Hacker News: bwb

New comment by bwb in "Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?"

bwb — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:34:52 +0000

Ya, but this is a proof-of-concept rip-off. The fact that the indexes don't have our back is a huge problem.

New comment by bwb in "Recruiters, How do you vet resume in 2026?"

bwb — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:32:04 +0000

I should note, mostly we have screened, and then paid them to come work with us for 3 to 4 hours on a real piece of code.

New comment by bwb in "Recruiters, How do you vet resume in 2026?"

bwb — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:47:55 +0000

First, get a kazoo, chalk, 5 live chickens, and a sharp knife.

Use the chalk to draw a numbered grid on the sidewalk; 10 should be fine.

Divide the resumes into 10 groups.

Cut the head off a chicken and see which number it wanders into. Repeat until you are down to one resume.

Done and far more efficient than all the current methods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Khvtqr-BxY

New comment by bwb in "Jonathan Daly's fav books about individuals who changed the way we see the world"

bwb — Sun, 31 May 2026 11:09:07 +0000

I really recommend The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester. My brother picked it for a family book club and I was blown away. Amazing story and person.

Jonathan Daly's fav books about individuals who changed the way we see the world

bwb — Sun, 31 May 2026 11:09:07 +0000

Article URL: https://bookdna.com/best-books/individuals-who-followed-their-muse-and-changed-th

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344784

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by bwb in "Mark Warren's favorite novels about a child's immersion into wilderness"

bwb — Sun, 31 May 2026 11:06:26 +0000

My Side Of The Mountain is one of my favorite books of all time. I built so many forts inspired by that book :)

Mark Warren's favorite novels about a child's immersion into wilderness

bwb — Sun, 31 May 2026 11:06:26 +0000

Article URL: https://bookdna.com/best-books/childs-immersion-into-wilderness

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344766

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by bwb in "Bruce Balfour's favorite science fiction novels about Mars colonization"

bwb — Sat, 23 May 2026 11:23:31 +0000

Great list :)

Bruce Balfour's favorite science fiction novels about Mars colonization

bwb — Sat, 23 May 2026 11:23:31 +0000

Article URL: https://bookdna.com/best-books/science-fiction-about-mars-colonization

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48246755

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Paul Levinson's favorite time travel novels that respect the paradoxes

bwb — Sat, 23 May 2026 11:22:38 +0000

Article URL: https://bookdna.com/best-books/time-travel-that-respect-the-paradoxes

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48246752

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by bwb in "OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens"

bwb — Sun, 17 May 2026 06:55:11 +0000

How is press freedom in Malta? Was everyone ever held responsible for the car bombing of Daphne?

New comment by bwb in "Israel's AI targeting system: how data from a phone become a death sentence"

bwb — Thu, 14 May 2026 08:12:31 +0000

weird, didn't really have anything to do with my comment, i figured it was bots/spam.

New comment by bwb in "Israel's AI targeting system: how data from a phone become a death sentence"

bwb — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:00:33 +0000

eh? why did you reply to my comment with this one not about my comment?

New comment by bwb in "Israel's AI targeting system: how data from a phone become a death sentence"

bwb — Sun, 10 May 2026 13:44:35 +0000

What an upsetting read. This is just how you "breed" more terrorism.

New comment by bwb in "The dark fascist secret hidden beneath one of Europe's largest railway stations"

bwb — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:59:17 +0000

Good read as I love this type of history in plain sight.

The dark fascist secret hidden beneath one of Europe's largest railway stations

bwb — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:59:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/travel/milan-stazione-centrale-binario-21-shoah-memorial

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050999

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by bwb in "DNSSEC disruption affecting .de domains – Resolved"

bwb — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:52:37 +0000

I watched that video yesterday, their solution was to fix the pension funding problem :)

They made the point that more immigration / growth wouldn't help fix the core problem if they don't fix that asap.

New comment by bwb in "Santa Cruz restaurant changes logo after flurry of negative reviews for AI art"

bwb — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:00:27 +0000

well said, I agree, and those big things become holy wars even though they largely have zero impact on them. Better to focus on things closer to where they can have an impact, I think they would be happier.

New comment by bwb in "Santa Cruz restaurant changes logo after flurry of negative reviews for AI art"

bwb — Sun, 03 May 2026 09:59:48 +0000

Ya they do, even after we showed them the proof and the illustrator's body of work they fought us like it was a holy war

New comment by bwb in "Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS"

bwb — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:28:44 +0000

Most likely both :)