<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: spongebobstoes</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=spongebobstoes</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:07:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=spongebobstoes" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "Short sellers notch $8.7B profit as SpaceX shares dip to IPO price"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>chips run way hotter than 20C, and radiative cooling scales to the fourth power of temperature. check the math</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:13:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952787</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952787</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "Short sellers notch $8.7B profit as SpaceX shares dip to IPO price"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>radiators about the same size and weight as solar panels will do the trick<p>there is already a h100 in orbit<p>1GW of compute is a lot in 2026. comparing 100GW of annual compute to SpaceX 2026 goals does not make sense<p>if Starship launch cost predictions are accurate, data centers in space will happen within 10 years</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:26:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952466</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952466</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>token cost for the $100 video was $3.25 for Sol 5.6 and $25.05 (!) for Fable 5<p>for the $25 video it was $4.27 (Sol) vs $16.99 (Fable)<p>this seems like an interesting benchmark of a complex task, even if the output has little artistic merit. the efficiency of Sol is impressive</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:55:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946238</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946238</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>it's well documented that models can be adversarially trained with essentially backdoors in response to special inputs<p>while I am skeptical that this is happening atm, there are probably many industries where the risk does not seem worthwhile</p>
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<p>the ability to even attempt this ambitious project is what free software is all about</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:53:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48887702</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48887702</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48887702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "How we can reduce traffic congestion"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>did you build anything tangible with this idea?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:58:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886169</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886169</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "Migrating a production AI agent to GPT-5.6: 2.2x faster, 27% cheaper"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>critique of writing style isn't made better by claiming it was authored by an LLM</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:51:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886119</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886119</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "AI boosts research careers but narrow the span of ideas explored: study"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>that's exactly what I'm saying. understanding is good<p>you didn't re-invent it, you learned it from a teacher and then practiced until you understood it to the required degree</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:12:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884274</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884274</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "AI boosts research careers but narrow the span of ideas explored: study"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>it's an interesting point. is it worthwhile to struggle through an incidental task that has been solved before? we all stand on the shoulders of giants<p>I think in most cases, understanding is the point. we don't expect students to derive general relativity before doing astrophysics. re-invention is only a tool for understanding</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:34:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881952</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881952</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "AI boosts research careers but narrow the span of ideas explored: study"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>when a parent answers their child's question, does it decrease the curiosity of the child?<p>many children have an unlimited capacity to ask "why?". many adults are the same<p>if the abilities of AI are finite, then we will continue to have burning curiosity, questions to ask, and discoveries to make</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:13:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881800</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881800</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>my comment is pushback against claiming "this generation" as uniquely doomed, and doomerism in general</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:22:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873378</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873378</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>light pollution already means the night sky is largely invisible outside of remote areas</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:33:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48867649</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48867649</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48867649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I heard oai turned apple down, not the other way around</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:22:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48867585</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48867585</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48867585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "GPT‑Live"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>why does me using AI affect your motivation at all?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:57:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48856259</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48856259</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48856259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "GPT‑Live"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"starving artist" is not a new concept<p>AI doesn't stop creative people from creating. it gives creative people an additional tool with which to create</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:56:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48838475</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48838475</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48838475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "GPT‑Live"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>tell it "speak like a robot without affectation or emotion" in your custom instructions</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:53:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835034</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835034</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "GPT‑Live"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>it is not full duplex. I think this GPT-Live thing is the first full duplex speech to speech model</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:52:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835003</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835003</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "Gemini Code Assist will be shut down on July 17"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>name calling detracts from your credibility instead of supporting your point</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:58:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777191</link><dc:creator>spongebobstoes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777191</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by spongebobstoes in "Factories are just rooms"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I agree that awe and accessibility are often opposed, and that children are easily inspired by things that feel tractable but not boring<p>I like the idea that we can teach children to feel inspiration instead of intimidation when learning how things work</p>
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<p>Google is only a good example because you can point to major inconsistencies between their mission and their actions<p>OpenAI might have the same flaw, but you need to demonstrate it, not just assume it</p>
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