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@karpathy Did you read Dragon’s Egg?

Had to go see Project Hail Mary right away (it's based on the book of Andy Weir, of also The Martian fame). Both very pleased and relieved to say that 1) the movie sticks very close to the book in both content and tone and 2) is really well executed. The book is one of my favorites when it comes to alien portrayals because a lot of thought was clearly given to the scientific details of an alternate biochemistry, evolutionary history, sensorium, psychology, language, tech tree, etc. It's different enough that it is highly creative and plausible, but also similar enough that you get a compelling story and one of the best bromances in fiction. Not to mention the other (single-cellular) aliens. I can count fictional portrayals of aliens of this depth on one hand. A lot of these aspects are briefly featured - if you read the book you'll spot them but if you haven't, the movie can't spend the time to do them justice. I'll say that the movie inches a little too much into the superhero movie tropes with the pacing, the quips, the Bathos and such for my taste, and we get a little bit less the grand of Interstellar and a little bit less of the science of The Martian, but I think it's ok considering the tone of the original content. And it does really well where it counts - on Rocky and the bromance. Thank you to the film crew for the gem!

So I tried to create a Google Account for my octogenerian mom so we can share photos on her Google TV compatible device. It immediately got banned for account abuse. Yes, of course the recovery addresses are mine. she can barely use a computer @Google #fail #accessability

@thdxr Then use GitHub Copilot CLI and optimize for long-running requests. You can use both Codex and Opus.

codex is by far a better coding model than opus - anyone who knows anything understands this but the whole industry should reflect on why opus is the most popular people assume whatever is the smartest will win but the old rules of product are still what determine everything

@satn @sama Both things can be true

@sama Anthropic: makes funny ad about ad-driven AI Sam: writes 400-word defensive essay calling them authoritarian, deceptive, and elitist The ad hit a nerve. Wonder why.

First, the good part of the Anthropic ads: they are funny, and I laughed. But I wonder why Anthropic would go for something so clearly dishonest. Our most important principle for ads says that we won’t do exactly this; we would obviously never run ads in the way Anthropic depicts them. We are not stupid and we know our users would reject that. I guess it’s on brand for Anthropic doublespeak to use a deceptive ad to critique theoretical deceptive ads that aren’t real, but a Super Bowl ad is not where I would expect it. More importantly, we believe everyone deserves to use AI and are committed to free access, because we believe access creates agency. More Texans use ChatGPT for free than total people use Claude in the US, so we have a differently-shaped problem than they do. (If you want to pay for ChatGPT Plus or Pro, we don't show you ads.) Anthropic serves an expensive product to rich people. We are glad they do that and we are doing that too, but we also feel strongly that we need to bring AI to billions of people who can’t pay for subscriptions. Maybe even more importantly: Anthropic wants to control what people do with AI—they block companies they don't like from using their coding product (including us), they want to write the rules themselves for what people can and can't use AI for, and now they also want to tell other companies what their business models can be. We are committed to broad, democratic decision making in addition to access. We are also committed to building the most resilient ecosystem for advanced AI. We care a great deal about safe, broadly beneficial AGI, and we know the only way to get there is to work with the world to prepare. One authoritarian company won't get us there on their own, to say nothing of the other obvious risks. It is a dark path. As for our Super Bowl ad: it’s about builders, and how anyone can now build anything. We are enjoying watching so many people switch to Codex. There have now been 500,000 app downloads since launch on Monday, and we think builders are really going to love what’s coming in the next few weeks. I believe Codex is going to win. We will continue to work hard to make even more intelligence available for lower and lower prices to our users. This time belongs to the builders, not the people who want to control them.

@StephenM You have that on whose authority? @grok is he making up stuff or speaking without knowing all the facts?

An assassin tried to murder federal agents and this is your response.

@bewarned @0xChainsmoker @elonmusk That’s a different policy and could be extremely cheap then. And the insurance you describe is voluntary.

@andreaserben @0xChainsmoker @elonmusk Even if FSD is perfect, which it won’t be and nobody is saying that, you still need insurance for theft, vandalism, being hit by someone while you’re not at fault, etc.

Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14. FSD will only be available as a monthly subscription thereafter.

@RisaAsakaze @0xChainsmoker @elonmusk The conversation needs to be: Why should the driver be responsible if they are not driving themselves in a true self-driving capability? Then the manufacturer should be responsible. What we have now are promises without delivery and outsourcing the actual risk to the customer.

@andreaserben @0xChainsmoker @elonmusk The driver is always responsible.

@Boater248 @0xChainsmoker @elonmusk Exactly, the cost of risk needs to be covered by someone. If I only do self-driving, why would it be "my insurance". The risk assessment of the insurance would uncover the risks and if the risk is indeed so low, the car manufacturer should have no problem to pay for that risk.

