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New comment by telotortium in "SpaceX files to go public"

telotortium — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:18:42 +0000

In this case, it was United, almost all transpacific flights. I've read that United has started to move to Starlink, but only on a few flights so far.

New comment by telotortium in "SpaceX files to go public"

telotortium — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:03:06 +0000

If I’m flying for work and Starlink is that much better, quite possibly. My wife’s experience with other in-flight WiFi providers has been quite poor, often to the point that it barely works. Having said that, neither of us has been on a flight with Starlink yet.

New comment by telotortium in "Solar Balconies Take Europe by Storm"

telotortium — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:33:10 +0000

I think this is why they're supposed to be limited to 800 W, but is that enough to avoid serious danger to utility workers when a whole apartment building or neighborhood is full of these?

New comment by telotortium in "DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market"

telotortium — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:27:34 +0000

Good thing LLMs exist now

New comment by telotortium in "DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market"

telotortium — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:27:16 +0000

With LLMs, it's potentially a lot easier to use microcontrollers now, depending on how widely available the documentation is now.

New comment by telotortium in "SpaceX files to go public"

telotortium — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:21:00 +0000

If Starlink becomes common enough on flights, I absolutely believe it will be a competitive disadvantage.

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telotortium — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:22:17 +0000

Thanks for the update

New comment by telotortium in "[dead]"

telotortium — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:46:06 +0000

https://xcancel.com/joehollinsvet/status/2039377310839624069

New comment by telotortium in "AI companies charge you 60% more based on your language, BPE tokens"

telotortium — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:57:54 +0000

My impression of dialog box size from least to greatest is CJK (Chinese < Korean < Japanese) < English < everything else

New comment by telotortium in "Judge blocks Pentagon effort to 'punish' Anthropic with supply chain risk label"

telotortium — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:10:44 +0000

Just a district judge, so I’m supposing the Trump administration will file an appeal if they care, and will almost certainly get a preliminary injunction. The Ninth Circuit ruling will be more telling.

Paul R. Ehrlich, Who Alarmed the World with 'The Population Bomb,' Dies at 93

telotortium — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:16:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/books/paul-r-ehrlich-dead.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47404298

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by telotortium in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

telotortium — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:31:59 +0000

> Beer is cheaper from a super market but everyone I know prefers pubs.

It's a pretty frequent complaint that drinks at pubs, bars, and restaurants have become extortionately expensive, to the point that a lot of younger people are drinking less for that reason.

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

telotortium — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:45:04 +0000

Delivered: https://github.com/telotortium/dotfiles/tree/27c11efd967eebc...

New comment by telotortium in "I'm glad the Anthropic fight is happening now"

telotortium — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:45:05 +0000

But the DoD signed a contract with Palantir.

New comment by telotortium in "I'm glad the Anthropic fight is happening now"

telotortium — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:26:55 +0000

One thing I’ve never heard a good answer to: If Anthropic is a supplier not to the Department of Defense itself, but to Palantir, why isn’t supply chain risk the proper designation (assuming the government’s concerns with Anthropic having authority over military missions is valid)?

As for whether code written with Claude Code should be so considered - if it’s just code that is subject to human review, I would argue that this use shouldn’t be a supply chain risk. But with Claude Code PR Review and similar products, the chance that an AI product (not limiting to Anthropic here) could own a load-bearing part of the lifecycle of a critical piece of code becomes much larger, and deserves scrutiny.

Claude Code makes local LLMs 90% slower

telotortium — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:40:10 +0000

Article URL: https://unsloth.ai/docs/basics/claude-code

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47327870

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Extending single-minus amplitudes to gravitons

telotortium — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:41:25 +0000

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/extending-single-minus-amplitudes-to-gravitons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47255564

Points: 16

# Comments: 17

The Case of the Disappearing Secretary

telotortium — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:15:38 +0000

Article URL: https://rowlandmanthorpe.substack.com/p/the-case-of-the-disappearing-secretary

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47210231

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by telotortium in "Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid"

telotortium — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:26:13 +0000

I think Venezuela and Iran are more about restricting the oil to China in case of a conflict rather than providing energy for the US, although getting ahead of an anticipated demand increase from AI data centers is probably a contributing motivation.

New comment by telotortium in "America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks"

telotortium — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:59:36 +0000

If you could have FIRE'd before the COVID era subsidies you can do it now