Hacker News: bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bifftasticHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:04:16 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition"]]>I hear Michael Carrick is available

]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:55:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50471334bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50471334https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50471334<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Super Intelligence"]]>Trump thinks "artificial" means "fake". He is obsessed with real vs fake: fake news, realDonaldTrump.

]]>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:29:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50132482bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50132482https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50132482<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Spinal: A near-instant, predictive surface for any codebase"]]>OK so I'm supposed to know what a predictive surface is now?

]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:41:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50016427bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50016427https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50016427<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "MCP was always a bad idea?"]]>Not sure why the title on HN ends with a question mark. It's grammatically incorrect and not in the original article

]]>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:31:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783384bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783384https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783384<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"]]>Or dired

]]>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:46:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452139bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452139https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452139<![CDATA[Jeff Dean Leaving Google]]>Article URL: https://twitter.com/JeffDean/status/2085034604172603724

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184879

Points: 79

# Comments: 2

]]>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:14:49 +0000https://twitter.com/JeffDean/status/2085034604172603724bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184879https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184879<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science"]]>Any advances in theoretical physics yet? Are there any fundamental obstacles? I would have thought not, but I haven't seen anything reported.

]]>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:30:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49133485bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49133485https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49133485<![CDATA[AI Kill Switch Act [pdf]]]>Article URL: https://lieu.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/lieu-evo.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/ai-kill-switch-act.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49027534

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:23:56 +0000https://lieu.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/lieu-evo.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/ai-kill-switch-act.pdfbifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49027534https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49027534<![CDATA[Dinitz-Garg-Goemans conjecture is false]]>Article URL: https://twitter.com/DmitryRybin1/status/2079904005652893709

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49011852

Points: 13

# Comments: 2

]]>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:06:36 +0000https://twitter.com/DmitryRybin1/status/2079904005652893709bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49011852https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49011852<![CDATA[Leverage Research 1.0]]>Article URL: https://lydialaurenson.substack.com/p/the-inside-story-of-leverage-research

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48891274

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:52:27 +0000https://lydialaurenson.substack.com/p/the-inside-story-of-leverage-researchbifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48891274https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48891274<![CDATA[Sam Altman: This is how we can make AI safe for everyone]]>Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/0c2e1077-f658-4b3d-9040-602615c961ca

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48749459

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

]]>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:30:24 +0000https://www.ft.com/content/0c2e1077-f658-4b3d-9040-602615c961cabifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48749459https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48749459<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Ear Training Practice"]]>One comment - the perfect pitch exercise becomes a relative pitch exercise as soon as you get one note right. I don't believe I have perfect pitch but I got 100% on the quiz I just did.

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:08:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500812bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500812https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500812<![CDATA[How to convert between wealth and income tax]]>Article URL: https://paulgraham.com/winc.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48237422

Points: 210

# Comments: 688

]]>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:43:28 +0000https://paulgraham.com/winc.htmlbifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48237422https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48237422<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Elizabeth I's Manuscript of Pierre Boaistuau's Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)"]]>> Want these images on your wall?

I think I'll pass

]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:50:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47647753bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47647753https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47647753<![CDATA['Access to Insight' is shutting down]]>Article URL: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47162711

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

]]>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:45:10 +0000https://www.accesstoinsight.org/bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47162711https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47162711<![CDATA[What's Worrying Jonathan Haidt Now?]]>Article URL: https://calnewport.com/whats-worrying-jonathan-haidt-now/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688664

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:42:52 +0000https://calnewport.com/whats-worrying-jonathan-haidt-now/bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688664https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688664<![CDATA[The Closed-Loop Manifesto]]>Article URL: https://jakefeala.substack.com/p/the-closed-loop-manifesto

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495909

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:35:04 +0000https://jakefeala.substack.com/p/the-closed-loop-manifestobifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495909https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495909<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player"]]>> CDs are for listening to the music, and vinyl is for listening to yourself

This is amazing

]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:04:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46463971bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46463971https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46463971<![CDATA[Pearly kings and queens of London in their 150th year – photo essay]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/28/pearly-kings-and-queens-of-london-in-their-150th-year-photo-essay

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076369

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:27:12 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/28/pearly-kings-and-queens-of-london-in-their-150th-year-photo-essaybifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076369https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076369<![CDATA[Crown Office – The Gazette]]>Article URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4992102

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839300

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

]]>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:34:58 +0000https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4992102bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839300https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839300