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New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other Middle East countries"

PeterHolzwarth — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:45:57 +0000

They say they have a flat structure. People who have worked there, despite some axe-grinding, indicate otherwise.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Xi's Forever Purge"

PeterHolzwarth — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:23:15 +0000

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "The Upper Middle Class Trap"

PeterHolzwarth — Thu, 07 May 2026 14:45:07 +0000

The AI use thing is a bit iffy, as the "upper middle class" people are using it heavily simply because the tools currently on offer are made for the type of work they do (and remember: if you are a FAANG engineer, you are very solidly in the "upper middle class").

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Job Postings for Software Engineers Are Rapidly Rising"

PeterHolzwarth — Sat, 02 May 2026 06:36:37 +0000

I get you, but as the months progress, we keep finding that more and more experienced engineers are finding a lot of time-saving value in this new tech.

I think we are past the point where we can just dismiss their input - these new tools do legitimately add value, it appears.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Job Postings for Software Engineers Are Rapidly Rising"

PeterHolzwarth — Sat, 02 May 2026 05:36:30 +0000

There's no "productivity growth attributed to AI" -- yet.

I think we've gone beyond anecdotal evidence of experience engineers finding true value in this new tech. It may not have registered yet, but skilled people are unequivocally finding value in these tools.

I agree that we have yet to settle down on the true costs involved (which will probably end up at "slightly less than a junior engineer" or something like that) - but we are months beyond the idea that it's all smoke and mirrors and no one is getting value out of it.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Job Postings for Software Engineers Are Rapidly Rising"

PeterHolzwarth — Sat, 02 May 2026 05:25:42 +0000

On the off chance you care - you can keep javascript disabled on this article, and just a No Style page style to read it.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "To Restore an Island Paradise, Add Fungi"

PeterHolzwarth — Sat, 02 May 2026 04:10:52 +0000

Article is a bit short. Here's a few more to flesh out the topic and the plant, tho honestly only by a smidge (none of these links require javascript enabled)

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany/news/plant-pre...

https://www.earth.com/news/native-fungi-native-trees-plants-...

https://matjournals.net/pharmacy/index.php/IJPPR/article/vie...

https://ijpsr.com/?action=download_pdf&postid=97498

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Can you stop beans from making you gassy?"

PeterHolzwarth — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:54:54 +0000

In regards to the first method, are you saying that the skins of beans are the majority source of undigestible sugars in beans?

actually, come to think of it, fiber is also a source of gas. Are the skins of beans the higher source of fiber?

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Can you stop beans from making you gassy?"

PeterHolzwarth — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:51:27 +0000

I'm not very familiar with this topic. What is the chemical mechanism through which you feel that baking soda reduces undigestible sugars in beans?

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Just Put It on a Map"

PeterHolzwarth — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:51:18 +0000

A minor thing - I know that article is part of a broader body of work and is not meant to solely present your ideas by itself. But nonetheless, since you linked to it, I had to scan down quite a bit to answer the question that was immediately on my mind: "tax reform for what purpose and why?"

And, an aside, I'd personally recommend getting rid of the emoji bullet-point additions: in this day and age, well, you know.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability (2023)"

PeterHolzwarth — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:06:03 +0000

"annexed Hong Kong prematurely" ? I'm not sure what you mean here.

Reports I've read are that China was surprised when the UK got in touch a few years before 97, wanting to start the prep work for the handover of HK. China, it seems, just assumed the UK would call HK a historical legacy whose lease agreement was made with a now-defunct country, and leave it at that without a handover.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability (2023)"

PeterHolzwarth — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:59:56 +0000

I've done so. I saw a country that is a mix of third and first, full of wonderful people who the government fear so much they have to cut them off from the rest of the world and run the place as a police state.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability (2023)"

PeterHolzwarth — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:58:03 +0000

Oh my goodness, this is deeply untrue. China is facing a massive population implosion. A lot of their global strategy can be understood through that lens: they are racing to accumulate power, standing, and wealth before the implosion starts to kick in.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Microsoft BitNet: 100B Param 1-Bit model for local CPUs"

PeterHolzwarth — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:49:54 +0000

Interesting - the account you mention, and the GP, are both doing replies that are themselves all about the same length, and also the same length between the two accounts. I get what you mean.

Disney Blasts ByteDance with Cease and Desist Letter over Seedance 2.0 AI Model

PeterHolzwarth — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:13:33 +0000

Article URL: https://deadline.com/2026/02/disney-bytedance-cease-and-desist-letter-seedance-ai-video-1236719549/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025411

Points: 6

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New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "I'm not worried about AI job loss"

PeterHolzwarth — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:27:53 +0000

Most companies won't hire people with a high degree of notoriety. They may hire those people if they have some degree of fame.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?"

PeterHolzwarth — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:49:13 +0000

Bypassing a paywall does sound a bit like piracy, if you think about it. This is what the commenter is referring to (tho in this case, I don't see a paywall on the article this end.)

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon"

PeterHolzwarth — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:03:27 +0000

The dot com crash was absolutely expected - today's "cmon, get it over with! crash!" tone we see in regards to the AI bubble is hilariously reminiscent of the late 90s dot com bubble. It was the era that spawned the famous Economist leader "Crash Dammit!"

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon"

PeterHolzwarth — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:03:29 +0000

This is a great question, and one that drives right to the key issue! (oh god, that sounds like an LLM response, sorry)

Like with the implosion of the Japanese economy, people will just not invest, instead parking their money in low-yield bank accounts. It was, in some cases continues to be, an issue for that country.

New comment by PeterHolzwarth in "Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon"

PeterHolzwarth — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:01:27 +0000

People, or organizations, but mainly people, can just refuse to invest in stuff, parking their money in low-interest bank accounts, or the old style "stuffed into mattresses."

This was the multi-decade problem Japan ran into after its hot economy imploded, and unleashed the "lost decade" (which became decades). It was not a marginal issue, and for year the Japanese government tried everything it could think of to get people to invest in things - to little effect.