Hacker News: thinkcomp

Google Research: Towards passive heart health monitoring via smartphone camera

thinkcomp — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:26:44 +0000

Article URL: https://research.google/blog/towards-passive-heart-health-monitoring-via-smartphone-camera/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48404159

Points: 10

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OpenAI's Founding Story Told Through Musk vs. Altman Trial Exhibits

thinkcomp — Sat, 16 May 2026 16:56:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.plainsite.org/documents/collection.html?name=musk-v-altman-et-al&view=grid

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161845

Points: 4

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New comment by thinkcomp in "Some Epstein file redactions are being undone"

thinkcomp — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:00:39 +0000

I love how the entire internet thinks that this is a big deal when all that happened is that USDOJ re-posted some poorly-redacted court documents that were poorly redacted by non-USDOJ attorneys more than three years ago.

Yes, USDOJ is incompetent and dysfunctional, but this is not why. But sure, whatever, carry on...

Man who lost key motion in Elon Musk suit alleges S.F. judge used faulty AI

thinkcomp — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:45:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/elon-musk-defamation-lawsuit-21221662.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339502

Points: 7

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New comment by thinkcomp in "The Tesla Files Unveil More Accounting Fraud Than Imagined"

thinkcomp — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 23:24:53 +0000

That's because the securities losses took place from 2018-2020. But there are plenty of allegations regarding more recent years such as FSD deferred revenue, DMV enforcement actions, AR/AP, tax evasion, silencing critics, etc.

The Tesla Files: RICO Lawsuit Describes How Elon Musk Got Rich

thinkcomp — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:12:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/download.html?id=332879335&z=06846ebe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41397191

Points: 9

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New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI and Reddit Partnership"

thinkcomp — Thu, 16 May 2024 21:00:26 +0000

Time to start deleting my posts!

New comment by thinkcomp in "Ask HN: How do I stop political SMS spam?"

thinkcomp — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:08:23 +0000

I've been getting an enormous amount of right-wing political spam lately (which continues today). I made a video about tracing its origin. I wonder if your text messages are in any way related. Monument & Cathedral seems to be pursuing multi-modal communications, so it wouldn't surprise me if they have an active SMS campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap9PNXE2gFs

New comment by thinkcomp in "Elon Musk sues OpenAI, CEO, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity"

thinkcomp — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:40:01 +0000

Lawsuit docket: https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/5ctu7zkg5/superior-court-o...

New comment by thinkcomp in "Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman"

thinkcomp — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:25:27 +0000

Lawsuit docket: https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/5ctu7zkg5/superior-court-o...

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 04:54:08 +0000

Kind of the opposite, unless you're referring to OpenAI?

Sovereign citizens claim to be independent of the laws of the United States.

This is a dispute about a company failing to comply with a specific law of the United States.

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 04:20:16 +0000

Anyone has a right to make a request of this type in person. Under the First Amendment and 26 U.S.C. § 6104(d)(1)(B), that means you have a right to stay as long as necessary to make the request for public records.

The only ones yelling were OpenAI employees and the company's security contractor(s).

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 04:11:16 +0000

You have it backwards. You have to be able to make the request at the offices in the first place. This is about OpenAI attempting to prevent an in-person request from being made, in violation of the law. No one was "invading" anything.

Other prominent non-profits do not seem to have this problem.

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 04:07:00 +0000

Ironically, we don't know what the penalty for non-compliance is because we don't know the non-profit's gross receipts are for its most recent complete tax year. If they are over $1 million, which is plausible, the daily penalty is $100/day not to exceed $50,000. See 2022 Form 990 Instructions, page 81. Not that this really matters.

The crux of our disagreement is whether they have the right to refuse entry. They can [unlawfully] deny a request I suppose and just choose penalties over compliance, but when it comes to denying the ability to lodge a request in person with the associated "immediate" timeline, there are First Amendment interests at stake and I think the federal constitution, if not federal preemption, wins.

In this specific instance, it wasn't clear to me what, if anything, the security guard had done or intended to do with my name and ID information (which is not needed to file a request for tax forms). So I didn't feel as though a specific request had even been filed. He wouldn't provide his name, he wouldn't allow me to speak to anyone with any knowledge of the issue, and I had nothing in writing. From my perspective, OpenAI prevented a request from being filed after its accountants said that they had the documents but that the non-profit's offices were the proper place to lodge a request.

On top of all of that, the 2022 IRS Form 990 instructions (page 79) refer to "the room" and the requirement that the member of the public "must" be allowed to "take notes freely." Outside on the sidewalk is not a room where you can take notes.

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:37:55 +0000

Brief descriptions added. Thanks for the feedback.

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:23:32 +0000

Happy to look at any legal citations to caselaw you have. But generally there's a difference between "stay[ing]" a prolonged period of time and being able to even get in the door to make the request in the first place, which is explicitly allowed by federal law. And the documents were available.

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:20:56 +0000

Accounting firm acknowledged it could send the documents by e-mail but refused on the phone, said to go to the company's office.

Company wouldn't let me in the office, blamed Thanksgiving, and lied about the office being closed when it obviously was not.

We're talking about sending an e-mail with a PDF in the middle of a business day when employees were clearly at work in the office. That's it. E-mail can be sent from anywhere in the world. And the accounting firm was willing and able to send it, just not willing to comply with the law because its client said not to.

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:05:11 +0000

This isn't quite right. Federal law requires that citizens be allowed to make requests in person. Trespassing is a state statute in each state. In general, federal law supersedes state law. Asking to see a non-profit's public records in person is not trespassing because it's expressly authorized by law.

New comment by thinkcomp in "OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law"

thinkcomp — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:35:50 +0000

I'm sure it's filed. They just refused to disclose it as required by law.

OpenAI Shoves a Data Journalist and Violates Federal Law

thinkcomp — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:10:53 +0000

Article URL: https://aarongreenspan.substack.com/p/openai-gets-pushy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38386535

Points: 82

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