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wmf commented on FDA intends to take action against non-FDA-approved GLP-1 drugs   fda.gov/news-events/press... · Posted by u/randycupertino
Dylan16807 · 12 hours ago
If the description in the first comment isn't missing anything important, and this could be fixed with some paperwork and inspections, then I don't think taking action makes the FDA look bad.

The particular complaint of "cannot state compounded drugs use the same active ingredient" is weird but if it only applies to marketing then sure crack down on that too.

wmf · 11 hours ago
I don't think this is about paperwork. They are presumably violating patents by not buying these drugs from the patent owners.
wmf commented on It's 2026, Just Use Postgres   tigerdata.com/blog/its-20... · Posted by u/turtles3
kibibu · 3 days ago
Blog posts, like academic papers, should have to divulge how AI has been used to write them.
wmf · 3 days ago
People used to write Medium/Linkedin slop by hand and they didn't have to disclose it. Slopping is its own punishment.
wmf commented on We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler   anthropic.com/engineering... · Posted by u/modeless
NitpickLawyer · 3 days ago
It's a bit disappointing that people are still re-hashing the same "it's in the training data" old thing from 3 years ago. It's not like any LLM could 1for1 regurgitate millions of LoC from any training set... This is not how it works.

A pertinent quote from the article (which is a really nice read, I'd recommend reading it fully at least once):

> Previous Opus 4 models were barely capable of producing a functional compiler. Opus 4.5 was the first to cross a threshold that allowed it to produce a functional compiler which could pass large test suites, but it was still incapable of compiling any real large projects. My goal with Opus 4.6 was to again test the limits.

wmf · 3 days ago
In this case it's not reproducing training data verbatim but it probably is using algorithms and data structures that were learned from existing C compilers. On one hand it's good to reuse existing knowledge but such knowledge won't be available if you ask Claude to develop novel software.
wmf commented on We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler   anthropic.com/engineering... · Posted by u/modeless
chvid · 3 days ago
100.000 lines of code for something that is literally a text book task?

I guess if it only created 1.000 lines it would be easy to see where those lines came from.

wmf · 3 days ago
This has multiple backends and a long tail of C extensions that are not in the textbook.
wmf commented on Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins   fortune.com/2026/02/03/fa... · Posted by u/shscs911
debo_ · 4 days ago
MicroStrategy?
wmf · 4 days ago
It's about to collapse for the second time.
wmf commented on Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins   fortune.com/2026/02/03/fa... · Posted by u/shscs911
BLKNSLVR · 4 days ago
It does seem ironic that a startup would immediately pivot to devoting some of its precious time and attention to becoming a hedge fund just as they've got the funding for their 'startup idea'. On the other hand, any big whack of cash should have an optimisation plan, lest it be wasted. Does YC provide templates?

Oversimplifying:

X = full amount of raised capital

Y = expected spend over 12 months

Z = $ value of percentage contingency for 12 months

Y+Z goes into use-it-however-and-whenever-you-want account (likely low to no interest)

X - (Y+Z) goes into a 12 month higher interest account, ideally staying untouched until maturity (stake the stablecoins in this context)

I'm skeptical of crpyto holding companies though, explicitly because of the lack of regulation. The likes of BlockFi, Celsius, and FTX gives me the cold sweats. Regulation in the US is notoriously lacking even in well established finance and banking, never mind the crypto 'industry' which was always high-percentage grifters, and now the Epstein files has added 'morally corrupt' tags to more of them.

Recipe for sleepless nights, which is already a problem for a startup founders isn't it?

wmf · 4 days ago
Just a money market account or something (e.g. https://mercury.com/treasury ).

Also X=Y for almost all startups.

wmf commented on New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers   blog.adafruit.com/2026/02... · Posted by u/ptorrone
slg · 4 days ago
Good news, as the article notes, the proposed regulation creates a working group to determine of it is feasible and won't require any further regulation if it is found nonfeasible. If you're right and this does prove to be "not technically possible", then nothing will actually change.
wmf · 4 days ago
Hopefully this working group would do the right thing but the worldwide battle against end-to-end encryption is a pretty bad precedent. Experts who disagree with government surveillance demands seem to get discarded and replaced with yes-men. The California microstamping law isn't a good situation either.
wmf commented on New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers   blog.adafruit.com/2026/02... · Posted by u/ptorrone
digiown · 4 days ago
As far as I know, the tracking dots aren't even a legal requirement. Nothing stops you from making a printer without it, unlike is the case here.
wmf · 4 days ago
To mandate tracking dots they would first have to admit they exist.
wmf commented on Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins   fortune.com/2026/02/03/fa... · Posted by u/shscs911
splix · 5 days ago
I'm curious why you can't legally pay in crypto? I heard a few times about companies paying in crypto to their remote workers. In fact I heard that a US company was paying in BTC withing the US, though I'm not sure I trust this particular story. I also see that Deel accepts USDC, and to my understanding they convert to local currency of the remote worker. Is that all illegal? Truly want to understand.
wmf · 4 days ago
It's probably legal as long as you do all the same accounting/withholding that you would normally do. I suspect some companies are forgetting to do that, just as many people forget to report taxes on crypto.
wmf commented on Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins   fortune.com/2026/02/03/fa... · Posted by u/shscs911
transitorykris · 4 days ago
This isn't meant to be cynical. But, two of YC's success stories, Stripe and Coinbase, has a stable coin product.
wmf · 4 days ago
Stablecoins have their uses. I'm not saying never touch crypto. But the question is what is the point of stablecoins in VC funding specifically? People don't seem to have good answers.

u/wmf

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