Hacker News: PierceJoy

New comment by PierceJoy in "Rewriting Bun in Rust"

PierceJoy — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:45:06 +0000

This seems like a much much harder problem than having a model translate between the two languages. I think people in general are way overvaluing determinism. In most cases, it doesn’t matter if the output from two runs is different as long as it accomplishes the desired goal.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Tidal AI Policy"

PierceJoy — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:11:19 +0000

I have serious doubts that their detection will be good enough, especially in cases where it's not 100% AI generated. The EDM and hip hop genres relies heavily on samples, and I guarantee all the sample services all being pumped full of AI generated creations. Many artists using the sample won't even know they using things that are AI generated.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Tidal AI Policy"

PierceJoy — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:08:08 +0000

Sure, if you're referring to people who actually play instruments or sing. Electronic music shows are mostly DJing though.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Rocketlab acquires Iridium"

PierceJoy — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:05:38 +0000

Rocket Lab's market cap is 57B and are buying Iridium for 8B. I'm assuming you're implying some other measure of worth, but it's not that crazy based on stock price.

New comment by PierceJoy in "The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated"

PierceJoy — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:08:52 +0000

How do you know the changes aren’t placebo?

New comment by PierceJoy in "US Consumer Price Index up 4.2%"

PierceJoy — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:49:35 +0000

If inflation due to energy costs is running hot they’ll have to raise rates which will cause stock prices to fall.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Vibe coding my way to a healthy family: Introducing Gamow Labs"

PierceJoy — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:32:59 +0000

In what way?

New comment by PierceJoy in "Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia"

PierceJoy — Fri, 22 May 2026 23:05:14 +0000

The rule of law is definitely dead, but the evidence is that this man was deported mistakenly and then charged with a fictional crime to cover up that mistake.

New comment by PierceJoy in "GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay"

PierceJoy — Tue, 05 May 2026 01:07:08 +0000

I think this is the opinion of someone who thinks about personal security (like many on this site) and would prefer not to use Facebook marketplace. From observing many of those around me, this is an uncommon concern. Facebook marketplace is insanely dominant, and nobody cares about inviting people to their house. They would rather invite someone to their house than have to drive to GameStop and drop off their stuff in exchange for losing money on gas, losing time, and losing a cut of the sale price.

New comment by PierceJoy in "If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red pressers always survive"

PierceJoy — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:42:05 +0000

They’re different scenarios. The prisoner’s dilemma is purely selfish. How do I maximize my own return? Cooperation is an option, but it’s still about maximizing your own return. This scenario leaves it open for people to choose to act selfishly by maximizing their own return, or selflessly by attempting to got maximize total return for everyone. But the choice required to maximize total return isn’t clear.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Allbirds, Inc. Announces Expansion into AI Compute Infrastructure"

PierceJoy — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:49:02 +0000

What a time to be alive.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user"

PierceJoy — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:49:17 +0000

So don’t buy an iPhone if you don’t care about the security of your device and personal information. That would introduce a massive security hole that would negatively affect far more users than it would help.

New comment by PierceJoy in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

PierceJoy — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:54:05 +0000

And why did the cost of insurance for ships rise?

New comment by PierceJoy in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

PierceJoy — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:51:29 +0000

> impotent threat of attacking ships

You've been paying attention to what's happened over the last few weeks and you qualify that threat as impotent? That impotent threat basically brought the rest of the world to it's knees.

New comment by PierceJoy in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

PierceJoy — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:42:24 +0000

To whom, and to what? A military threat to the continental US, sure. To US allies in the region, and to the global economy, it appears Iran is a much bigger threat than we were lead to believe, and still are. If anything, they're justifiably more emboldened now than ever.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Peter Thiel's big bet on solar-powered cow collars"

PierceJoy — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:22:46 +0000

Reminds me of https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/23/tech-indu...

New comment by PierceJoy in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

PierceJoy — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:58:34 +0000

Nothing a couple /simplify's can't take care of.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia"

PierceJoy — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:13:16 +0000

I mean, isn't it obvious that they didn't?

New comment by PierceJoy in "Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project"

PierceJoy — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:57:42 +0000

> it feeds directly into my conspiracy theory about how people are being intentionally pacified using chemicals.

What is more likely? That there's a grand conspiracy involving thousands of people to chemically pacify the population. Or that products made with plastic are cheap and easy to make.

New comment by PierceJoy in "Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use"

PierceJoy — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:18:10 +0000

The speculative reasoning I've seen is that they have optimizations in their CC client that reduces their costs. If that's true, I think it's fair that they can limit subscription usage to their client. If you don't want those optimizations and prefer more freedom, use the API.