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New comment by spiderice in "Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone"

spiderice — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:02:52 +0000

Yes they pulled engineers off the heat shield to engineer the toilet. That is totally how it works.

New comment by spiderice in "The MacBook Neo"

spiderice — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:35:00 +0000

Why do you need to wonder about this? We've had mechanical trackpads for ages to compare them to. They feel worse. Getting even click pressure across a large surface is nearly impossible.

New comment by spiderice in "The MacBook Neo"

spiderice — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:55:57 +0000

Sorry but if "Switch to Linux" is a valid suggestion, then you most likely aren't talking to someone the Neo is marketed to. As good as Linux is, non technical people still should not switch to it. It needs to be MacOS or Windows.

New comment by spiderice in "I put my whole life into a single database"

spiderice — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:51:38 +0000

Thank God I'm a single human and don't have nearly that much influence over the Earth.

New comment by spiderice in "RISC-V Is Sloooow"

spiderice — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:35:58 +0000

Then how do you justify the title?

New comment by spiderice in "I put my whole life into a single database"

spiderice — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:38:51 +0000

I don't give a crap, in the most boastful way possible. Sorry if my zealotry isn't your zealotry.

New comment by spiderice in "I put my whole life into a single database"

spiderice — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:01:23 +0000

I would totally do this without any shame if I had the need/desire. CO2 isn't going to be solved by well intentioned individuals making absolutely no impact. It will be a generic solution that solves it for everyone, or it won't be solved at all.

I'm also not going to take shorter showers when people are farming in a desert and shipping the crops to China.

You might think this makes me a terrible person. That's probably good. Because it will help people understand what we're up against and what needs to happen to actually solve the problem.

"Take less flights" isn't the solution.

New comment by spiderice in "No, it doesn't cost Anthropic $5k per Claude Code user"

spiderice — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:01:56 +0000

Claude Code Max obviously doesn't cost 10x more than Kimi. The article even confirms that you can get $5k worth of computer for $200 with Claude Code Max.

So no, Claude would not be getting NEARLY as much usage as it's currently getting if it weren't for the $100/$200 monthly subscription. You're comparing Kimi to the price that most people aren't paying.

New comment by spiderice in "War prediction markets are a national-security threat"

spiderice — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:00:28 +0000

The existence of banks gives a huge financial incentive to rob them. That doesn't mean we should get rid of banks. It means we should create a huge disincentive to rob them (which we do). Same thing needs to happen to people using national intelligence secrets in prediction markets.

New comment by spiderice in "War prediction markets are a national-security threat"

spiderice — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:58:27 +0000

> We have to assume that he made the choice to be a martyr

I don't think we have to assume that. He could have thought the military build up was a bluff. He could have trusted in Iran's defenses to allow him time to find safety. He could have thought his assassination attempt on Trump would pan out. There are a million other could-have's that we could invent, and I don't think "him choosing to be a martyr" is any more (or less) valid than the rest of them.

New comment by spiderice in "We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk"

spiderice — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:38:29 +0000

No. Sam Altman should have no say in what the government can or can't do for national security. Sorry.

New comment by spiderice in "GPT‑5.3 Instant"

spiderice — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:39:29 +0000

No. Didn't cross my mind at all. Now that you point it out, I still don't care.

New comment by spiderice in "GPT‑5.3 Instant"

spiderice — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:37:28 +0000

Or, now hear me out, we don't be racist. Have you considered that?

New comment by spiderice in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

spiderice — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:43:40 +0000

Comparing the touchbar to a touch screen is silly

New comment by spiderice in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

spiderice — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 06:08:44 +0000

The Procreate UI literally tells us otherwise. When you create a new image, it tells you exactly how many layers it will allow you to have based on the dimensions you set. This number is smaller for older iPads.

New comment by spiderice in "We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk"

spiderice — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:37:36 +0000

Here is the original X link to the Xcancel link you posted. I'm morally against Xcancel

https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2027846016423321831

New comment by spiderice in "We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk"

spiderice — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:34:27 +0000

That seems exactly what it should be. The United States military should be able to do what the law allows. If we don't think they should be allowed to do something, we should pass laws. Not rely on the goodness of Sam Altman.

New comment by spiderice in "OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network"

spiderice — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:18:49 +0000

Well thank fuck you're not in charge. A lot of terrorist groups and foreign governments don't want us to have a department of war either.

New comment by spiderice in "I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk"

spiderice — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:36:06 +0000

I think it says more about people's ability to ignore the truth if it doesn't support their world view. Oh you don't want Grok to be SOTA? Then it isn't! Problem solved

New comment by spiderice in "I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk"

spiderice — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:33:46 +0000

What part of the constitution is being violated here? Genuine question.