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by mbesto 2y ago
I like the pricing - I think its interesting. But I think the author should just give the option to do one or the other. Unlimited at $10/month or per task.
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by mbesto 2y ago
> Using Tailscale introduces a dependency on Tailscale’s security. Using WireGuard directly does not. It is important to note that a device’s private key never leaves the device and thus Tailscale cannot decrypt network traffic. Our clie
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by mbesto 2y ago
The data sent from one node to another doesn't pass through TS's infra. I basically just see Tailscale as an auth paradigm for managing wireguard keys.
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by mbesto 2y ago
4 bedroom house in Austin, TX. A hot summer is around 100 kWh and my Rivian battery is 135 kWh. Which means I can roughly get a one full summer day out of my car's battery (assuming I still need to drive the car and usually leave it at
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by mbesto 2y ago
(1) That's what the original author is saying. Their valuation is possibly incorrect. (2) On the other hand, Cursor's value is essentially gluing the two things together. If your data is already in the castle (e.g. my codebase and
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by mbesto 2y ago
Every piece of the chassis, sure. AMD CPUs, GPUs, and pretty much anything else that uses silicon are not sourced and manufactured in the US.
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by mbesto 2y ago
It still illustrates the point since the numbers are just fractions. You're just being pedantic.
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by mbesto 2y ago
When 5G first rolled out this was absolutely not the case. Not only was it not 1ms, it was like full 1000's of ms to the point where I actively turned off 5G on my iPhone because it was so bad. I can only speculate 5G was so saturated
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by mbesto 2y ago
> Young people accomplished major feats of achievement, and continue to do so. Young people and major feats of achievement are not mutually exclusive things.
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by mbesto 2y ago
Waymo has conditionals (type of car, what roads it will drive on, range, etc) on how and where it can operate, FSD's conditionals are much less stringent. I'm still waiting for Waymo to safely drive in the snow.
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by mbesto 2y ago
> the data is pretty clear how many people use FSD without issues. Serious question - what data? And who is supplying that? Tesla? And what is the emotional human equivalent for the level of confidence that we should assume is "safe
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by mbesto 2y ago
Except young people are utilized because they are cheap, not because they are quick or effective. This is not what is being touted (by Musk) here. Source - spent more than half my career as a consultant.
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by mbesto 2y ago
I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with how the Tax Foundation operates but their source of data is directly from the IRS website: https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FedData... (see t
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by mbesto 2y ago
> I just wanted to mention it as something people have been grouping into this and complaining about. For sure. Fair point. > they could very well have gone through the regular process My understanding is that the "regular proces
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by mbesto 2y ago
> They did have the appropriate security clearance to access the records. That EO says: The White House Counsel to provide the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel Where do you s
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by mbesto 2y ago
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030
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by mbesto 2y ago
That's impressive! Now how does that experience translate into financial accounting systems? A SAP FICO consultant in Moldova is better qualified than these young men.
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by mbesto 2y ago
> What is the impact of that relative to the other products and commerce you participate in? The impact is exactly what is pointed out in the article - someone in the local police department could use it against me. > Do you call your
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by mbesto 2y ago
> basically reacting to negative branding. I am not. Palantir not only brands themselves as providing data analysis for governments but they also actually sell those tools too.
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by mbesto 2y ago
> Palantir provides tools for data analysis and operations. Potato potato. Palantir explicitly provides tools for data analysis and operations for government and enforcement agencies. Postgres is a database used for virtually anything
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by mbesto 2y ago
I wrote a blog article (now defunct) years ago about this, which I called "The cyclical nature of shiny new hammers". This was the basic premise. If the workforce is a bunch of carpenters and productivity apps are hammers, there w
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by mbesto 2y ago
If that's the case, then nearly every software company should be counting the cost of Linus Torvalds development.
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by mbesto 2y ago
True. This is what I used to do, but every country does this their SIM setup slightly different: 1. Do I need to show a passport yes/no? 2. Who sells the sim? Do I need to sit in a queue to purchase one? How do I top up? 3. Who is the
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by mbesto 2y ago
This. Also, mudi can do everything from act as a WAN, input to a LAN and repeat, connect to a wifi and repeat, and use a SIM for its WAN. Phone hotspot only allows you to take the cell connection and repeat it to other devices via Wifi. It
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by mbesto 2y ago
Yes! I had to flash it with beta firmware since the eSim Manager disappears using Airalo. https://dl.gl-inet.com/release/router/testing/e750/4.3.21 Fixed the problem that esim manage page is lost af
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by mbesto 2y ago
Tangentially related - I recently got the holy grail of eSIM travel router setup: - GLiNet Mudi v2: https://store.gl-inet.com/products/mudi-v2-portable-4g-lte-r... - EIOT Physical eSim https://store.gl-inet.
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by mbesto 2y ago
As a former founder (formerly living in London) trying to raise VC funding in London this is exactly what my experience. I once did a pitch contest and they required we put together a business plan with financials. You want me to...what? Wh
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by mbesto 2y ago
> Free speech is grounded in the idea that people are capable of reasoning and forming their own opinions. If we truly trust in that, the source of the influence - foreign or domestic - shouldn’t matter. Sure, but then why is electioneer
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by mbesto 2y ago
> aren't we really saying voters are not individual agents but rather a mob subject to manipulation by propaganda? If you want to view it that way, sure. But I could also just say you and I are both sacks of blood filled flesh. >
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by mbesto 2y ago
It's subtle but super effective - they can sow discord. Just look at palestine vs israel as an example of what a major explicit influence looked like.

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