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New comment by dcookie in "The US Government Is Now a Shareholder in 26 Companies"

dcookie — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:57:15 +0000

I admitted as much, but I think a lot of people interested in the concept of government ownership of private corporations may enjoy broadening their knowledge and understanding of existing sovereign wealth funds within the United States.

I'm sorry if your interest wasn't piqued or you were already aware of the fund.

New comment by dcookie in "The US Government Is Now a Shareholder in 26 Companies"

dcookie — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:47:54 +0000

I know it is not the same thing, but in case people aren't already aware, Alaskan residents have long owned stocks in private companies.

It is called the Alaska Permanent Fund and a constitutionally established sovereign wealth fund invested in a diversified portfolio and managed by a state-owned corporation, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation.

Earnings help fund the state government and annual dividend checks are distributed to residents.

Watch the Earth shift during fault slip (2025) [video]

dcookie — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:01:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEYe65eDdw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44662110

Points: 6

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New comment by dcookie in "A non-anthropomorphized view of LLMs"

dcookie — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:23:00 +0000

> it won't understand you

Oops.

New comment by dcookie in "A Usable C++ Dialect That Is Safe Against Memory Corruption"

dcookie — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:59:18 +0000

I don't think anyone claimed the _language_ was safe.

New comment by dcookie in "Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator (2009)"

dcookie — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:46:00 +0000

I think the insufficient "randomness" is explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14805265

New comment by dcookie in "Show HN: A Set of Dice That Follows the Gambler's Fallacy"

dcookie — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:18:28 +0000

This reminds me of the first scene in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjOqaD5tWB0

New comment by dcookie in "Ask HN: Which developers do you closely follow?"

dcookie — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:58:30 +0000

I assume you are referring to Jesus' "parable of the talents". If so, it is dealing with money, not skills. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talent_(weight)