases. I would appreciate the list way more if it also included founders who applied but were rejected, or for any other reason were not invested in.
For stuff like this I recommend the book, May Contain Lies by Alex Edmans, he does a fantastic job explaining how most of the time we seek data to confirm our hypotheses, instead of seeking a hypotheses that confirms our data.
newbie578 commented on AI is turning us into glue lincoln.swaine-moore.is/w... · Posted by u/lswainemoore
Well written, I agree with the basic premise of the idea, I just think the changes will be even more dramatic.
A lot of us are stationary, thinking stuff and other people around us will be automated, but not us, “I am special”, well I fear a lot of people will find out just how much special they unfortunately are (not).
newbie578 commented on DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next arstechnica.com/google/20... · Posted by u/uxjw
Honestly I don't care if Google gets broken up, so long as Apple is first.
People complain about whataboutism, but the Apple versus almost any other 'monopoly' is insane. You can switch browsers within the next 30s, you can't install an app from a third party vendor ever on iOS. [1]
[1] Yes I know you can pay $100 a year, and then compile your own/open source apps weekly and move them to your device. No this is not a reasonable solution.
You won’t hear that here because HN is notoriously pro Apple for some reason, even though all the evidence points to Apple being the same, if not bigger evil than Google
newbie578 commented on The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks awealthofcommonsense.com/... · Posted by u/jasdi
As a person born in the middle class, I am quite sad to see it's extinction in realtime. Not sure what is the solution to this.
newbie578 commented on Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the 'sweet spot' fortune.com/2025/02/28/se... · Posted by u/hakaneskici
Says the guy who was in retirement for the last 6 years. Unbelievable how intelligent people can sometimes be so obtuse.
newbie578 commented on Show HN: While the world builds AI Agents, I'm just building calculators calcverse.live... · Posted by u/adi_hn07
On wide screens the app is not centered, add some margin auto.
The article was a positive surprise, I didn't expect such an informative outlook, covering both the doomer and optimist views.