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Re:Ask HN: What type of growth should I expect after launch? on Thursday April 17, 2025 @11:14AM (#43718113)
Former YC CEO Michael Seibel has a wonderful video that might help you a LOT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgmmje5WHWA
Re:Ask HN: Would you move to the US now? on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @10:47PM (#43628445)
Probably not. I'd be more afraid of what the country can do to you. In case you are not following the immigration news, here are some news:

# Phd student detained (Rumeysa Ozturk) https://bsky.app/profile/democracynow.org/post/3llecj2d4ec27

# Even citizens could be deported https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43627611

# Germans https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/world/europe/german-touri...

# Canadian detained - Jasmine Mooney https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-det... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0niuiBzK5Vw

# French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-f...

# Is it safe to travel with phone https://archive.is/taZBx

# Indians https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/elderly-indian-g...

Edit: It is important to mention that this is what has happened in the past 79 days. Things can get a LOT worse.

From the first of Newton's laws: "An object in motion will remain in motion with the same speed unless met with a force of resistance".

Re:On Tyranny [book] on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:35AM (#43504610)
Could not agree more! I also recommend the short Youtube series Snyder recorded before the release of the graphic edition:

Lesson 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tocssf3w80&list=PLhZxrogyTo...

Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhZxrogyToZsllfRqQlly...

Re:On Tyranny [book] on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:32AM (#43504587)
The one from the Imperial rule from the King of England (King George III), right before the American Revolution was won, in 1776.
Re:Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN? on Saturday March 22, 2025 @12:05AM (#43443398)
Psychoanalysis? No

Threat analysis? Maybe

HN has value larger than for just for the community of people commenting here. It is also used as a platform for YC companies. YC Founders can even see each others usernames in orange color[1].

A spamming actor could also be testing the limits of the system now for a future attack. Anyway, this is the job an Infosec team usually deals with. Hopefully @dang / HN team has access to people with such skillset.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38968246

Re:Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN? on Friday March 21, 2025 @11:54PM (#43443332)
My Conspiracy theory is: he's trying to get people set "showdead" false.

Why would he want that though, I don't know...

Re:Crew-9 Returns to Earth on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @02:37AM (#43408830)
This is a much better submission detailing the whole ordeal the astronauts went through: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43407821
Way to go! Congratulations!