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New comment by Betelbuddy in "Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE"

Betelbuddy — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:08:18 +0000

Something confirmed: "UAE Confirms Debris Fell on Oracle Building in Dubai" - https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/us-isreal-iran-war-late...

Artemis II SLS Rocket Unseen Onboard Camera Footage

Betelbuddy — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:00:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnG9y0JIyIw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640903

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by Betelbuddy in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

Betelbuddy — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:38:22 +0000

Iran purchased the Verba:

"Iran Secretly Purchased Verba MANPADS From Russia for $589 Million" - https://militarnyi.com/en/news/iran-secretly-purchased-verba...

and they have the Misagh-3 that has an interesting laser system to avoid and ignore decoy flares. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misagh-3

https://youtu.be/XKxfSlJ-HdQ

But it seems they are pretty pissed off with the Chinese, since they spent a few hundred million on their defense systems, that turned to be a complete failure. This was also after the HQ-9B failed to adequately protect high-value targets in Pakistan during India Operation Sindoor,

"Chinese HQ-9B again in spotlight after reports of failure of Iranian air defence system amid US-Israel strikes" - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/chinese-hq...

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

Betelbuddy — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:31:04 +0000

The gender pay gap only comes up for women in the boardroom and the tennis competition circuit...not in the job queue for bricklayers, roofers and garbage removers...

Chinese AI Startup Is Mapping Every US Military Asset in Middle East in Realtime

Betelbuddy — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:20:04 +0000

Article URL: https://breached.company/mizarvision-chinese-ai-satellite-us-military-tracking-2026/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640424

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by Betelbuddy in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

Betelbuddy — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:17:37 +0000

The problems with inventory of THAAD and similar missile systems is actually quite serious: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47504505

Amazon HQ2 Added No Jobs in Virginia Last Year

Betelbuddy — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:09:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-hq2-virginia-jobs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640302

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by Betelbuddy in "Iran attacks Oracle data center in Dubai"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:45:02 +0000

Iran to get an Audit on Monday. I think now they took on more than they can chew...

New comment by Betelbuddy in "Post-mortem of the EU Europa breach: A masterclass in IAM misconfiguration"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:39:26 +0000

>> how does an organization of this scale miss such fundamental guardrails?

I see it from a more strategic point of view. This is what happens when an entire industry decided that real learning is optional.

Nobody thinks they need training or up skilling anymore. Architects vibe-configure their IAM policies out of ChatGPT, copy paste SCPs from Stack Overflow, and call it done. No threat modeling, no blast radius analysis, no understanding of why the guardrail exists.

And AWS shoulders blame here too. They gutted hands on, instructor-led training in favor of SkillBuilder modules and self-service docs, then washed their hands of it.

Their entire customer enablement model is now here is one of a thousand 12-minute videos and a multiple-choice quiz, good luck with your multi-account Organization....

The EU failed at taking cloud seriously enough, to actually learn it. And they are far from alone.

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:30:28 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/iran-says-it-hit-oracle-facilities-in-uae-2000741785

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620453

Points: 46

# Comments: 19

US Burned 14 Years of Missiles in 30 Days

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:24:11 +0000

Article URL: https://trendytechtribe.com/energy/us-burned-14-years-missiles-30-days

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47619701

Points: 60

# Comments: 24

New comment by Betelbuddy in "The SpaceX IPO: retail investor notes"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:01:16 +0000

These two comments seem to tell you, everything you need to know about this IPO. Sadly I cant get the same level of analysis, from CNBC or Bloomberg, so have to come here...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47606845

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613231

New comment by Betelbuddy in "Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:54:08 +0000

>> I find it astonishing that so many in the compute field, find technical issues, then immediately proclaim impossibility predicated upon the weird concept that there is no improvements or advancements possible.

Just because we had a man on the Moon, does not mean we can have a man on the Sun...

Did you even looked at the radiation argument or the soil composition?

New comment by Betelbuddy in "SpaceX files to go public"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:45:41 +0000

>> *they actually use "Adjusted EBITDA" which is even more nonstandard and means they define the accounting however they want!

Enron would be proud...Theranos-level Transparency...

New comment by Betelbuddy in "LinkedIn is illegally searching your computer"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:41:10 +0000

The next step for a forensic investigator, is to found out how many of those extensions, are actually from a partner or fully owned subsidiary from LinkedIn... When you see a cockroach...

New comment by Betelbuddy in "SpaceX files to go public"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:37:42 +0000

>> SpaceX is making money and doing well, the business fundamentals are working out, and it is valuable because of that.

Not true. They have to build a new constellation, every four years, at a cost of 8 billion dollars, and that is not accounted for.

Their main customer is...them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613231

New comment by Betelbuddy in "Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:28:40 +0000

>> What was his goal here?

Simplifying the work for lawyers presenting evidence, at his future trial for war crimes in The Hague.

His immunity is only in the face of the US legal system, and the horrors that will be upon us soon, will lead a future US President, to do the decent thing and extradite him.

I pitty Pete Hegseth, who will have to share a cell with him.

New comment by Betelbuddy in "Trump's rage at NATO allies is binding them together – against him"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:59:13 +0000

Putin Dream: https://xcancel.com/donaldtusk/status/2039623554413494454

China surfaces details of spacecraft to land humans on the Moon by 2030

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:55:36 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/predict/china-surfaces-details-of-spacecraft-to-land-humans-on-luna-by-2030-75df8f0b1f47

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614548

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by Betelbuddy in "SpaceX files to go public"

Betelbuddy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:47:09 +0000

A space data center is a technical impossibility. And your hero is an idiot, as you can see here when he explains cooling, at the end of the video: https://youtu.be/trgn7s5-YHc

>> before Elon build Tesla.

He bought the company, they already had electric cars.