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thegreatpeter

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thegreatpeter··on The same AI request emits 8.5 times more CO2 in Texas than in Sweden
Seems like a great business you can start
thegreatpeter··on U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative
Pretty cool I’ll take it. Thanks!
thegreatpeter··on Big Tech Isn't Hiding $1.65T of Debt
3-9% of revenue spread between 10 and 30 years
thegreatpeter··on USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025
is it easy or hard to start an insurance company? why isn't there more competition when it comes to insurance?
thegreatpeter··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
Medicare, social security and the interest on the debt are the 3 top federal spending categories

Social welfare is the top local spending category in many local/state governments

thegreatpeter··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
One person?
thegreatpeter··on Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?
It’s an index fund. It must follow the index. They’re forced to buy any company in the SP500.

They are buying it at IPO pricing

thegreatpeter··on Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
yeah, by using codex
thegreatpeter··on Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods
Let’s redirect the problem: it’s not the car, it’s the flooding! We should address that first
thegreatpeter··on GM just laid off IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills
perhaps they tried that and the staff wasn't willing to be trained. have you ever worked at a company like that of that size?
thegreatpeter··on Why Japan has such good railways
most of the japanese railway system is private. their 2 largest companies are some of the largest publicly traded companies in the world.
thegreatpeter··on I decompiled the White House's new app
what are the dodgy meds? it provides a discount at the pharmacy if you pay cash and skip insurance. are you from here?
thegreatpeter··on I decompiled the White House's new app
have you seen some of the websites they've developed? they're actually quite nice. maybe joe hasn't gotten to mobile yet

edit: oh wait, thats https://ndstudio.gov/

thegreatpeter··on ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state
You’re doing gods work sir, thank you!
thegreatpeter··on Colorado House passes bill to limit surveillance pricing and wage setting
“I absolutely agree that consumers and wage earners should not be exploited by the use of their data,” he said. “But it’s still overly broad and it’s still overly vague in very important parts. And I believe it’s overly simplistic in its definition of wage setting.”
thegreatpeter··on Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars
Tesla’s manuals are all online and many of the parts sell for cost plus. You may be thinking of Ford and Toyota
thegreatpeter··on How BYD got EV chargers to work almost as fast as gas pumps
There’s controlling competition in your own country and dominating global markets. Nothing wrong with either. It’s not like it’s not happening anywhere else in the world.
thegreatpeter··on How BYD got EV chargers to work almost as fast as gas pumps
Definitely not bc these brands are being propped up by their government in order to flood world markets.

Everyone should be able to make a luxury 30k vehicle sustainably

thegreatpeter··on A ngrok-style secure tunnel server written in Rust and Open Source
It should be monetized to support the long term commitment
thegreatpeter··on Americans Recognize AI as a Wealth Inequality Machine, Polls Find
You also have the option of buying low and increasing your share of the market
thegreatpeter··on OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)
Retail investors do just fine fleecing themselves on their own

The term fleecing means „there’s nothing left here, jump ship”. Do you really believe they’re going public to cash out this early in the game?

thegreatpeter··on Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line
If any of this were true they’d be doing much better and not pivoting
thegreatpeter··on Where things stand with the Department of War
What are some examples of a tool the military wanted but the company refused to allow them to use it and getting away with it?
thegreatpeter··on US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters
So you believe Microsoft will start opening up coal plants again and not nuclear?
thegreatpeter··on US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters
So what’s the solution? No data center? Let the current landscape of power companies operate as is?
thegreatpeter··on Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies’
Didn’t they choose Anthropic first and then all of this happened so they were forced to go with Grok?

Not adding up

thegreatpeter··on How to talk to anyone and why you should
Just practice. You will inevitably run into ppl that don’t want to talk. Don’t take it personally, don’t push it and try again
thegreatpeter··on Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case
But why only demonstrate power over 12 people and not the alleged 1200+ that work there?
thegreatpeter··on US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives
where did you move your blog to? hetzner?
thegreatpeter··on Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy
All US billionaires make up like 8 trillion
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