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emestifson OpenAI's Sam Altman says it would be 'ill-advised' to go public in 2026

Dumb question (I should just sit down and watch rest of the movies, I've only seen the first one): can you explain the "matrix vibes" you're referencing. Spoilers are fine.

emestifson BYD is seeing a flood of new EV buyers

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/PEVs_in_...

Sure. But the numbers are certainly trending in a direction that US doesn't seem to want to go in. So, it is what it is, I suppose. Draw your own conclusions.

emestifson Why I'm Not Worried About Running Out of Work in the Age of AI

Starting your comment with "Get wrecked" doesn't inspire confidence. Makes you sound, to me, like an edgy teenager.

emestifson BYD is seeing a flood of new EV buyers

I thought the same thing. Incredibly short term thinking at the corporate and government level to flip flop. Meanwhile Norway is now 97% EV sales and covered in chargers north to south. Not to mention China's fierce EV market domestically.

emestifson Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop (2017)

Reminds me of this story: fan spotted a mole on a hockey team's staff's neck - https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2022/01/03/hock...

emestifson Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop (2017)

Amazing. Exactly the insightful comments that I hope to see on HN...perhaps not on the current subject but nonetheless

> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

emestifson Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too

Oh that's a cool fact. I feel that plot direction would've been cooler from a SciFi perspective. Battery angle is fine, but a bit limited. A gaint hivemind type thing is pretty cool plot element.

emestifson Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too

We got this squishy thing between our ears that blows their GPUs out the water. We'd all end up in data centers if they could harness it...well, our brains at least, the rest isn't useful.

emestifson Resist and Unsubscribe (Scott Galloway)

That's not very useful. The market has seen volatility for unrelated reasons over the past month.

And effects of this, resist and unsubscribe, wouldn't be a factor so quickly. AFAIK this only launched less than a week or two ago.

emestifson 'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant doctors

Sorry, but as an outsider from one of those other countries you mention, I don't get what you mean by top notch? Top notch for whom? The people who can afford to pay out of pocket? Or those willing to do into debt to just get treatment? Whenever I see news from places like PBS News Hour, it's about some low wage or senior person struggling to just care for their medical needs or prescriptions.

I don't know my guy, your system isn't exactly top notch for most people - I don't think you need to look very hard to see that if you try.

Random examples:

- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/OECD_hea... - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Life_exp...

There's something very very wrong here when your paying that much per capita and a lot of people are still struggling.

emestifson Microsoft pushes full-screen ads for Copilot+ PCs on Windows 10 users

Or you know, like not use such an operating system, I guess?

emestifson "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"

My comment was sarcasm.

The difference here is are you downloading a random dll from a well known source or from http://free-vpn-fast-internet.dwnloadfree.ru/free-chrome-vpn...? My mom isn't going to know the difference and will click the big green DOWNLOAD NOW button blindly.

emestifson "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"

Inject dll's from the internet right into the browser. Yes, let's!

emestifson Memos: stick private notes on your email

Use something like imail, thunderbird, etc? Those should all work offline for browsing cached content

emestifson Memos: stick private notes on your email

Looks like a simple and non intrusive and potentially useful feature. Your concern seems unnecessary (for now). They may not be perfect, but they seem to be better than most SaaS companies as far as my experience with them goes. Their web app works, hasnt enshitified or gotten slow, they aren't shoving AI into their stuff afaik. Theyre alright imo for now.

emestifson Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

Try this in your mpv.conf file

    no-config
    target-trc=pq
    target-prim=bt.2020
    vo=gpu-next

Wont be 100% accurate, but hopefully somewhat watchable

emestifson Online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping

What type of chemicals would these be?

I can only think of cosmetics (makeup), skin care (acne, moisturizer), botox, and steroids/PEDs/HGH/etc that could improve physical disadvantages that cant be improved otherwise. But not an area I'm too experienced in. What type of chemicals are you talking about?

emestifson Ask HN: Should I remove work experience from resume?

