<story><title>Uber CTO resigns amidst 5400 employee layoff</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/28/thuan-pham-who-fled-vietnam-as-a-child-and-became-ubers-cto-in-2013-is-leaving-the-company/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dang</author><text>This article lifts from &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theinformation.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;uber-discusses-plan-to-lay-off-about-20-of-employees?&amp;amp;pu=hackernews0hocd3&amp;amp;utm_source=hackernews&amp;amp;utm_medium=unlock&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theinformation.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;uber-discusses-plan-...&lt;/a&gt;, which is discussed at &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=23011146&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=23011146&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;p&gt;That thread was buried because of the hard paywall (see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;newsfaq.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;newsfaq.html&lt;/a&gt;), but The Information sometimes unlocks their articles for HN readers, and they agreed to do so with this one. Thanks!&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#x27;ll merge the relevant comments thither. It&amp;#x27;s a bit tricky, as we don&amp;#x27;t want the supercapitary carp to end up in the wrong thread.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber CTO resigns amidst 5400 employee layoff</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/28/thuan-pham-who-fled-vietnam-as-a-child-and-became-ubers-cto-in-2013-is-leaving-the-company/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>teruakohatu</author><text>&amp;gt;  and offering only a carp over their heads&lt;p&gt;Is this an American term? Or is it a typo for &amp;#x27;tarp&amp;#x27;.</text></comment>