Nilu Kulasingham

@t_blom Pretty sure @gustrigos's runtm does this already - I had a fun time breaking it

Pretty soon, I think we’ll see software shipping with Claude Code SDK embedded inside. Users will use it to configure and modify the software to meet their exact needs. The best changes will get passed back to the software developer and reincorporated in the master release.

@maxmarchione @bentkennedy yeah but this can't really distinguish between an IQ of 130 or 150 IRL - or even 125 or 150. My tested FSIQ /GAI is 146 / 157 but unless you take an officially proctored test, it's very hard to distinguish. Even at Mensa meetups it's impossible to tell.

@bentkennedy Probably an incomplete answer, but largely by their quality of reasoning, depth of knowledge, speed of processing, quality of recall, ability to grapple with abstract concepts, and to an extent, the things they've worked on / built

Just about every >150 iq person I know uses nicotine. Nicotine is underrated and misunderstood

@NickBaere @Jupupa1 @Noahpinion indeed I am!

@nilukulasingham @Jupupa1 @Noahpinion “I’m a Mensa member” - you’re an overconfident under-achiever

Humanity was hitting a wall before AI came

@Yair_Rosenberg yeah I don't think this is true at all though, most Democrats are against this war because it's Trump but they are not even denying that the Iranian regime is problematic. If Biden / Obama was running this then the reaction would be very very different.

In 2002, most ambitious Democratic politicians supported a Middle Eastern war. In 2026, most oppose it. I wrote about the slow, then sudden, death of the hawkish Democrat, and the many reasons behind the party's anti-war turn. Link below.

@Jupupa1 @Noahpinion Sure but now you aren't measuring IQ if you don't renorm - you can say general intelligence has declined sure, but IQ is an explicit relative score that gets renormed otherwise it is no longer measuring a quotient

WAIS is just one test and you obviously don't have to do the renorming (it would be pointless if you wanted to do comparisons). With a sufficient sample size, each country gets a normal distribution, and some countries get a higher average than others. You can also use the old tests to see how people do now vs then.

@Jupupa1 @Noahpinion This isn't really true - I'm a Mensa member so I know this pretty well, but WAIS is normed in the US and then renormed in for each country. And then it gets renormed every couple of years or so the next WAIS will be normed with w/e the next global population is.

@nilukulasingham @Noahpinion You just have to anchor the average to somewhere. Usually British are used as the baseline 100. Average IQ of the world is way less than 100 if done this way. It is not controversial

@lambda_thoughts @gokulr sure but no founder is going to give you a 2 mil val after going through YC

@gokulr A 200x is great, but had you invested at a $2m valuation instead of a $20m valuation, that 200x would now be 1,500x instead.

PRICE DOESN"T MATTER AT EARLY STAGE 800+ investments over 20 years have taught me one thing: price is irrelevant at seed/A round, as long as it's below a "reasonable" number (which is a function of geography / space). If it's a great company, your entry price doesn't matter. if it's not good/great, your entry price doesn't matter either.

@rajivayyangar Having same bug as others where mine is not showing up, will send a dm

Builders ✨showed up ✨ Check out the leaderboard today - it’s exciting to see so many YC applications!

introducing the AI Agent Glow Up ✨ Hackathon! a curated hackathon for technical builders in SF, with judges from: Gemini, NVIDIA, Meta, Pika, Exa AI, YC and more! 📍 7th March at @WorkOS offices! the focus: building beautiful UI/UX experiences for agents. hosted by @buildclub_ with: @Google, @WorkOS , sylph ai, @AgoraIO, @PrefectIO, @ExaAILabs and @gmi_cloud. many prizes ($15K+), street creds, photographers / headshots and more up for grabs. may the most cracked builder win! RSVP (spots are capped/vetted so get in fast) 🧵

@hthieblot don't really agree with this tbh, the beauty of gaming is shared experiences, hyper personalization means stuff like walkthroughs, discussion forms, lets plays etc become less accessible. Every frame being generated removes the joy of sharing the same experience with others.

Gaming is about to change; every frame is AI-generated and runs locally on the latest iPhone at 60 FPS.

@leedanielssf @Twolfrecovery @bilalmahmood Japan, Germany, Panama, Iraq (iraq is objectively better now than pre-saddam for pretty much every minority), Afghanistan pre-Biden abandoning it.

