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New comment by spiderfarmer in ""I'm on a war footing": Terry Tao and the crisis in math"

spiderfarmer — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:55:53 +0000

Plenty of welders made weaponry that killed babies and none of the famous DIY Youtubers spoke out against that either.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "DeepSeek search and fetch – $0.75 per 1000 successful requests"

spiderfarmer — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:41:29 +0000

I have always blamed Chinese AI operators for the hundreds of thousands of residential proxy requests I receive each day, but there's no way to be sure.

They absolutely dwarf real traffic if left unchecked (I blocked all countries outside my target area).

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Tesla Roadster"

spiderfarmer — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:19:11 +0000

Probably because of the Nazi salutes.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites: experts"

spiderfarmer — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:51:39 +0000

Big Tech will tell you that you care too much.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites: experts"

spiderfarmer — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:50:07 +0000

Not a lawyer, but my understanding is that if a Big Tech company doesn't explicitly rule out using your data, they're using your data. And if they rule it out explicitly, they will eventually still use your data.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones"

spiderfarmer — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:51:33 +0000

What's your source for that? A random tweet on X I bet?

> “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” Musk wrote in an email to Epstein in November 2012. In another in December 2013, he asked, “Will be in the BVI/St Bart’s area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?”

https://time.com/7362868/elon-musk-epstein-emails/

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?"

spiderfarmer — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:30:37 +0000

What’s even worse is that the man has a huge following who all think that he isn’t a bullshitter.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones"

spiderfarmer — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:30:42 +0000

Maybe for the MAGA crowd. The rest of the world does not believe what they are told to believe. There are millions of documents and dozens of witnesses that could corroborate the videos, if only they were actually be investigated.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones"

spiderfarmer — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:01:27 +0000

It’s so obvious that Putin has something on Trump. It’s either the unsubstantiated pee tape, or they have the video tapes Epstein said he had. And since Musk also (at least) wanted to party on one of the islands wildest nights, there might be even more leverage Putin is using strategically.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Apple HomeView"

spiderfarmer — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:05:14 +0000

Even if they succeeded in the sitcom idea, how does that promote their product? It’s easily the worst ad from Apple I have seen in a long time.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Apple HomeView"

spiderfarmer — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:19:58 +0000

Well, if their leadership is anything to go by..

New comment by spiderfarmer in "I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic"

spiderfarmer — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:06:40 +0000

Try posting something viral on Mastodon. The logs clearly show that it isn't the most efficient social network.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Apple HomeView"

spiderfarmer — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:03:27 +0000

My problem is mainly with the family dynamic in their 'film'. Nobody in that ad seems happy, they even seem to hate each other. Is this normal enough in the US that people can ignore it and focus on the product?

New comment by spiderfarmer in "An hour of audio transcribed in about 13s on MacBook Air"

spiderfarmer — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:30:54 +0000

So Marco Arment can sell some more of his Mac Minis.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF"

spiderfarmer — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:23:13 +0000

> Anthropic supposedly has a good margin on each token

Genuine question: why are people still saying the plans are heavily subsidised?

New comment by spiderfarmer in "Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?"

spiderfarmer — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:45:12 +0000

My fiber ISP has full instructions for using your own router. They mention that they won't be able to offer remote support and that if you want to use your own router, you're probably okay with that.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit"

spiderfarmer — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:24:09 +0000

Yeah, but which attackers do we have to worry about nowadays?

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russian-satel...

New comment by spiderfarmer in "3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit"

spiderfarmer — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:21:25 +0000

It's like the Hyperloop all over again.

Musk comes up with a crazy idea.

Investors, "analysts" and sycophants go to great lengths to defend it.

Rational people wonder if everyone is losing their mind.

Musk profits.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit"

spiderfarmer — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:13:57 +0000

Everything is possible. Doesn't mean you should do it. You can also put datacenters on the sea floor in a nuclear submarine. That might be even easier.

But does it make sense to do it?

No.

New comment by spiderfarmer in "3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit"

spiderfarmer — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:10:37 +0000

A single EMP would be enough without causing excessive space debris. It's not like someone will simply fly in and swap some hardware.