Hacker News: a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=a_victorpHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:45:29 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "OpenAI Acquires TBPN"]]>They are probably preparing for an IPO

]]>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:53:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47621741a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47621741https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47621741<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls"]]>Just a company with 40%+ of ownership from Tencent, Disney and Sony (all public traded companies). You could have googled this

]]>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:58:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509177a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509177https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509177<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"]]>Zoom has this feature as well

]]>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:58:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508210a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508210https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508210<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)"]]>It's unlikely to happen because of the deal MS has with OAI. It's hard to ignore a percentage of revenue as money back guarantee

]]>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:46:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47436549a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47436549https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47436549<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "The American Healthcare Conundrum"]]>The median salary in the US is around $61k a year and in Japan is around $42k a year. Salary-wise the difference is not as big as GDP per capita

]]>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:48:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410502a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410502https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410502<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"]]>I'd say that the advantage for Venezuelans has more to do on having a cheap and fast way of transferring money than the cryptocurrency itself. IIRC an article that I read pointed that crypto holdings in there where very short lived, meaning people didn't keep the coins as a way of savings

]]>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:15:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403442a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403442https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403442<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age"]]>I wouldn't bet on it

]]>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:19:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382821a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382821https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382821<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans."]]>I had never noticed the flow of AI text. They do make the flow of reading feel weird with a lot of pauses! Thanks for pointing it out

]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:57:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341660a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341660https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341660<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "No, it doesn't cost Anthropic $5k per Claude Code user"]]>To capture market.

]]>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:01:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322064a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322064https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322064<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services"]]>Gotta love the slippery slope argument

]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:33:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47237675a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47237675https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47237675<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem"]]>I think it's not a bad thing that people make the "Don't use this one use this one it's better!" comment, at least from my perspective. That is one way I end up learning about the options I have!

]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:01:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224010a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224010https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224010<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network"]]>I tried doing that but I'm certain they didn't delete it, because I tried logging in after a week and it worked

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:04:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191053a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191053https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191053<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation"]]>You definitely would not know if you were, no one does. I think the healthy position is to assume you are wrong and trying to find evidence of why you are wrong

For instance,I'm very skeptical of AI and, from experience, do not think that the current models are worth the cost, but I'm always in HN trying to find arguments/people that use AI successfully to prove that I'm wrong

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:22:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189312a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189312https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189312<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation"]]>I'd say the latter. Right now AI is Nvidia's biggest consumers. If any big AI company crashes, they'll lose a lot of money

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:14:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189241a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189241https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189241<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation"]]>Not GP, but I imagine they are referring to Nvidia's stock price It's down 6% today

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:07:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189179a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189179https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189179<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation"]]>Or if the stock is not actually worth $100

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:44:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188925a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188925https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188925<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine"]]>It's already frowned upon when crossing the border

]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:59:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47142033a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47142033https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47142033<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court"]]>I'm re reading the Hitchhikers guide and was going to say exactly that!

]]>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:18:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095970a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095970https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095970<![CDATA[Economics Is Fundamentally Political]]>Article URL: https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093577

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]]>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:37:11 +0000https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-politicala_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093577https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093577<![CDATA[New comment by a_victorp in "Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun"]]>Yeah, that always blew my mind as a non American.

]]>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:38:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46973713a_victorphttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46973713https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46973713