@Twolfrecovery @bilalmahmood Regime change has never worked. Need me list the countries where we’ve tried?

The escalating military actions in Iran are deeply concerning. War is not a path to freedom. Regime change - from Afghanistan to Iraq - has never been successfully imposed by force. It must be led by people, not warplanes. San Francisco is home to a vibrant Iranian-American community with deep ties to the region. We stand with the Iranian people in their right to self-determination and human rights. At the same time, we reject unilateral military escalation that risks civilian lives and further destabilizes the region. Donald Trump’s actions reflect a continued disregard for constitutional limits and Congress’s authority over war. The American people deserve leadership grounded in diplomacy, restraint, and respect for the rule of law. War is not the answer.

@parkeraedwards @hf0 @davefontenot sent you a dm :)!

The team @hf0 continues to set the standard. When I got in, @davefontenot sent a 🚀 and set the tone. Apply, apply apply

@atomicprashanth @hf0 would be good to talk, have our first hf0 interview on friday :)

@hf0 I am conflicted but having lived the HF0 experience, I can say that you guys do crazy with class. Really cool video and I can relate to it.

Slop is for cowards. We back founders who write with blood. Applications close Sunday.

@AnnieLiao_2000 would love judge if possible, sent a whatsapp

final call for anyone that wants to judge or get involved in the hackathon! :) reply below (date moved to 7th March)

I wish more people in the US realized just how much optimism the United States creates for people all over the world. The country is far from perfect, but it's so unbelievably amazing.

Australia stands with the brave people of Iran in their struggle against oppression. For decades, the Iranian regime has been a destabilising force, through its ballistic missile and nuclear programs, support for armed proxies, and brutal acts of violence and intimidation. Iran directed at least two attacks on Australian soil in 2024. These appalling acts targeting Australia’s Jewish community were intended to create fear, divide our society and challenge our sovereignty. In response, Australia took the unprecedented steps of expelling Iran’s Ambassador, suspending operations at our embassy in Tehran, and listing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state sponsor of terrorism. Our Government has sanctioned more than 200 Iranian-linked individuals, including more than 100 linked to the IRGC. With international partners, including the United States and the G7, we have called for the Iranian regime to uphold the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Iran’s citizens. These calls have gone unheeded. Instead, the regime has instigated a brutal crackdown on its own people leaving thousands of Iranian civilians dead. A regime that relies on the repression and murder of its own people to retain power is without legitimacy. It has long been recognised that Iran’s nuclear program is a threat to global peace and security. The international community has been clear that the Iranian regime can never beallowed to develop a nuclear weapon. The United Nations Security Council has reimposed sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the International Atomic Energy Agency Board has formally declared Iran in non-compliance with its non-proliferation safeguards obligations. We support the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran continuing to threaten international peace and security. Australian officials are closely monitoring this evolving situation. We continue to advise Australians do not travel to Iran and leave Iran as soon as possible, if it is safe to do so. Our ability to provide consular assistance in Iran is extremely limited. Given our concerns around security in the region, we have also upgraded Australia’s travel advice for Israel and Lebanon to Do Not Travel. Australians should leave now if it is safe to do so. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has activated its Crisis Centre to provide consular support to Australians in the region. Australians requiring urgent consular assistance can contact the Consular Emergency Centre 24/7 on 1300 555 135 in Australia or +61 2 6261 3305 from outside Australia.

@Noahpinion tbh they clearly are winning it, FSD is miles ahead of anything else atm

Operating profit down 70% but stock up by over 100%? People must really think Tesla is going to win the self driving car race.

@chalaska that being said AI is definitely going to increase the value of your product so factor that in too

@chalaska You charge the same cause the value is the same, time doesn't matter.

We've always charged based on skill level: Junior rates, mid rates, senior rates. Makes sense. AI changes the equation for senior designers. My discovery work that used to take 2 weeks now takes days. AI multiplies the pattern recognition and judgment I spent years building. Client gets the same strategic value. Same quality insights. Just way faster. So what does that mean for pricing? - Charge more because my impact is magnified? - Charge less because it takes less time? - Keep rates the same? The traditional model was: More skill = higher rates. Now it's: More skill × AI = ??? What do you do with that?