Hacker News: yfw

New comment by yfw in "Nyquist Limit:The frequency of changes in tech is invalidating our understanding"

yfw — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 19:47:23 +0000

Seems like a forced analogy. Is the signal a periodic and regular frequency?

If its a straight line you need 2 samples.

If its not you probably need more.

Id argue codebase understanding is neither of these simplifications

New comment by yfw in "YC's Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens"

yfw — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:15:33 +0000

An employee uses 200k of electricity. Do we fire or promote him?

New comment by yfw in "Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws"

yfw — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:50:27 +0000

Because gambling has no externalities right?

New comment by yfw in "Revolut moves to self-hosted GLM"

yfw — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:53:13 +0000

You could have heard the same arguments about cryptos a few years back.

New comment by yfw in "Revolut moves to self-hosted GLM"

yfw — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:51:14 +0000

What exactly is the skill you acquire by using more AI? If the models get smarter, isnt it a waste of time to get good at the current gen?

New comment by yfw in "Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack"

yfw — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:54:17 +0000

Oh so its optimal to maintain a security team to secure your network but not to have on site tech

New comment by yfw in "Anthropic reveals $900B AI spending commitments ahead of IPO"

yfw — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:16:46 +0000

I dont want to be a bag holder, but the indices seem to be being gamed to get retail investors involved

New comment by yfw in "Low cholesterol targets cut cardiovascular events by 33%"

yfw — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:23:00 +0000

The problem is what he presents is not scientific or medical consensus. The data is on animal studies and it is irresponsible to push a prescription medication for not its intended purpose

New comment by yfw in "Low cholesterol targets cut cardiovascular events by 33%"

yfw — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:20:14 +0000

He also recommends people take rapamycin for longevity...

New comment by yfw in "She Worried About Cutting Her Medication Dose. ChatGPT Told Her to Push On"

yfw — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:58:48 +0000

If your non doctor friend is giving advice to thousands of people on when and how much medication to take, would that be fraud?

New comment by yfw in "She Worried About Cutting Her Medication Dose. ChatGPT Told Her to Push On"

yfw — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:55:24 +0000

If its not world changing then what's the rationale for letting the company steal everyone's IP?

New comment by yfw in "Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers"

yfw — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:52:54 +0000

And many who dont have the choice because of the increased cost of living?

New comment by yfw in "Passengers injured after collision between bus and delivery robot in Tallinn"

yfw — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:47:44 +0000

If i caused a crash in a tesla can i blame the autopilot? Why does this company get to?

New comment by yfw in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

yfw — Wed, 27 May 2026 22:15:52 +0000

Old rich folks

New comment by yfw in "I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit"

yfw — Wed, 27 May 2026 22:13:56 +0000

What? The gains between gpt4->5 seems to be marginal. No phd level discoveries here

New comment by yfw in "The just-say-no engineer was a ZIRP phenomenon"

yfw — Wed, 27 May 2026 09:03:36 +0000

Sean might be a good engineer but economy seems out of his arena of expertise

New comment by yfw in "The just-say-no engineer was a ZIRP phenomenon"

yfw — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:31:43 +0000

Doesnt seem very testable of a hypothesis. As a company thats trying to get things done, doesnt it make sense to have someone help you prioritize by telling you when some decisions have long term costs?

New comment by yfw in "AI tools are only as good as your judgment"

yfw — Wed, 27 May 2026 01:48:17 +0000

The context this discussion seems to miss is the push to do more with less humans. Im not dictating the dev workflows. My bosses are. My judgment is as good as the amount of time i have to spend. Even if Im the best engineer, giving me a 2 min budget to review 10k lines wont go well. But it does not matter to my boss's okrs

New comment by yfw in "Google is its own worst enemy"

yfw — Tue, 26 May 2026 23:37:23 +0000

It shows ads now. And gemini is looking to offer paid options to advertisers on where they want to show

New comment by yfw in "Google is its own worst enemy"

yfw — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:25:56 +0000

Umm old search without ads or ai is obviously the best. Thats why people pay for kagi