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New comment by sethops1 in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

sethops1 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:57:28 +0000

Nobody is forced to buy shares of any company. Even automatic 401k investment plans let you specify what to buy if you so choose. Perhaps you could make the argument Elon makes false promises to boost the stock price, but at the end of the day, individual investors must decide what they believe in no matter the CEO's antics.

New comment by sethops1 in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

sethops1 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:14:59 +0000

I thought the same during the NFT craze and the blockchain craze before that.

New comment by sethops1 in "Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return"

sethops1 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:21:19 +0000

Sadly it isn't, and even if it was, it's not like the current administration is enforcing commerce or securities law.

New comment by sethops1 in "IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark"

sethops1 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:55:57 +0000

This is exactly why I decided not to enable IPv6 on my colo. When money is involved, the benefits of IPv6 simply do not outweigh the risk, in my estimation. If my side gig eventually pays enough to pay a contractor to handle networking then sure, that'll be one of the first tasks. But when it's just me managing the entire stack, my number one priority is security, and for now that means keeping things simple as possible.

New comment by sethops1 in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

sethops1 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:47:47 +0000

Certainly not. Nepal's Gen Z literally overthrew their government due to inequality and corruption.

https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/09/nepal-gen-z-t...

New comment by sethops1 in "OpenAI pulls out of landmark £31B UK investment package"

sethops1 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:35:49 +0000

Quantum is a scam. It's embarrassing to see it being peddled as the next big thing, with public companies being valued in the billions. For technology that does not exist in any useful sense.

New comment by sethops1 in "Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence"

sethops1 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:01:52 +0000

You think that manpower will work for free? And the resources will just turn into product at no cost?

New comment by sethops1 in "Newly created Polymarket accounts win big on well-timed Iran ceasefire bets"

sethops1 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:32:32 +0000

Once upon a time, people went to jail for insider trading on the stock market. Like that was an actual thing that was enforced with rigor.

New comment by sethops1 in "Show HN: Is Hormuz open yet?"

sethops1 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:20:49 +0000

No need for baseless speculation, it's well known that no insurance company is willing to insure transit through the straight while it's an active war zone.

New comment by sethops1 in "Samsung Raises DRAM Prices Another ~30% for Q2 2026"

sethops1 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:50:21 +0000

DDR4lyfe is my new motto.

New comment by sethops1 in "Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything negative about Meta"

sethops1 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:29:14 +0000

Why are you disparaging something you admit to knowing nothing about? Read the book or keep your opinion to yourself.

New comment by sethops1 in "Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything negative about Meta"

sethops1 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:48:36 +0000

If you read the book it becomes clear the author was a key enabler of Mark and Sheryl. Should she be allowed to comment? Of course. But don't think for a second she's a good person for doing so.

New comment by sethops1 in "SpaceX files to go public"

sethops1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:26:16 +0000

There is XMAG, but beware the expense ratio is much higher than the mainstream indices.

New comment by sethops1 in "The RISE RISC-V Runners: free, native RISC-V CI on GitHub"

sethops1 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:58:08 +0000

duplicitous

New comment by sethops1 in "If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos"

sethops1 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:16:46 +0000

When Louis Rossmann started describing tech leadership as having a "rapist mentality" I brushed him off as being sensationalist. But actions like this make me think more and more he's right. The product managers pushing for changes like this are despicable scum.

New comment by sethops1 in "Goodbye to Sora"

sethops1 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:48:45 +0000

I would point out Anthropic isn't profitable either (yet), it's just that enterprise is where the money is. Now that all the AI companies are narrowing in on that market, becoming profitable will be even more challenging.

New comment by sethops1 in "Goodbye to Sora"

sethops1 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:29:59 +0000

It's like when Apple announces hundreds of new emoji every update. Like great, those will look real nice next to the six emoji I ever actually use.

New comment by sethops1 in "Goodbye to Sora"

sethops1 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:47:46 +0000

This is what I see, outside the HN bubble. If you work retail or weld pipes together or whatever, AI is of no use to you. On the contrary, if tech thought leaders are to be believed, you'll be out of a job soon, replaced by a lifeless robot. Fuck that.

New comment by sethops1 in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

sethops1 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:31:33 +0000

Yeah, I see that list of disabled features as being a feature in and of itself.

New comment by sethops1 in "Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords"

sethops1 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:07:18 +0000

You're missing the point. If knowing the length of a password is helpful in cracking it, then it's already too short to be effective.