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New comment by strangattractor in "Anthropic S-1"

strangattractor — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:54:07 +0000

I love the bunker building. Where is Dario's bunker?

Altman already has a couple I think.

Thiel has gone to Argentina but has a backup in New Zealand (w/ Citizenship).

Zuckerberg just bought an Irish castle (a Medieval bunker of sorts) but probably has others.

Musk probably has plans for a Moon bunker complete with Pleasure-Dome. Investor funded of course. Not sure how cosmic rays affect sperm however.

Brin couild opt for Blimps - imagine floating above the reeks and the wrecks like a Meth from Altered Carbon.

Bezos - does he have a bunker?

New comment by strangattractor in "How Poor People Buy Cars"

strangattractor — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:08:35 +0000

You could say similar things about older BMWs. People leave notes on my 2004 Honda CR-V asking if I want to sell. A Honda civic I put on Craigslist took less than hour to sell. Repairability of any used car is becoming increasing problematic. Nursing an old automobile past its prime is becoming a lost art:)

New comment by strangattractor in "How to buy a good car for $1000"

strangattractor — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:36:01 +0000

No sane poor person would buy a used Mercedes. Parts and repair would cost more than the car. The only people that would think a $1000 Mercedes is worth it would be rich.

New comment by strangattractor in "AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement"

strangattractor — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:23:19 +0000

def self_improve_more():

     if self_improved():

          self_improve_more()

     else:

          see_tony_robins_and_buy_tapes()

New comment by strangattractor in "Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)"

strangattractor — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:21:11 +0000

Post WWII built SV - it has always been the case.

New comment by strangattractor in "I have a theory that software drives people insane"

strangattractor — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:02:05 +0000

Sometimes I would ask stakeholders about some idea or nifty feature we were considering implementing. The answer was usually positive and enthusiastic. I'd then ask if they would use it and how it would help them. Silence....

Being untethered from reality is the natural state of humans;)

New comment by strangattractor in "How Universities Should Prepare Founders"

strangattractor — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:45:29 +0000

When I originally started in this business it was truly exciting. VC's where the only place to go to fund truly unique companies and products that were highly risky. Disruption was often a byproduct not a goal. The goal now - collect as big a war chest as you can - disrupt something that already exist and may even be working well - own it all because you have the biggest war chest and can.

New comment by strangattractor in "How Universities Should Prepare Founders"

strangattractor — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:32:25 +0000

There are so many VC's and so much money today the demand for "Founders" is high. One way to increase supply is to manufacture what you need - much like Korean K-Pop bands. Band members start in a Bootcamp. They learn to dance and get a vocal coach. As their fan base grows they start to disrupt and displace older bands that are aging out. The industry as a whole does well but individual band may or may not. Do they produce new and innovative music? - meh. Let's face it - a "Founder" with the right fan base can get valuations over a trillion:)

New comment by strangattractor in "GitHub Actions and Pages are experiencing degraded availability"

strangattractor — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:35:22 +0000

Use of Claude for coding increases the number of commits, merges and pushes. Add in difficulty in getting RAM, Disk Storage and Servers. A dash of high energy prices, data center angst and tariffs. A pinch of diverting resources to all things AI. You get legacy systems that cannot keep up with demand for expansion.

New comment by strangattractor in "OpenAI leans toward waiting until next year for IPO"

strangattractor — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:14:52 +0000

Data centers are the next Dark Fiber from 2000. After VCs and private Equity fund them there will not be sufficient demand because AI will inevitably not entirely live up to all the hype. The fire sale will eventually begin. Then Google, M$, Apple and Amazon will buy them at a discount just like Google snatched up the dark fiber after 2000.

New comment by strangattractor in "CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancers"

strangattractor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:41:23 +0000

Humans are a bunch of hairless monkeys that have evolved to scam each other rather than hunt and gather food from Nature.

New comment by strangattractor in "Why SpaceX 2040 Revenue FCST $4.3T in highly unlikely"

strangattractor — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:00:27 +0000

Right on. This only works if you compare it to another extremely aggressively valued company.

New comment by strangattractor in "CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs"

strangattractor — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:43:59 +0000

If you replaced one CEO that was making 300 times the average salary of an employee - that is equivalent to firing 300 employees. You can have your AI and Reduction in Force without losing all those pesky people with institutional knowledge.

New comment by strangattractor in "Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as data center land"

strangattractor — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:34:50 +0000

If you don't want to abide by the conditions of a gift - don't accept it.

New comment by strangattractor in "CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs"

strangattractor — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:21:00 +0000

%80 of CEOs are Meh. %10 of the CEOs add value to the company. %10 of the CEOs are actually detrimental. The %80 will always try and do what they think the top %10 CEOs do because of FOMO. The bottom %10 will do it because they know their days are numbered and hope that it might put them in the %80 keeping their jobs. A good LLM could probably replace most and not do any worse.

Good CEOs don't see their employees as an expense.

New comment by strangattractor in "Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?"

strangattractor — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:11:51 +0000

Those changes should be taken as a harbinger. Smells a lot like 1999 when a company producing cat turds could get a listing.

New comment by strangattractor in "Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording" (2024)"

strangattractor — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:07:23 +0000

In what way did it work well for cops?

From what I've seen it goes both ways with bodycam footage. The cops often have to put up with seriously dangerous stupid people and cops on power trips are video'd abusing people. Not that I am defending Ellison. Sadly the rich will always be able to buy their way out of most any bad situation except screwing over richer people.

New comment by strangattractor in "Ghostty is leaving GitHub"

strangattractor — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:59:16 +0000

I love the ideas and motivations underpinning Github's creation. For a long time Github was the best instantiation of those ideals. Maybe not so much anymore. Transitions are always the most difficult but they often result in new perspectives.

New comment by strangattractor in "Claude Code removed from Anthropic's Pro plan"

strangattractor — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:18:12 +0000

Even odder. I asked: Are you sure?

Yes, confirmed directly from Anthropic's website. Claude Code is included in the Pro plan, described as perfect for short coding sprints in small codebases with access to both Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.7. Claude

You said: Is claude code included with the pro subscription Is claude code included with the pro subscription

3:11 PM Claude responded: Yes, Claude Code is included with the Pro plan ($20/month). Yes, Claude Code is included with the Pro plan ($20/month). You can use it in the terminal, desktop app, VS Code, JetBrains, and on the web.

The main caveat is that Claude Code draws from the same usage limits as your regular Claude chat — so heavy coding sessions can eat into your quota faster. If you find yourself hitting limits often, the Max plans ($100–$200/month) offer significantly more headroom.

Thats a head scratcher:)

New comment by strangattractor in "Claude Code removed from Anthropic's Pro plan"

strangattractor — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:06:13 +0000

I got down voted by 4 people just for pointing that out. lol