It's a very bad hiring market according to some accounts (personal, as well as people on HN).

US figures are here, https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/employment-l..., click "Information" in the graph options and you'll notice it hasn't rebounded much since the 2022/23 downturn.

If you have people you can get your direct referrals for positions, you'll better your odds of getting something right now vs cold applications.

emestifson EPA rule limiting certain 'forever chemicals' in drinking water is challenged

3.6 ppb, not great not terrible[1]

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-YDV6vC2qo

emestifson Safe Superintelligence Inc.

You're not old or grumpy, you're just stating the quiet part out loud. It's the same game, but now with 100% more AI.

emestifson Safe Superintelligence Inc.

Galaxy Brain: TransparentAI

emestifson Almost half of Dell's full-time US workforce has rejected the company's RTO push

Surely a torrent of talent leaving is not good for shareholder value?

Who killed shareholder value? Why would employees do this?

emestifson Vercel ends open-source sponsorship program giving projects 24hr notice

Basically. So many startups pivoted so hard to try and get some AI exposure it's absurd. An insurance startup is now an AI insurance startup, finance startup is now an AI finance startup, accounting startup is now an AI accounting startup, blockchain startups are now AI-blockchain startups.

This to shall pass.

emestifson Vercel ends open-source sponsorship program giving projects 24hr notice

Basically you can read that above article as: Hey Mark, we've got a bunch of our money riding on your stock going up, so make your stock go up. I know in the past (2010-2022) we wanted you to grow like crazy and throw money around and grow some more, but like now with interest rates not 0 anymore and stuff, we need you to like start making money and you know, make the stock go up and up. K, thanks, bye.

I found it funny because these are the same VC who spent a decade throwing money at anything with first Cloud, then ML/Deep Learning, then Blockchain, then threw money like no tomorrow during Covid, and now are like, yeah, we want you to not do any of that stuff anymore, just like actually make money now.

The '/s' is an indicator of sarcasm in text, you'll see it in online comments from time to time. Hard to convey sarcasm online otherwise.

And yes, as the other guy said, oh you're an AI company!? Here's a few million. We'll see how long that hype lasts for these "AI" startups.

emestifson Vercel ends open-source sponsorship program giving projects 24hr notice

https://medium.com/@alt.cap/time-to-get-fit-an-open-letter-f... /s. Or no /s? idk anymore. You decide.

VC money hose is drying up I suppose

emestifson Spotify is increasing US prices again

Interesting to think about. I did the math quickly, assuming you take the ~$12 and invest it instead here's what you end up with

$12/mo invested to return ~6% over 30 years:

    End balance: $11,751.08
    Total Interest: $7,431.08
    Total not spent on Spotify: $4,320.00

Over a 50 year time horizon, the numbers become more fun:

    End balance: $43,155.05
    Total Interest: $35,955.05
    Total not spent on Spotify: $7,200.00

Of course, bunch of assumption, 6% return, past performance doesn't indicate future return etc etc, and I doubt Spotify is going to exist in 30 in its current form, small probably it does, but odds are against that if I had to bet.

Maybe those boomers are onto something about avocado toast /s

emestifson Windows Copilot Runtime

Someone someday may actually ship code like this into production. Horrifying to think about. For some reason this reminds me of trying to grow plants with Brawndo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAqIJZeeXEc

emestifson Windows Copilot Runtime

No, this is reality sadly.

emestifson Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking

CWuestefeld is correct to ask for some source. Anyone can claim anything on the internet. It's not some fake academic interest.

And you're clearly conflating a user's karma with how many comments they have.

Cite your source (did you see it first hand? If so say that) or you're just spewing BS even if there's some truth to it.

emestifson Fed Says Inflation Progress Has Stalled, Extends Wait-and-See Stance

> This is something I learned the other day.

Any link you can share?

Edit: Google "disinflation wealth redistribution" provides some relevant results