Hacker News: hcurtiss

New comment by hcurtiss in "Gemini 4 Carbon"

hcurtiss — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:34:07 +0000

Brilliant!!

New comment by hcurtiss in "Anduril BlueChip"

hcurtiss — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:19:28 +0000

Samsung enters the ring . . .

New comment by hcurtiss in "Root shell on Samsung TV"

hcurtiss — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:14:32 +0000

I find Apple TV to be a decent compromise.

New comment by hcurtiss in "How Quickly Can the DoD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?"

hcurtiss — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:58:04 +0000

As suspected, Ukraine was hacking civilian Starlink. That ended.

New comment by hcurtiss in "How Quickly Can the DoD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?"

hcurtiss — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:06:53 +0000

“three people familiar with the command” — LOL. That article claims he shut them off entirely. Not even Ukraine alleged that. Only that they wouldn’t work if traveling faster than a certain velocity.. It’s all lies dude. Starshield isn’t even controlled by Space X like that. Moreover, to the degree, they want people to contract for their service, why would they even ever do that? None of it makes sense. Lies and more lies.

New comment by hcurtiss in "How Quickly Can the DoD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?"

hcurtiss — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:21:54 +0000

There is no evidence Musk did anything. To the contrary, he has flatly denied it and the structure of Starshield suggests he really couldn't. It's all conjecture.

New comment by hcurtiss in "How Quickly Can the DoD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?"

hcurtiss — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:17:28 +0000

There is no evidence Musk has tampered with either as it relates to Ukraine.

New comment by hcurtiss in "How Quickly Can the DoD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?"

hcurtiss — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:15:44 +0000

Arguably, this has been the US’s strategy by constantly transitioning from one war to another for fifty years. Say what you will, but they’ve kept their war factories more busy than most.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:07:01 +0000

And China could have replaced that funding just as rapidly. Or Britain or France. All they needed were the wire instructions. Yet I see no finger wagging their direction. Please stop pretending it’s the pace of defunding that offends you.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:55:48 +0000

But he didn’t. Starshield is used for military operations and it is controlled by the US government, not Musk.[1] Starlink cannot be used for offensive military applications. Those that try are shut off entirely. If Ukraine is illegally using consumer Starlink in drones (which would not work particularly well), SpaceX wouldn’t even know which receivers to turn off. If they did, they’d turn them off entirely, not slow them as is alleged.

[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/15/what-is-starshield...

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:06:52 +0000

Yes, I am certain you would’ve been satisfied had they only reduced the funding more slowly.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:46:29 +0000

Wait, your point is that the Cybertruck is a pile of shit? That’s nuts. Many don’t like the styling (me included) but it’s genuinely a technological marvel, particularly at this price point. Four wheel steering, stainless exterior, breathtaking acceleration, FSD — everyone I know who owns one loves it.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:42:31 +0000

Agreed. They swarm.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:41:47 +0000

LOL - and how many were we killing by not funding USAID twice as much? How many are you personally killing by not mortgaging your house and sending the money to African NGOs? The entire angle is so childish.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:34:35 +0000

So? My Silverado had wheel flairs attached with adhesive. This is extremely common.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:21:50 +0000

There was an Optimus in the driver’s seat. There’s video.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Tesla Roadster"

hcurtiss — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:16:34 +0000

The Musk invective in HN is just wild to me. No, it wasn’t a Nazi salute (unless Biden, and Hillary and Obama are all Nazis too having made the same motion). No, he hasn’t cut Ukraine’s internet. All of these are lies, repeated over and over and over. He’s just a Republican accelerationist and unapologetic about his race. His companies create legitimately awesome products that millions use daily. Shocking that today that’s enough to breed such extraordinary hate from the left.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Feds got warrants to use fake cell towers to hunt down Don Lemon's producer"

hcurtiss — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:04:57 +0000

Yes?

New comment by hcurtiss in "Feds got warrants to use fake cell towers to hunt down Don Lemon's producer"

hcurtiss — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:03:36 +0000

Or any admin? I cannot recall any reporting of his companies refusing a lawful request.

New comment by hcurtiss in "Grok 4.7"

hcurtiss — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:06:23 +0000

That's odd to me. I have SuperGrok with X Premium+. I use the crap out of Grok in my daily life, including to build a couple self-hosted apps as an amateur. I have a Grok bot monitor my email every 15 minutes and file things away for me. I have another bot that monitors for blood test results through Goodlabs. And I'm talking to it all the time on my 2 hour round-trip commute . . . and I never even get close to using my quota.