Title reads as clickbait; this is a repackaging of previously-reported layoffs with no additional content

I suspect they meant "hundreds of thousands"

Yes, oops - fixed!

This article is not particularly detailed, authoritative, or newsworthy. Wikipedia offers a better overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscale_fire

Without exception?

Not that I can recall, though I admit I am very biased against academic CS theory dominant interviews in general for a number of reasons and it is possible this somewhat tints my memory.

Note the post was written in January 2020.

The author of the blog post is one of the founders of Keybase (and also a member of Hn, maxtaco).

...and if you'll accept it fully loaded, the price is $15M.

Act now and we'll throw in a Carnival Cruise ship for FREE! Call now!

...Seafarers, this is your moment!

> a Carnival Cruise ship

...filled with passengers, too!

(Permission to dock not included.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21141513 links to the Dropbox Blog post (https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/thank-you-quentin--a...)