Hacker News: voisin

eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible

voisin — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:49:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/ebay-rejects-gamestop-s-56-billion-takeover-as-not-credible

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110021

Points: 208

# Comments: 202

The First Modern Car Without Hydraulic Brakes Is Headed to Production

voisin — Wed, 06 May 2026 02:27:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-first-modern-car-without-hydraulic-brakes-is-headed-to-production

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48031413

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

Performance of a large language model on the reasoning tasks of a physician

voisin — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:38:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4433

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994831

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

You Have No Idea How Much You Still Use BlackBerry

voisin — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:34:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/blackberry-qnx-software-cars-bf2a2280

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994813

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by voisin in "GameStop Preparing Offer for eBay"

voisin — Sat, 02 May 2026 12:28:08 +0000

Not necessarily a stunt if they’ve taken a meaningful stake. Smaller companies can acquire larger ones. Market cap reflects equity, not enterprise value. If the target has low debt, the deal can be financed with borrowing. The 1980s LBO wave, led by Michael Milken, is a clear precedent.

GameStop Preparing Offer for eBay

voisin — Sat, 02 May 2026 10:55:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/gamestop-preparing-offer-for-ebay-1678e6de

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985271

Points: 83

# Comments: 70

A man who is paying to see the future – Semafor

voisin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:18:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/04/24/2026/the-man-who-is-paying-to-see-the-future

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919757

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

ChatGPT solves Erdos Problem 1176 in 80 minutes

voisin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:44:30 +0000

Article URL: https://chatgpt.com/share/69dd1c83-b164-8385-bf2e-8533e9baba9c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916471

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

I can never talk to an AI anonymously again

voisin — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:09:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/i-can-never-talk-to-an-ai-anonymously

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47912976

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Pro reportedly solves an open Erdős problem in two hours

voisin — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:48:26 +0000

Article URL: https://the-decoder.com/openais-gpt-5-4-pro-reportedly-solves-a-longstanding-open-erdos-math-problem-in-under-two-hours/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47804503

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by voisin in "Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage"

voisin — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:52:51 +0000

It is pretty obvious to me that Anthropic wasn’t prepared with sufficient infrastructure to handle the wave of OpenAI/DoD refugees. Now everyone is getting throttled excessively and Claude is essentially unusable beyond chatting. Their big new release of Cowork is even worse than Claude Code for blasting through session limits.

I am tired of all the astroturf articles meant to blame the user with “tips” for using fewer tokens. I never had to (still don’t) think of this with Codex, and there has been a massive, obvious decline between Claude 1 month ago and Claude today.

Tesla's cabin camera estimates driver age in latest software update

voisin — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:05:59 +0000

Article URL: https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/teslas-cabin-camera-estimates-driver-age-in-latest-software-update-2026-8-6/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47729195

Points: 13

# Comments: 4

New comment by voisin in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

voisin — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:56:11 +0000

> Annual budget $31.3 million (FY 2024)

If it hasn’t been used in 50 years, is there some other use for the registry or the organization or why hasn’t this been cut yet?

Microsoft Just Launched an AI That Does Your Office Work for You

voisin — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:10:34 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@him2696/microsoft-just-launched-an-ai-that-does-your-office-work-for-you-fc100e01c412

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47316326

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Dystopia – Simulateur D'escalade Nucléaire

voisin — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:11:03 +0000

Article URL: https://dystopian-world.pages.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303139

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by voisin in "Someone needs to go to jail"

voisin — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:29:44 +0000

Identity politics was the primary agenda well before occupy wall street. Think about the religious right in the early 90s pushing abortion and gay marriage as primary political issues to drive voters.

New comment by voisin in "The only moat left is money?"

voisin — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:48:12 +0000

> In this case we are the horses.

This is assuming the conclusion. The entire question is whether we are the horses or every other example of humans in the past who found other employment that was inconceivable previous to the technological revolution that rendered their old job irrelevant.

New comment by voisin in "Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption" (1999)"

voisin — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:44:08 +0000

Train Dreams

National Pigeon Service

voisin — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:42:32 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pigeon_Service

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46880285

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by voisin in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

voisin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:34:28 +0000

It’s important to take Vitamin D, as a fat soluble vitamin, with dietary fat during a meal. Something about bile production and absorption.

Also important to take it with Vitamin K.