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pillefitz

372 karma · joined August 17, 2019

fp112 at protonmail dot com

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Interests: Reading, Pilates, Foraging, Running, Entrepreneurship, Data Science, DevOps, Fintech

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pillefitz··on Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident
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.
pillefitz··on Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident
The former are doing way more damage to civilization
pillefitz··on Ask HN: Dean of studies at a French CS school – what should we teach?
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.
pillefitz··on The Cognitive Dark Forest
Do you think there's enough such opportunities that we'll all be able to pay our rents?
pillefitz··on Show HN: Jemini – Gemini for the Epstein Files
Which model is being used? Is there an unrestricted open weight model that could be used?
pillefitz··on Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986
Sounds like MJ pioneered not only financial simulators, but also vibe coding
pillefitz··on Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986
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
pillefitz··on Why I Joined OpenAI
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.

pillefitz··on Why I Joined OpenAI
And the consequence of burning more tokens, of course, is more widespread adoption, weaving AI more deeply into the fabric of our reality.
pillefitz··on Ask HN: What's something you wished you started doing earlier?
Anx particular resources you can recommend beyond toastmasters?
pillefitz··on On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]
I'm currently building an app for that: https://causity.app/

It's more of a communication tool than one for exact modeling of system dynamics, but this could follow once the basic mechanics are agreed on.

pillefitz··on Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far
Most legacy apps are barely understood by anyone, and yet continue to generate value and and are (somehow) kept alive.
pillefitz··on Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks
I will quickly forget the details about any given code base within a few months anyway. Having used AI to build a project at least leaves me with very concise and actionable documentation and, as the prompter, I will have a deep understanding of the high-level vision, requirements and functionality.
pillefitz··on AI Code assistants has made completing side projects so easy
Same here. While I'm excited to build quickly, I'm also trying to fathom the implications of it. If the marginal value of app development drops to zero, then what? I will neither take pride in the craftmanship of building using my own skills, nor benefit monetarily.
pillefitz··on GPT-5.2-Codex
How does Claude perform?
pillefitz··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
Well done! How does it compare to using built-in image models like nano banana?
pillefitz··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
I'd buy it for a 20 USD one-time fee
pillefitz··on Show HN: I built a system for active note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s
Wait, do I overlook something or is it just a shareable text file?
pillefitz··on Show HN: I built Magiclip – an all-in-one AI studio
Is it making the world a better or a worse place?
pillefitz··on GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
"Tell me when I'm wrong and don't patronize me'
pillefitz··on Active listening: the Swiss Army Knife of communication
Come on..
pillefitz··on An Unexpected Benefit from Quitting Coffee – 10 Months In
That's quite typical. Given that raw caffeine feels closer to tea than coffee, I'd exclude theanine as a reason for the perceived differences. More likely, it's any of the hundreds of other molecules in coffee, such as MAO inhibitors.
pillefitz··on App systematizing iterative self-improvement
Most people would benefit from real-life interaction and determining what's meaningful to their life, rather than micro-optimizing isolated attributes.
pillefitz··on Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?
And other environmental factors that affect enzyme levels, as seems to be the case for me.
pillefitz··on Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?
For those who can't metabolize it it's a net negative. Even a sip in the morning keeps me on edge the whole day and delays my sleep onset by around an hour.
pillefitz··on Ask HN: Which C libraries do you think should get a modern alternative?
You mean which C lib should get a vibe coded, poorly maintained alternative in Rust?
pillefitz··on Ask HN: How to take notes and learn from them?
Try the SQ3R method, which has been around since 40's.
pillefitz··on Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything
And of the more communist ones
pillefitz··on Intermittent fasting correlated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease
For what it's worth, it always felt unhealthy when I tried due to increased stress levels
pillefitz··on Why Romania excels in international Olympiads
Then their arguments must have stood the test of time, good for them! More likely, their arguments weren't ever sound at all.
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