Hacker News Reader

andsoitison Musk's Starlink Embraces 'Dynamic Pricing,' Further Jacking Up Costs

Assuming that's accurate (I have not researched), do you have a theory as to why?

andsoitison AI is dramatically accelerating AI research

> This sounds truly Kafkaesque. And thank you for finally allowing me to use that word in earnest.

Kafka and Byzantium had a baby.

andsoitison Anthropic IPO buyers see valuation as low as $1.1T

Inference is projected to continue to become increasingly commoditized so you need to wrap it in compelling and differentiated product people are willing to pay for.

Training, people argue, continue to be very capital intensive so moat there. What I'm wondering, is anyone trying out ideas the lower the training cost materially? I'm not thinking distilling because that, by definition, would always be behind the frontier. Other ways?

andsoitison Anthropic IPO buyers see valuation as low as $1.1T

> Their moat is their research capability.

Research does not bring in revenue. Products or services do.

andsoitison Musk's Starlink Embraces 'Dynamic Pricing,' Further Jacking Up Costs

But there ARE competitors. Here are 10: https://thenetworkinstallers.com/blog/starlink-competitors/

Not sure what solution you are advocating for. Is it that the government should shut down Starlink or is that they should prop up other companies or what?

andsoitison Musk's Starlink Embraces 'Dynamic Pricing,' Further Jacking Up Costs

> This is silly. The very concept of a "market" assumes independent competition.

A better way to think about the scope of this market is “internet access” rather than “satellite internet access”. Even in the latter case, nothing is preventing others from entering that market. Starlink has been visionary and audacious so they can command a premium. That’s the market in action.

andsoitison Musk's Starlink Embraces 'Dynamic Pricing,' Further Jacking Up Costs

This is silly. In a market, price is a function of what the producer tries to get and the customer is willing to pay.

andsoitison Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production

They are probably the ugliest vehicles ever produced. They're an eyesore. Good riddance.

andsoitison Blender's UI and Runtime: Much Faster Than GPUI

> The GPU renderer is opt-in: Direct3D 11 on Windows (gpu/intern/gpu_d3d11.c) and OpenGL 3.3 core on Linux (gpu/intern/gpu_gl.c).

Direct3D is at version 12 on Windows[1].

What tech on macOS? OpenGL?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct3D

andsoitison Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory

If you do t hear back in a week, they’re just not that into you. Silence is an answer.

andsoitison Blender's UI and Runtime: Much Faster Than GPUI

Use the native widget toolkit if the platform you target; your users will love you more.

andsoitison Ask HN: Are Anthopic and OpenAI going to IPO post mid terms?

Antropic haș already filed to list this month: https://www.anthropic.com/news/s1-sec

andsoitison Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH?

Forget age, contribute insightful, productive comments: in other words participate in the committee rather than try promote your thing. The latter can follow later.

andsoitison OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company

Buy-to-Unsubscribe

andsoitison Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I.

sure, but why do you think that is evil? that feels quite hyperbolic.

andsoitison Ask HN: What's your current AI agentic setup?

Cursor + Grok for serious engineering work.

Local Qwen and custom harness to experiment.

andsoitison Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I.

what is evil about this?

andsoitison Starfall – Affordable, routine access to microgravity

> Here's the thing I might not love Elon or everything he does and there are plenty of things to disagree with him about and I won't comment on him as a person.... humanity once again reach out to the stars I could feel it deep in my bones the space race was starting again.

No need to caveat / apologize for things you admire.

andsoitison Voters Set $400M of Elon Musk's Money on Fire

> power and influence.

What influence did it have?

andsoitison Tell HN: Gemini trains on chat history, even for subscribers (personal accounts)

I’m very very surprised that anyone is surprised by this!

andsoitison Jaron Lanier on parallels between AI and social media

As Microsoft’s Prime Unifying Scientist in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (which one has to presume includes AI) and then feeding social media, is an interesting way to try change the status quo.

andsoitison Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off without AI

Cognitive dissonance. How can you say with a straight face “profit above all else” and then also concede the huge philanthropy?

Americans and the US as a whole are the most charitable in the world.

The data does not lie.

andsoitison Jaron Lanier on parallels between AI and social media

Does Jaron not consider YouTube social media?

andsoitison Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off without AI

> profit above all else

The world’s biggest philanthropists are American.

The US has for decades invested into charities and human development around the worlds .

> deregulation at all cost

The US has regulations. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest and longest-standing written and codified national constitution in force in the world.

> Christian brained politicians

We have separation of church and state.

andsoitison US voters roundly reject data centers in ballot measures

It will accelerate the shift to solar for residential purposes.

That’s a great thing.

andsoitison Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off without AI

Nobody said that? The GP literally said it!

andsoitison Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off without AI

> Causing harm, whether direct or indirect, is the fundamental nature of AI.

How so?

andsoitison Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off without AI

> There is something deeply rotten about the US mindset

What is that “something”?