Hacker News: LanceJones

New comment by LanceJones in "Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing"

LanceJones — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:54:06 +0000

Some fair points, but Model Y was the #1 selling SUV in China in Feb and Mar, and 2nd place vehicle was almost half the price.

New comment by LanceJones in "Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing"

LanceJones — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:52:46 +0000

You think $500K was stolen? Hmm, doesn't sound hyperbolic at all...

New comment by LanceJones in "Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing"

LanceJones — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:11:49 +0000

I really used to enjoy Fred's writing on Electrek. But after the Roadster referral debacle, Fred's tune changed and has gotten more negative... so negative now that you cannot find any positive articles about Musk or Tesla (some articles you might classify as 'neutral'). If you look at comment counts, it's clear Fred is playing to the "I hate Musk" crowd now for clicks (comments and clicks have similar outcomes for Google Adsense). Electrek's other articles' comment counts pale in comparison. So the incentive is pretty obvious now. Too bad.

New comment by LanceJones in "Ping-pong robot beats top-level human players"

LanceJones — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:09:58 +0000

But also more deaths. It's the delta that's important.

New comment by LanceJones in "OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub"

LanceJones — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:30:13 +0000

$200/mth USD for me. Anthropic's oAuth Max20 subscription via their SDK. I've had several 100M+ token days without even a blip.

New comment by LanceJones in "OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub"

LanceJones — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:22:15 +0000

There's no need to run local models with OpenClaw. I use Anthropic's oAuth Max20 Plan subscription via their SDK...

New comment by LanceJones in "Luce: First Electric Ferrari"

LanceJones — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:05:08 +0000

It will have simulated gear changes if that helps at all...

New comment by LanceJones in "Luce: First Electric Ferrari"

LanceJones — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:04:37 +0000

It's a 4-door, 4-seater. Sporty?

New comment by LanceJones in "Claude Opus 4.6"

LanceJones — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:34:48 +0000

Assuming this experiment involved isolating the LLM from its training set?

New comment by LanceJones in "xAI joins SpaceX"

LanceJones — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:40:38 +0000

BYD sales in January 2026 are down 30% YoY. Not looking great for them in 2026.

GM announces end of Chevy Bolt (for the second time)

LanceJones — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:20:24 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/gm-to-end-chevy-bolt-ev-production-next-year-move-china-made-buick-to-u-s-factory/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46728730

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New comment by LanceJones in "Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team"

LanceJones — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:25:53 +0000

OpenAI could be profitable (easily) if it stopped training new models. Whether they will make that choice or not, who knows.

New comment by LanceJones in "BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal"

LanceJones — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:34:11 +0000

They have positive gross margin and net margin. That's not ZEV credits.

New comment by LanceJones in "[dead]"

LanceJones — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:23:18 +0000

Yes, all messed up for me -- and 0ms deployment (incorrect).

New comment by LanceJones in "Tesla Model Y named worst car for reliability in Germany's major TÜV report"

LanceJones — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:27:55 +0000

And yet CR says Tesla is #10 (#1 across all EV makers) now in terms of brand and reliability. Fred Lambert has an axe to grind. Why can't HN see that?

New comment by LanceJones in "Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out"

LanceJones — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:44:25 +0000

Perhaps. I suppose the biggest in history then? $1.4T valuation and 60% of shares held by non-meme institutions (like pension funds, S&P tracking ETFs, etc) when you factor out insiders.

New comment by LanceJones in "Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright"

LanceJones — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:39:57 +0000

Why the downvotes? Jesus, I have a new Model 3 Performance and the matrix lights do exactly as stated.

New comment by LanceJones in "Commodore 64 Ultimate"

LanceJones — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:49:11 +0000

I'm excited for Christian (Peri) and team... but also kinda bummed that the RR channel has gone on a bit of a hiatus (understandable). Wishing everyone success with this amazing new chapter...

New comment by LanceJones in "Waymo has received our pilot permit allowing for commercial operations at SFO"

LanceJones — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:31:44 +0000

My Model Y in Vancouver drives me to and from work daily. I cannot get a Waymo here -- and I certainly cannot purchase one privately. Which is more effective where I live?

New comment by LanceJones in "Waymo has received our pilot permit allowing for commercial operations at SFO"

LanceJones — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:29:58 +0000

I have 2 AI4 Teslas with FSD, and I don't find V13.2.9 lacking at all in the Vancouver area. V14 will be a 10x increase in parameters, too. Why do you feel it's a "joke"?