Hacker News

ojbyrne

17524

Karma

2007-10-05

Created

About Me

20 years or so screwing around with technology and business, in complete obscurity until fall 2004, when I became the "I built digg.com for $10/hour" guy. http://owenbyrne.com twitter: owenbyrne Was a key part of the team that built http://tripadvisor.com/flights.

Recent Activity

2025-11-14 7:44

Commented: "Oracle hit hard in Wall Street's tech sell-off over its AI bet"

Definitely true, but Oracle is the worst, has been for decades.

2025-11-04 1:40

Commented: "A friendly tour of process memory on Linux"

The article is essentially describing virtual memory (with enhancements) which predates the 6502 by a decade or so.

2025-10-26 4:48

Commented: "I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it"

We gave our parents an iPad for Christmas. Now they have two and never turn on their computer.

2025-10-17 2:02

Commented: "America’s semiconductor boom [video]"

I am guessing that it’s a highly automated process, so per unit costs are not going to be affected much by the cost of labor.

2025-10-17 2:00

Commented: "America’s semiconductor boom [video]"

New CEO started in March, I vaguely recall him cancelling fabs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip-Bu_Tan

HN

HackerNews