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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

New comment by strangattractor in "€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key accessing Gemini APIs"

strangattractor — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:23:29 +0000

If spending caps made them more money they'd find a way;)

New comment by strangattractor in "Show HN: I Built Paul Graham's Intellectual Captcha Idea"

strangattractor — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:28:15 +0000

Yes - I was given a syllogism that was logically correct but the Truthyness of the premises where wrong or misleading in the real world.

All pilots need a medical exam to have a license.

John is a pilot.

John has had a medical exam.

Pilots can be licensed without a medical exam. It is illegal for them to fly without a valid medical but the 2 are separate issues. Also LSA pilots do not need a medical.

New comment by strangattractor in "The SpaceX IPO: retail investor notes"

strangattractor — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:13:54 +0000

Definitely meme stonk territory. IMO Elon is good for making the big bets on things with no competition that don't currently exist. The day to day grind of growing a company and maneuvering all the twist and turns of competition not so much.

New comment by strangattractor in "Last gasps of the rent seeking class?"

strangattractor — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:23:29 +0000

Don't disagree that public transportation is necessary however one size does not fit all people. There are elderly people that have difficulty navigating public spaces for many reasons. Having a car drive up to your home or pick you up at the doctor is a game changer. A Waymo making tens or hundreds of trips per day has a utilization rate far exceeding the average car.

Having both is a good thing.

New comment by strangattractor in "Last gasps of the rent seeking class?"

strangattractor — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:16:14 +0000

I think self driving cars are important for a couple of reasons:

1. Demographics - Aging population needs transportation. God knows we certainly don't need really old people driving themselves. We got a taste of the future in West Portal in that regard not long ago.

2. Human Capital - The US has pretty much demonstrated that there is little desire to import low skilled labor. Where do these theoretical Taxi drivers come from? Or welders or plumbers. Labor is going to become increasing expensive no matter how you slice the pie.

3. Younger US citizens are going to gravitate to non-manual labor jobs. It is not just that every one is being steered toward college. Physical labor (trades) take a toll on the body. I know - I have work in them - and you quickly extrapolate what that will be like when you are 50.

New comment by strangattractor in "Interoperability Can Save the Open Web (2023)"

strangattractor — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:02:25 +0000

Interoperability is what made the Web possible. Not sure I buy that it will save it without a fundamental change in people's behavior.

Image you are a 1960s household and RCA tries to sell you a TV to only watch ABC and Zenith has a TV to only watch CBS. 60 years later linear TV is unwatchable by normal humans IMO. It's not like "let advertising pay for this" enshittifying an entire industry hasn't happened before.

New comment by strangattractor in "Is anybody else bored of talking about AI?"

strangattractor — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:06:53 +0000

Agreed - another tool in the old tool pouch. I find it fascinating in that it provides insight into the role of language in intelligence. Certainly not AGI but makes ELIZA seem neolithic;)

I am amazed at the incredible things it can do - only to turnaround and not be able to do a simple task a child can do. Just like people.

New comment by strangattractor in "“Collaboration” is bullshit"

strangattractor — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:39:51 +0000

Salary does not need to be on the budget because it is the same whether you work 40hrs per week or 80.

New comment by strangattractor in "Trevor Milton is raising funds for a new jet he claims will transform flying"

strangattractor — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:59:44 +0000

Does anybody know his investors? I'd like an intro:)

New comment by strangattractor in "AI coding is gambling"

strangattractor — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:51:31 +0000

One size never fits all. I am old enough to remember what a game changer Spreadsheets (VisiCalc) where. They made the personal computer into a SwissArmy knife for many people that could not justify investing large sums of money into software to solve a niche problem. Until that time PCs simply were not a big thing.

I believe AI will do something similar for programming. The level of complexity in modern apps is high and requires the use of many technologies that most of us cannot remotely claim to be expert in. Getting an idea and getting a prototype will definitely be easier. Production Code is another beast. Dealing with legacy systems etc will still require experts at least for the near future IMHO.

New comment by strangattractor in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

strangattractor — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:40:07 +0000

Just goes to show I'm a poor judge of what is written by AI.