They are already using version 8. The post seems to be outdated. Version 8 was released in early March (approx. 1 month ago). The new GUI is the way better than the previous one.
I started a new job recently and I know exactly what they mean in #2. Everyone was celebrating hitting a big quota, and they were discussing really nice bonuses and everyone was so happy. I'm just sitting in the corner hoping they will be doing more bonuses like this that I can actually get in on.
Not anymore. Xi is now the ultimate power in China and will eventually bend the party to his will by any means necessary. I would expect political imprisonments/assassinations to markedly increase moving forward.
Perhaps leading to little pixel-sized photovoltaic cores that absorb light on one side, do a bit of computation at 400-800 THz and emit light on the other side, merging the display with the CPU. I've heard that VR goggles with 8K resolution per eye would be approaching the limit of the human eye's resolving power, which would be about 66 million cores.
I don't think humour as such is frowned upon on HN - if I was to attempt to write down the unwritten, I would say that posts that are just jokes tend to go down badly, but jokes that make a point or serious posts that are written with some wit are generally accepted.