Hacker News: latchkey

New comment by latchkey in "Nobody knows what a used GPU cluster is worth"

latchkey — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:27:50 +0000

she makes a lot of wild claims for clicks and gets to the front page with them... sigh.

New comment by latchkey in "Nobody knows what a used GPU cluster is worth"

latchkey — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:20:29 +0000

I like Meg a lot a human, but Meg is all doom and gloom. Every single post she makes is about how GPUs fail [0] and now she's onto how financing is a big thing just waiting to crash and "nobody knows what a used GPU cluster is worth"...

Actually, we do, people offer them to me all the time. A used box of MI300x is $257k. "There is no GPU futures market"... actually there are a few of them that people have pitched to me.

This article is a lot of words from someone who isn't actually buying or deploying compute. My point is... take it all with a grain of salt.

[0] https://x.com/meggmcnulty/status/2040851080066859386

New comment by latchkey in "Late.sh – a command-line Clubhouse for computer people"

latchkey — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:33:58 +0000

They do make it clear...

  # privacy
  we store your key fingerprint, not the full public key.
  no IP logging. no tracking. no analytics.
  chat messages and game scores are stored in
  postgres, tied only to your fingerprint.
  don't trust us? use a throwaway key:

  $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/late_throwaway && ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i ~/.ssh/late_throwaway late.sh
  generates a disposable key — zero risk, full experience

Wow, this got flagged immediately. Must have triggered some automated thing. Sorry!

New comment by latchkey in "VulnHunter: Capital One's agentic AI code security tool"

latchkey — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:54:19 +0000

seems weird to not include shell scripts.

https://github.com/capitalone/VulnHunter/blob/main/vulnhunt/...

New comment by latchkey in "Benchmarking 15 “E-Waste” GPUs with Modern Workloads"

latchkey — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:19:03 +0000

It was discovered recently, however we were dealing with asrock and AMD directly given the quantity we bought, and they didn’t say anything. Kind of lame imho.

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:40:25 +0000

The U.S. recreational vehicle market is valued at approximately $23.57 billion and accounts for nearly 92% of the North American market.

Seems like an opportunity to me.

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:28:09 +0000

Now you're just nitpicking to try to prove some point about calling 911?

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:26:11 +0000

> It's increasingly a niche product.

I'd argue it is going to go the other way. It is going to find more and more broad usage over time.

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:03:57 +0000

Now your bias becomes clear. Should have stated that in the first place.

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:03:01 +0000

> download and print all the maps you need before you depart

If I'm living and traveling in my campervan for months on end, which is something I love to do, having starlink enables me to not have to plan. I can download the maps, hop out of my van and go. That's my own ideal freedom, I'm not tied to planning the same way you are.

> Please just take time off and take a proper vacation. By being constantly on call you will burn out at a much faster rate.

Wow, thanks for the advice. It is wild to me that you've got enough of an ego to say this to someone you don't know.

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:58:13 +0000

> You would not be in a position to call 911 then, would you.

I never said anything about being alone.

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:54:40 +0000

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:46:43 +0000

i'm in a campervan... i can be off-grid for many weeks and i also have a $dayjob.

starlink enables me to get the best of both worlds, which is a huge reason why i love it so much. don't knock it until you try it. =)

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:34:06 +0000

see below. 911 just saved my life. not even counting the amount of pain i was in. i had internal bleeding and ended up need transfusions due to my red blood cell count dropping below 7.

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:32:41 +0000

"everyone" seems like a stretch of imagination. i'm not rich, but i'd still pay 2x (the amount mentioned) what i'm paying now.

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:31:08 +0000

i can think of 1000 reasons to need to call for help. heck, two months ago i fell on my skateboard and shattered my femur at the hip. it sure was nice to be able to call 911 and have someone come pick me up given that i couldn't drive anywhere. my van was parked right at the skatepark and there was no way i was going to drive. obviously not skating in a national park, but it isn't out of the question to not have a major injury in a remote location.

but it isn't just about harm, as i said "convenience". i like being able to download detailed maps for trail hiking on-demand, and being off-grid and still able to be working (as my job requires me to be online).

New comment by latchkey in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:09:50 +0000

it has already gone up in price two times since i got mine. i still happily pay for the convenience and safety of having internet on my campervan in the middle of a national forest. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

New comment by latchkey in "The Second Life of Sanskrit"

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:59:49 +0000

I really don't care. A Swami suggested the name and I agreed to it.

A Palantir-ish dashboard for family trip planning

latchkey — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:53:03 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/andrewjiang/palantir-for-family-trips

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48922731

Points: 3

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New comment by latchkey in "The Second Life of Sanskrit"

latchkey — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:02:28 +0000

we named our dog "santosha", such a great word.