Hacker News: bilsbie

Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]

bilsbie — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:16:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fortune-david-siegel-open-source-ai.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927095

Points: 288

# Comments: 103

New comment by bilsbie in "Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient"

bilsbie — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:59:10 +0000

It’s understandable to be wary of folks who hold views you disagree with but it’s more important to evaluate each idea regardless of where it comes from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Sleep Regularity vs. Sleep Duration: Which Is a Better Predictor of Mortality?

bilsbie — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:46:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.neurologyadvisor.com/news/ssleep-regularity-vs-sleep-duration-which-is-a-better-predictor-of-mortality/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919366

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)

bilsbie — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:46:06 +0000

Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/47/1/zsad253/7280269

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919363

Points: 733

# Comments: 392

New comment by bilsbie in "Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone"

bilsbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:04:24 +0000

What data type stores one bit? Does it offer opportunity for more efficient matmuls?

The Lo-Fi Way I Broke My Scrolling Habit

bilsbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:24:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/opinion/culture/phone-algorithm-addiction.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912509

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient

bilsbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:24:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-light-is-an-essential-nutrient

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912506

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by bilsbie in "A metallurgist's doubts about self-replicating probes"

bilsbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:09:08 +0000

I find the confusion confusing. Meaning isn’t it obvious it would take an entire civilization and all of its technology to create functional space craft, computers, and mining robots?

I don’t see how anyone would expect some kind of self contained probe to be able to do all of that.

Software hiring has become absurd

bilsbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:07:02 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/DanielGlejzner/status/2076985401915429296

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48908038

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The Future Worth Building Is Human

bilsbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:05:27 +0000

Article URL: https://thinkingmachines.ai/blog/the-future-worth-building-is-human/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904905

Points: 115

# Comments: 62

The American suburbs are better than you think

bilsbie — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:05:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-american-suburbs-are-better-than

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48892924

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

GitHub – PolymathicAI/The_well: A 15TB Collection of Physics Simulation Datasets

bilsbie — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:28:56 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/PolymathicAI/the_well/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48872373

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by bilsbie in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

bilsbie — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:17:58 +0000

I’m not sure if that’s true of these use cellular frequencies.

New comment by bilsbie in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

bilsbie — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:16:43 +0000

ITT don’t build on earth. Also don’t build in space.

New comment by bilsbie in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

bilsbie — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:15:13 +0000

It’s adorable you think the government represents the people.

New comment by bilsbie in "Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows"

bilsbie — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:08:20 +0000

Could electrons orbit a neutron star if we gave it a positive charge?

New comment by bilsbie in "Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)"

bilsbie — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:07:13 +0000

Could this be scaled up for tunnel boring?

New comment by bilsbie in "Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)"

bilsbie — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:55:11 +0000

They say they’re taking about tensile strength at the footnote. But teeth would be more likely to be compressively strong. They don’t get pulled on much.

The whole thing seems very confused. Anyway let’s build space elevator?

AB 2047: California's 3D Printer Surveillance Bill Advances

bilsbie — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:01:26 +0000

Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/california-wants-a-watcher-inside-every-3d-printer

Hacker News: bilsbie

Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]

New comment by bilsbie in "Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient"

Sleep Regularity vs. Sleep Duration: Which Is a Better Predictor of Mortality?

Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)

New comment by bilsbie in "Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone"

The Lo-Fi Way I Broke My Scrolling Habit

Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient

New comment by bilsbie in "A metallurgist's doubts about self-replicating probes"

Software hiring has become absurd

The Future Worth Building Is Human

The American suburbs are better than you think

GitHub – PolymathicAI/The_well: A 15TB Collection of Physics Simulation Datasets

New comment by bilsbie in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

New comment by bilsbie in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

New comment by bilsbie in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

New comment by bilsbie in "Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows"

New comment by bilsbie in "Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)"

New comment by bilsbie in "Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)"

AB 2047: California's 3D Printer Surveillance Bill Advances

What Does "Processed Meat" Mean?