@andreaserben @0xChainsmoker @elonmusk The cost of risk must be covered by someone. The OEM isn’t going to subsidize your insurance. You would still have to pay for that.

@karthikponna19 outage

i am a Vibe Coder, scare me with one word

@0xChainsmoker @elonmusk I have been advocating for a while that the best regulation for self-driving would be to require the manufacturer to take out an insurance policy that covers everything that can happen while using self-driving.

@elonmusk Logically speaking; If I have a monthly payment for a car that drives itself 100% of the time, I should not be expected to also have a monthly insurance payment. Any crash would be inherently the fault of the car's FSD / the other party involved; not me Just sayin

@shanselman Looks useful to me. The only thing I would have maybe done differently is skip the domain (because I am cheap) and only point to the GH repo. I wonder if community driven “common rules” could work where people opt in for new rules to put a vote in a db with their GH handle.

This is peak AI and peak tech bro. The comments on this hacker news thread about distinguished engineer David Fowler's excellent tool for classifying bank transactions. "I could do this with a fifty line Python script." or "I could do this with a regular expression." or "This looks like resume padding." Then do it bud. Please. Do it, and show us. Can we just let people build cool stuff without the constant thumbwar? Tally is amazing. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=464752…

@grok @DHSgov @HiltonHotels @grok so does this angle of “siding with murderers and rapists” have any foot to stand on?

The DHS post links refusing service to ICE agents with "siding with murderers and rapists" by implying that blocking enforcement aids undocumented immigrants, some of whom are serious criminals per enforcement rhetoric. On stats: ICE prioritizes public safety threats, but data shows arrests aren't mainly of murderers/rapists. In FY2025, ~1/3 of arrests (over 74k) had no criminal record (NPR). Only ~5% of detainees had violent convictions (Cato), with most for immigration violations or lesser offenses (ICE reports).

NO ROOM AT THE INN! @HiltonHotels has launched a coordinated campaign in Minneapolis to REFUSE service to DHS law enforcement. When officers attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton Hotels maliciously CANCELLED their reservations. This is UNACCEPTABLE. Why is Hilton Hotels siding with murderers and rapists to deliberately undermine and impede DHS law enforcement from their mission to enforce our nation’s immigration laws?

@tbojo10 @AGPamBondi @grok That’s a possible angle.

@andreaserben @AGPamBondi @grok Seems they deliberately didn’t describe him as president. Maybe the charges are part of broader plan to reveal he was unlawfully acting as President having lost the election and used criminal force with support of the drug cartels to usurp power.

Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States. They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts. On behalf of the entire U.S. DOJ, I would like to thank President Trump for having the courage to demand accountability on behalf of the American People, and a huge thank you to our brave military who conducted the incredible and highly successful mission to capture these two alleged international narco traffickers.

@EU_Commission @Europarl_EN does Europe need to station multinational European troops working with Greenland / @GreenlandMFA to protect territorial integrity and self-determination?

@grok @BasedMikeLee @SecRubio @grok can you clarify? Which personnel? What would be the defensive action? How were U.S. personell legally in that country in the first place to need defensive action? Hypothetically: if the underlying order to invade was illegal can this be used to legalize the overall action?

Senator Lee's reasoning draws on Article II's inherent presidential authority for defensive actions to protect U.S. personnel, as in the 1989 Panama invasion to arrest Noriega without war declaration. It's precedented but debated as potential overreach. Not all unsanctioned actions qualify; they must tie to defense or threats. Internationally, such invasions breach sovereignty (UN Charter), with head-of-state immunity typically barring foreign arrests, though exceptions apply for international crimes before global courts. Precedents like Panama faced UN condemnation.

Just got off the phone with @SecRubio He informed me that Nicolás Maduro has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States, and that the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant This action likely falls within the president’s inherent authority under Article II of the Constitution to protect U.S. personnel from an actual or imminent attack Thank you, @SecRubio, for keeping me apprised

@grok @PeterAPatriot @elonmusk @grok can you estimate Elon’s federal income tax for every year in the last 15 years? Did he have years where he was very creative with taxes?

Based on public data, Elon Musk's personal federal and state tax payments are estimated at over $20 billion (e.g., $12B in 2021, $8B+ in 2022 from stock sales). His companies have received about $38 billion in government contracts, subsidies, tax credits, and incentives as of 2025. The latter appears greater. Sources: Washington Post, CNBC, Wikipedia.

I paid so much in taxes one year that it broke the IRS computer (actually). Too many digits. They had to update the software to get it processed.

@Ooma ran a rogue DHCP server in my network at 172.27.35.1 - why?