Hacker News: BrianGragg

New comment by BrianGragg in "Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX"

BrianGragg — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:34:12 +0000

After they told the US government no on a very large contract. I find that hard to believe.

New comment by BrianGragg in "Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX"

BrianGragg — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:30:45 +0000

I see it more of lets make money off the hardware we are not using anymore.

From Elon on X: ... After that, I was ok leasing Colossus 1 to Anthropic, as SpaceXAI had already moved training to Colossus 2.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2052069691372478511

New comment by BrianGragg in "LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions"

BrianGragg — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:29:24 +0000

I personally think its misleading and even when you start reading the page it links to is even more misleading in my opinion.

>Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm.

When I read that, I think they have escaped the browser and checking which applications I have installed on my computer. Not which plugins the browser has in it. Just my 2cents.

New comment by BrianGragg in "Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars"

BrianGragg — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:07:34 +0000

Actively combated by Tesla as they detect it also. They actively apply patches to try and detect things like this and block it.

New comment by BrianGragg in "HackMyClaw"

BrianGragg — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:10:46 +0000

Definitely interested!

New comment by BrianGragg in "TeraWave Satellite Communications Network"

BrianGragg — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:49:42 +0000

I think customer speeds is 144 and the 6Tb is their ground links to their stations. That is my take on it at least as its not super clear. I'm curious as to how it works as well.

New comment by BrianGragg in "Designing a Passive Lidar Detector Device"

BrianGragg — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:46:19 +0000

Reader view ftw!

New comment by BrianGragg in "1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises"

BrianGragg — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:44:42 +0000

Not to mention the other companies panic buying another ~20% (guess).

New comment by BrianGragg in "AT&T won't upgrade millions of DSL users to fiber despite billions in subsidies"

BrianGragg — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:05:38 +0000

As a loan and not subsidies/grant. A ton of rural nonprofit electric cooperatives started out of this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Electrification_Act

New comment by BrianGragg in "Standardizing Automotive Connectivity"

BrianGragg — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:24:30 +0000

The GB/T is for charging and not in car connections. Tesla already has an arguably better connector NACS or J3400 now.

As for China having the most electric cars on the planet. I don't feel that makes them the experts. China tends to steal / copy technology from other countries and has little innovation them self from my view point. They have the most EV's from heavy government subsidies. Tons of cars in graveyards over there.

New comment by BrianGragg in "X caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be 'unsafe'"

BrianGragg — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:09:36 +0000

I called it a hit piece because instead of saying users recently found a bug affecting 1 link to NPR. They say X "Caught" blocking links like it was something intentional and not an erroneous error. Any other site not connected to Elon with the same issue and it wouldn't of been writen I suspect.

New comment by BrianGragg in "X caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be 'unsafe'"

BrianGragg — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:34:13 +0000

Seems like there are so many hit pieces out there anymore because they don't like someone or something.

What happen to fact based reporting.... :(

New comment by BrianGragg in "UltimateAntiCheat"

BrianGragg — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:11:52 +0000

Making some assumptions here but I suspect most game developers outsource their anti cheat to a 3rd party and that is what you are running into. Some of the 3rd party anti cheat rootkit computers. Some are okay and some are just terrible.

New comment by BrianGragg in "Birds aren't real – how to create your own "bird""

BrianGragg — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:36:54 +0000

Wait! You're saying the earth isn't flat?! /s ;)

New comment by BrianGragg in "The Growing Threat of Malware Concealed Behind Cloud Services"

BrianGragg — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:36:38 +0000

Not trying to be 'that guy' but the first line calls out AWS and DriveHQ:

Cybersecurity threats are increasingly leveraging cloud services to store, distribute, and establish command and control (C2) servers, such as VCRUMS stored on AWS or SYK Crypter distributed via DriveHQ.

New comment by BrianGragg in "GRC SpinRite"

BrianGragg — Sun, 26 May 2024 04:26:12 +0000

It usually gives you a very large warning that a drive is about to physically fail and advises you to try and backup the data if you haven't already.

New comment by BrianGragg in "Tesla Cybertruck deliveries halted for 7 days"

BrianGragg — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:40:45 +0000

You can open the door just fine with the app that acts as your key as well.

New comment by BrianGragg in "How is a company that sells canned water worth $1.4B?"

BrianGragg — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:20:54 +0000

I don't see stores continuing to stock items that don't sell long term and this product has been around long enough for the stores to realize this and stop stocking a non selling product. So in saying that I have to disagree with your observation.

New comment by BrianGragg in "How is a company that sells canned water worth $1.4B?"

BrianGragg — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:12:34 +0000

Slight difference in the companies listed all contain addictive substances and the other just contain water.

New comment by BrianGragg in "IPv6 Deployment Status"

BrianGragg — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:09:21 +0000

Leaned on heavily to protect cheap IOT devices. Could you imagine the bot armies if every IOT device was NOT behind a NAT?