Hacker News: pfd1986

New comment by pfd1986 in "OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation"

pfd1986 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:11:03 +0000

What's the math here if they go public in 2027, with next to 1T in valuation? How much more growth can the company have for regular investors? Surely they won't have the capital of multiple FAANG companies...

New comment by pfd1986 in "Show HN: Epstein's emails reconstructed in a message-style UI (OCR and LLMs)"

pfd1986 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:04:01 +0000

The convo with Noam Chomsky is interesting. Deepak Chopra one talking about Trump being 'loco' is quiet funny.

Neat data visualization solution!

New comment by pfd1986 in "Brain has five 'eras' with adult mode not starting until early 30s"

pfd1986 — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:53:54 +0000

Fascinating study.

The stats warrant some caution, though. The main finding is based on figure 4 [1] and I wouldn't be surprised if the number and location of these 'eras' varied a lot if the authors use 40,000 people instead of 4,000.

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65974-8/figures/4

New comment by pfd1986 in "Why Nietzsche matters in the age of artificial intelligence"

pfd1986 — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:55:29 +0000

Thanks for the book recommendation. Adding the link here so it shows in the monthly book suggestion:

https://a.co/d/iR7sxnU

New comment by pfd1986 in "When Mark Zuckerberg Moved Next Door"

pfd1986 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:08:43 +0000

I lived in Palo Alto for years around 2018 before realizing o was a block away from Tim Cook. From the outside, his house looked pretty normal-looking and I also run into him at the whole foods down the block. He and his house looked pretty down to earth.

New comment by pfd1986 in "John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change"

pfd1986 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:21:13 +0000

The foundation cocktail place in SF has some art on the wall that changes every minute. I can't remember if by John Cage or someone else..

New comment by pfd1986 in "43-year-old Family Canoe Trip"

pfd1986 — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:35:51 +0000

Very nice. The story sounds very familiar to me, maybe the movie was part of Banff film festival?

New comment by pfd1986 in "NOAA's public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV"

pfd1986 — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:42:02 +0000

Fair enough. I was not familiar with the source and couldn't check all the references since some were to a private blog, but what's open check out: https://youtu.be/ZluMysK2B1E?si=_RWmR8mzGcKrmp9Z

New comment by pfd1986 in "NOAA's public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV"

pfd1986 — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:28:27 +0000

The plan seems to be to (1) "RAGE: Retire All Government Employees (...), take over the United States government and gut the federal bureaucracy. Then, replace civil servants with political loyalists"

So in essence, they think these short term problems can be reversed once the pawns are replaced.

(1) https://www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-musk-ceo-dictator-d...

New comment by pfd1986 in "BYD to offer Tesla-like self-driving tech in all models for free"

pfd1986 — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:18:35 +0000

Just did a quick check and it translates to $30K in Brazil as well

New comment by pfd1986 in "What's happening inside the NIH and NSF"

pfd1986 — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:53:35 +0000

Wouldn't rise up lead to a coup? Isn't this exactly what Trump is waiting / routing for?

New comment by pfd1986 in "What the photographer who’s taken philosopher portraits thinks of philosophers"

pfd1986 — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:31:23 +0000

Thanks for the perspective. The courage to "face society" and write for the public is one of the reasons I've always loved (trying) to read Daniel Dennets work. He seemed to be writing for scientists and less to other philosophers. Not sure if you agree

New comment by pfd1986 in "Ask HN: Do you have home solar?"

pfd1986 — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:54:43 +0000

OT but what's the best way to find incentives and rebates given a zip code? Google just suggests 1,000 ads...

New comment by pfd1986 in "Daylight Computer tablet review"

pfd1986 — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:51:03 +0000

Looks cool. Near $800 tag price is sharp but a welcome competition to kindle, remarkable, and the like.

https://daylightcomputer.com/

New comment by pfd1986 in "Sam Altman "Wrecks" OpenAI – Jan Leike Joins Anthropic [video]"

pfd1986 — Thu, 30 May 2024 00:53:17 +0000

Replace AI with car, airplane, medic devices in the sentence above... Why is AI any different from other human creations? Why shouldn't we try building it responsibly?

I don't get the all or nothing attitude.

New comment by pfd1986 in "Lapis: A Web Framework for Lua"

pfd1986 — Sat, 25 May 2024 12:25:31 +0000

Great name! (Portuguese word for 'pencil')

New comment by pfd1986 in "Jim Simons has died"

pfd1986 — Sat, 11 May 2024 01:00:59 +0000

Edit: Claude for the rescue

"Here are some additional sources that discuss the concept of an egregore and how it can be applied to understanding group dynamics and the evolution of organizations:

"The Anatomy of the Body of God" by Frater Achad (Charles Stansfeld Jones) - A detailed exposition on the occult concept of egregores from a ceremonial magic perspective.

"Web of Debt" by Ellen Hodgson Brown - This book discusses egregores in the context of economic systems and the power of collective beliefs shaping institutions.

"The Egregore Effect" by Jack Willis - Explores egregores as self-reinforcing memetic constructs that shape group behavior.

"The Cult of Information" by Theodore Roszak - While not directly about egregores, it discusses how ideologies and worldviews can take on a life of their own within organizations.

"The Organizational Hologram" by David Bohm - Applies concepts from quantum physics to understanding the undivided wholeness of organizations

New comment by pfd1986 in "Jim Simons has died"

pfd1986 — Sat, 11 May 2024 00:52:37 +0000

Interesting concept. Would love to learn more if you can think of a reference

New comment by pfd1986 in "Has anyone else had their Reddit account Kafka'd? How did you solve the issue?"

pfd1986 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 01:24:08 +0000

You mean let them digg their own grave? ;)

New comment by pfd1986 in "OpenAI – transformer debugger release"

pfd1986 — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:54:36 +0000

Given his username I'd say.. he is.

Agreed: disclaimer needed.