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New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "SpaceX's Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds of Twitter's Ad Business"

WheelsAtLarge — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:09:20 +0000

I have to point out that anyone that would have taken over a multibillion dollar company and trashed it, would be in the poor house looking at his best days in the back mirror plus they would have to deal with a truckload of lawsuits. Yet, he's still thriving. It seems that all of his business could do better if he was not leading them but they are all in positive light with their investors. Also, I'm pretty sure that Tesla and SpaceX would have died a long time ago but they are alive and kicking. Why is that?

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Why did the greatest juggler of all time stop and open a construction business?"

WheelsAtLarge — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:43:05 +0000

This brings up the question of why some experts in their field become public icons while other fade away. I believe it comes down to relentless self promotion. Some people have that ability while at the same time not overdoing it. Albert Einstein was brilliant. But he became a public icon because of his ability to promot himself. He was able to make the most out of the publicity he received. Which made him so famous that decades after he died we all know who he was. Many of us don't really know why, other than he was smart, but we know him. There have been many really smart people but we don't know them as much as Einstein. Where ever you look you will see examples like him.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "How can a junior dev get better when they have to use AI in their job?"

WheelsAtLarge — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:11:49 +0000

Obviously writing it will help but reading and understanding other's code is much more helpful at both reading and writing it. The more you read code the better you will get at reading it and writing it. Writing code will only get you so far. Reading code will expand your abilities so much more. Of course it has to be active reading. If you don't understand something, you need to take the time to Figure out why. You can't just skip it. Even code armatures will improve by reading as much code as possible,

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "How can a junior dev get better when they have to use AI in their job?"

WheelsAtLarge — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:26:09 +0000

AI is and is only going to dig deeper into the profession. Your job now is to embrace it and learn to use it to create solutions. The old model of getting specs from a manager of some kind and turning them into code is quickly going away. You job is to help define the specs and writing the instructions for the AI to program. Also, reading code like it's text in a book is a must. Writing code is quickly becoming something of the past. I suspect that programming is going to be more like putting together blocks of code that are completely debuged will be the future. The true valuable skill will be understanding what a human customer needs and getting the machine to write it. That skill will not go away any time soon.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Passive investing fueled a bull market – and could bring it down"

WheelsAtLarge — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:51:22 +0000

"Published: November 07, 2025"

The article is still relevant. Given the population slow down, I wonder how that will impact the investment returns as the amount of investment dollars diminish. I suspect as it starts to happen, the market will slowly open up to foreign capital. I know that foreign investors can invest now but it's a small percentage. I bet it will start to get very easy to invest in the US markets as a foreign investor as US money dries up.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Ask HN: What did you learn last month? (July 2026)"

WheelsAtLarge — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:11:23 +0000

Current AI can hack servers better than most hackers.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Wall Street suffered historic crash in momentum stocks, rebound could be a trap"

WheelsAtLarge — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:46:23 +0000

I hate these stories since all they do is scare investors out of the market only to see then come back in at a higher price than they sold at. If you are a long term investor, continue investing. Bottom line, market timers always lose. I can't predict the future but I know the US and its stock market will be around for many more years to come. Invest on the overall market not individual stocks and you'll be ok.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Solving Fermat: Andrew Wiles"

WheelsAtLarge — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:05:16 +0000

What I find interesting in this show is that he took a hiatus from his profesorship to spend the time to find the proof. I think it was years. Also, he found the proof by providing a different conjecture(is that right) to solve Fermat.

Higher mathematics is just a different world to those of us who haven't even a clue how that world functions.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It"

WheelsAtLarge — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:18:03 +0000

My bet is that 99% of people will never want to deal with installing an AI model on their machine. It's not worth their time and effort. Most people will get their AI from one of the hyperscalers or a server somewhere in the cloud. Think email, Gmail is a pain sometimes but we use it simply because it's so easy to get an account and not deal with maintenance. There will be a time, soon, where a good enough AI will be good enough for most people. A whatever company will have a cheap service you can buy. That's it. It's true that you can buy a cheap Apple setup relative to Nvidia but very few people want to deal with the headache of maintaining a model.

