Hacker News: pillefitz

New comment by pillefitz in "Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study"

pillefitz — Sun, 31 May 2026 17:15:44 +0000

Unfortunately, I get terribly tired and brain-fogged from even small quantities. Anyone else experienced this?

New comment by pillefitz in "I moved my digital stack to Europe"

pillefitz — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:56:02 +0000

You can't be serious.

New comment by pillefitz in "Why we lose our friends as we age (2023)"

pillefitz — Mon, 11 May 2026 19:16:06 +0000

Back in the old days, presumably you made friends wherever you went

New comment by pillefitz in "Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users"

pillefitz — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:38:27 +0000

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New comment by pillefitz in "New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming"

pillefitz — Sat, 02 May 2026 04:40:55 +0000

Selected Ambient Works!

New comment by pillefitz in "The Mushroom That Makes People Have the Exact Same Hallucination"

pillefitz — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:56:45 +0000

More like Eigenvectors/-modes of the mind, which certain stimuli amplify into resonance

New comment by pillefitz in "Interview with Bob Odenkirk"

pillefitz — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:41:37 +0000

So you're saying that life isn't a farce? Or that it is, and poor people don't ponder it? Just expressing disapproval of rich people?

New comment by pillefitz in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

pillefitz — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:53:46 +0000

Unfortunately no. It's my inference, given that 23andme didn't find any genetic indicator (CYP1A2) for slow metabolism, which is in line with my experience I got more sensitive over time.

So it must be some other mechanism that diminished enzyme production. Some of my liver (were those enzymes are produced) values were elevated over the last few years for no good reason, and I suspect the two could be related.

It's a bit annoying, as I'm reacting to trace amounts of caffeine in coffee, tea or chocolate, but I'm more worried about all the other, possibly carcinogenic, environmental toxins my liver won't be able to filter out.

New comment by pillefitz in "OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro in the API"

pillefitz — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:44:50 +0000

You're right, unfortunately. How naive of me to think that at least the HN audience would care.

New comment by pillefitz in "OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro in the API"

pillefitz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:43:22 +0000

Please consider the ethical aspects of giving money to OpenAI versus alternatives.

New comment by pillefitz in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

pillefitz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:25:44 +0000

It's less about the strength of coffee than about your metabolism. I used to be unaffected by caffeine, and now it takes a few sips in the morning to mess with my sleep in the evening - sth that started happening in my twenties I believe, possibly liver-related.

New comment by pillefitz in "Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)"

pillefitz — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:40:24 +0000

I've been struggling with early waking for a few months, and recently experienced improvements by meditating before bed. Have you ruled out sleep apnea?

New comment by pillefitz in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

pillefitz — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:47:15 +0000

I wouldn't hold it against anyone wishing my great grandfather shouldn't have existed for playing a minor role in Nazi Germany. Altman is in cahoots with a government that just a few days ago threatened to end a whole civilization. So no, I don't understand where you are coming from or why you're disgusted at the comments you linked.

New comment by pillefitz in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

pillefitz — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:22:27 +0000

The former are doing way more damage to civilization

New comment by pillefitz in "Ask HN: Dean of studies at a French CS school – what should we teach?"

pillefitz — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:23:56 +0000

I'd try to strike a good balance between CS fundamentals to teach students how to think and solve problems rigorously and patiently, and soft/leadership skills such as nonviolent communication, project management, business analysis.

New comment by pillefitz in "The Cognitive Dark Forest"

pillefitz — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:26:06 +0000

Do you think there's enough such opportunities that we'll all be able to pay our rents?

New comment by pillefitz in "Show HN: Jemini – Gemini for the Epstein Files"

pillefitz — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:30:37 +0000

Which model is being used? Is there an unrestricted open weight model that could be used?

New comment by pillefitz in "Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986"

pillefitz — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:29:54 +0000

Sounds like MJ pioneered not only financial simulators, but also vibe coding

New comment by pillefitz in "Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986"

pillefitz — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:21:58 +0000

This is amazing! Having no knowledge of Basic, a.) what makes the rewrite "impossible"? b.) how do coding agents perform on the codebase? It might make for a neat benchmark similar to ARC

New comment by pillefitz in "Why I Joined OpenAI"

pillefitz — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 07:16:30 +0000

The issue is that you're doing lot, but not saving the planet.

What do you think is happening with the efficiency gains? You're making rich people richer and helping AI to become an integral (i.e. positive ROI from business perspective) part of our lives. And that's perfectly fine if it aligns with your philosophy. It's not for quite a few others, and you not owning up to it leads to all kinds of negativity in the comments.