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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)

david927 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:24:43 +0000

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47741527

Points: 192

# Comments: 564

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

david927 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:07:18 +0000

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303111

Points: 290

# Comments: 1133

New comment by david927 in "Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff over Epstein Ties"

david927 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:42:03 +0000

Clearly

New comment by david927 in "Are seed oils bad for your health?"

david927 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:49:28 +0000

> NPR is missing the basics here

sadly, on purpose

We need active journalism to watch out for our interests as citizens. What happens when it dies?

New comment by david927 in "Interval Research Corporation: a 1990s PARC without a Xerox (2022)"

david927 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:30:31 +0000

and without a Kay

New comment by david927 in "I baked a pie every day for a year"

david927 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:23:16 +0000

I didn't go to the gym a single day for November and December and it was heart-breaking when I started again in January how much I had set back. But slowly I got back to a good rate again.

A week ago someone asked why I was going to the gym that evening and I said, "Because it will make going tomorrow so much easier."

Start again.

New comment by david927 in "Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff over Epstein Ties"

david927 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:24:08 +0000

> he asked for help getting STD drugs from Epstein [to commit a felony]

We're talking about the 2% of information made available, much of which is redacted. The investigations need to include all evidence.

New comment by david927 in "Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff over Epstein Ties"

david927 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:10:47 +0000

I don't want apologies and resignations. I want investigations and the most serious of consequences if found guilty.

I can't believe people aren't more upset about this.

New comment by david927 in "Ask HN: Who Should I Talk To?"

david927 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:17:48 +0000

We're all under a bad star right now. There aren't many options, lots of people underemployed and many more completely unemployed. Competition is fierce. I don't have much to say, unfortunately, other than recognizing that it's hard and wishing the best for you.

New comment by david927 in "Why vampires live forever"

david927 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:08:45 +0000

And I don't want to add fuel to a strange fire, but in 1764 when Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote a letter to Beaumont regarding the absurdity of belief despite evidence, he used this as an example:

"If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete."

New comment by david927 in "Why vampires live forever"

david927 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:58:45 +0000

This is a fun story from the early 18th century if you haven't read about it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St._Germain

New comment by david927 in "America has a tungsten problem"

david927 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:15:34 +0000

Now try copper, aluminum and more. I saw a clip from a conference that said for copper, at 3% GDP growth, the global demand in the next 18 years will exceed the last 10,000 years, but 80% of known reserves have already been mined.

It seems to me that development in the future is going to be constrained. Not to be dramatic but are we in the sort of happy pre-pandemic days not knowing the changes heading our way? Or am I being too dramatic?

Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)

david927 — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 19:35:55 +0000

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46937696

Points: 334

# Comments: 1157

New comment by david927 in "Ask HN: Will crypto currencies survive past this market downturn?"

david927 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:28:39 +0000

New comment by david927 in "Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing)"

david927 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:50:54 +0000

An older ThinkPad is a great choice. Sometimes when a company goes out of business or upgrade, they dump a bunch of laptops and you can get used ThinkPads on the cheap.

New comment by david927 in "Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out"

david927 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:06:46 +0000

Reminds me of this article

The Immaculate Conception of ChatGPT

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-immaculate-conceptio...

New comment by david927 in "David Shapiro (L/0) on X: "The Singularity Will Be Boring" / X"

david927 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:27:20 +0000

When the singularity arrives it will not be remotely boring.

These snake oil claims of the singularity will forever be boring and are getting more tiring by the minute.

Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)

david927 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:43:06 +0000

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577242

Points: 256

# Comments: 884

New comment by david927 in "Computer scientist Yann LeCun: ‘Intelligence really is about learning’"

david927 — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:13:47 +0000

LeCun, “I’m not gonna make friends saying this . . . ” he tells me, “but I was reading this and I thought everything that Chomsky . . . was saying could not possibly be true, [because] we learn everything."

This was a theoretical debate until the case of Genie Wiley proved Chomsky was correct. Our capacity for language is innate. The wild thing is he still doesn't stand corrected and his world-view hasn't expanded to include it.

I'm not casting stones; I've done this. And I don't know if it will affect the outcomes of his research but it's interesting.

New comment by david927 in "An ounce of silver is now worth more than a barrel of oil"

david927 — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 01:02:34 +0000

Today's video on the 1934 Silver Purchase Act is fascinating

https://x.com/echodatruth/status/2004802236224766009