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Federal funding freezes probably have a real tangible impact on the day to day of YC readers since research programs often rely on federal funding. Cybersecurit
by kevingadd 2y ago
Federal funding freezes probably have a real tangible impact on the day to day of YC readers since research programs often rely on federal funding. Cybersecurity programs and government agency security are also impacted by freezes and targeted "DEI" purges.
I've also personally had someone confirm this particular rumor for me: https://bsky.app/profile/molly.wiki/post/3lgr5oarums2c https://bsky.app/profile/molly.wiki/post/3lgr5oarums2c
You can decide how you feel about outsiders strolling into federal agencies and hooking up random hardware to the network. It makes me nervous! A compromise of critical government infrastructure could destabilize the economy and could jeopardize most of our jobs.
- Karrot_Kream 2y agoLots of things impact the day to day of YC readers. The LA wildfires probably affected them, last December's earthquake/tsunami warning in the SFBA probably did, etc. HN isn't the place for this kind of content, there's tons of other forums out there that can be places to discuss US politics. HN isn't the place to discuss government infrastructure or the US job market.
- ceejayoz 2y agoWe talked about the fires: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42696350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42696350 And the tsunami: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42331326 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42331326 And we talk about the job market all the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40986894 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40986894 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39773648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39773648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39577198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39577198
- Karrot_Kream 2y agoI think we have different views on what this site should be. The article is flagged now so there's folks here who agree with me. In particular, US politics always brings in low-quality, emotionally-charged comments. That's why I don't like bringing it into a space that isn't ready to moderate those discussions properly.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThat may be, but you're probably the first I've ever seen here to complain that the job market is off-topic for a site that tends to be obsessed with the job market. It's run by a venture capitalist firm.
- kevingadd 2y agoI understand not wanting politics on the website but if i.e. the FTC going after GoDaddy is fair game it seems logical that federal funding for things like technology research or cybersecurity would also be YC content. I understand that the line is blurry and it's probably especially annoying for non-Americans to see more US nonsense on the front page...