I suspect there will be a time when we will be able to install a full model in an app in an iPhone but that future is not here yet and in that future there will be other reasons why you will still want an account on the cloud. Prices will adjust accordingly. Nvidia will likely be part of that future. It's not going anywhere.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "A top Russian oligarch breaks the silence"

WheelsAtLarge — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:08:00 +0000

I get what you are saying but anyone that apposes the government will likely end up dead or in jail. We hear about it all the time. As a group the oligarchs have power against the government but as individuals they really don't. They just smile and continue to do what made them rich.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Ask HN: Are You Hopeful for the Future?"

WheelsAtLarge — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:27:11 +0000

Extremely hopeful, there are always ways to find gloom. I'm sure 100 years, 200 years, and any other period you choose ago, people were scared of what was coming. Yet, we are here and thriving. As a species, race, nation, and individuals, we have overcome a lot and accomplished a lot. There is no reason to think that will stop. A meteor might get us, but we can't do anything about it, so there is no reason to worry about it, especially since we don't know. Our future is what we make it, so our best bet is to do our best so we get and have what we want. We are scared of what we don't know, so it's natural to feel gloomy about what's coming, but doom and gloom are not the norm. As a whole, we have done great. If you don't like what you see, then change it. Every one of the people who made a change in the world was unknown at one time. Yet, they changed that and changed the world. Don't for a second think that you can't.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "China recovers Long March 10B rocket"

WheelsAtLarge — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:13:00 +0000

It's only a matter of time before they become the lowest cost service provider. I guess space is open for competition.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1852)"

WheelsAtLarge — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:49:44 +0000

I guess some people didn't get that I was being facetious. Just to be clear, SPACs did not turned out to be great investments as a whole. There are definitely better ways to invest your hard earned money.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1852)"

WheelsAtLarge — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:02:09 +0000

You all renember SPACs,Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. And all the "experts" who needed the money because they had some great investment that could not be financed any other way. That wave hit its peek less than 5 years ago. Yup, that was a great way to invest. I suspect it happens at every cycle.

SpaceX stock is a terrible buy – what that means for the bull market

WheelsAtLarge — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:55:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/spacex-stock-is-a-terrible-buy-what-that-actually-means-for-the-bull-market/ar-AA26vRWi

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48694976

Points: 3

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New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Quantum Snake Oil Is Flooding the News Cycle"

WheelsAtLarge — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:49:01 +0000

Someone writing page after page about how quantum hype is taking over and how bad the hype is. Yet, never telling you why. Or at least easily found on the site. Don't waste your time. Move on to another information source.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Slate EV truck starts at $24,950"

WheelsAtLarge — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:54:06 +0000

This truck is remining me of the Yugo. When the Yugos were announced people were thrilled about the price. Unfortunately after they were in use people understood why they were so cheap, quality suffered and they were basically disposable cars. Cheap is nice in theory but eventually you wish for something a bit better.

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

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Kevin Warsh's Press Conference Collides into 30 Years of Michael Woodford"

WheelsAtLarge — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:57:51 +0000

The fed used to be an enigma. They never really said what they were thinking. This kept the market as the leader on where it was headed. The modern fed goes out of its way to tell the market what members are thinking. This puts the fed as the leader of where the economy is going. Which is better? For the stock market, the current fed method is better since it gives the market time to prepare for the change. The previous method was more dynamic and was led by what the economy did. Given that the fed's job is to protect the economy not the stock market. Warsh is right. Hopefully, his method will be better for the every man and their well being. After all what's good for the economy should be good for the market too. A win win situation.

Warsh needs to careful and make the change slowly. Otherwise I see a lot turbulence in the market which is never good.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI"

WheelsAtLarge — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:25:49 +0000

Google Workspace is but the CLI is not. These are 2 related but different products. Had he just released it under his name then that wouldn't have been such a big issue, maybe, but he used the Google logo which implied it was Google blessed. If I did the same thing, they would have a case for suing me. Just because you work for Google does not mean you can release products under their name. Google spends countless of man-hours to make sure whatever product they put out is as good as possible. And support it on any issues that are found along the way. All companies protect their logo to a high degree simply because of the implications it has when people see it.

New comment by WheelsAtLarge in "Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI"

WheelsAtLarge — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:46:00 +0000

Bottom line, he did something that affected the company without any authority. His action implied the product was Google blessed without the company fully knowing about it. Google has spent billions to protect its reputation and then you have a random guy put out a self create product without the company even knowing. They had a case for suing him for millions. Of Course, they wouldn't have been able to collect but it would have been hell for him. They also had a case for criminal fraud. All in all he's lucky he only got fired.