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Re:DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017 on Saturday October 17, 2026 @09:46AM (#50131156)
Have you ever wondered why Manus founders gave up billions of dollars from Meta and “voluntarily” moved back to Beijing? One country does things out in the open, while the other operates in the shadows. The latter worries me more.
You will be fine. China will have this capability soon.
Just a few days ago, NASA unveiled its plan to establish a permanent base on the Moon: https://www.nasa.gov/ignition/

NASA finally got a leader with a clear vision, and with technologies like Starship and Blue Origin's New Glenn getting ready, the future is bright!

ISS is no longer the frontier, and I am glad NASA is focusing its resources on the future.

According to https://robotaxitracker.com/ there are 7 unsupervised robotaxi in Austin right now.
Re:Germany to ban Huawei from future 6G network on Friday November 14, 2025 @10:43PM (#45934879)
Not just for business. All foreigners in China must register their stay with the local police. Large hotels handle the registration automatically through their electronic reporting systems. However, if you’re staying at a friend’s home or another private residence, you need to go to the local police station and register in person.
Re:Are Touchscreens in Cars Dangerous? on Saturday September 20, 2025 @01:48PM (#45315532)
Traditional buttons and knobs are not the solution. Voice control with local LLM will be the future.
Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:28PM (#42069707)
Imagine if a round-trip flight from the US to Europe didn’t cost $500, but only $5, unbelievable, right? This is exactly what Starship will do to space travel. Many things we see in sci-fi, like lunar and Martian cities or orbital cruise ships, could soon become reality.

Personally, I can’t wait to see a massive, kilometer-wide telescope in space or nestled in a crater on the Moon. We might finally figure out dark matter, dark energy, anti-gravity.

Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:09PM (#42069430)
Yes it's open to everyone. South Padre Island would be your best bet.
Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:41PM (#42068108)
From Wiki [1]: SpaceX spent its own capital to develop and fly its previous launcher, Falcon 1, with no pre-arranged sales of launch services. SpaceX developed Falcon 9 with private capital as well, but did have pre-arranged commitments by NASA to purchase several operational flights once specific capabilities were demonstrated.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9

Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:36PM (#42068027)
Many YC founders did the same thing. They worked on their own startups with no salary under a student visa, and applied for H1B/O1 visas once they got funding. Is this illegal?
Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:31PM (#42067939)
SpaceX did get government contracts, but not subsidies, and saved NASA and US Taxpayers lots of money.
Not just Elon Musk, there are so many talented Engineers at SpaceX, and they are doing the hard work day in and day out.
In the space industry, the US is so much ahead of everyone else. SpaceX is the long pole in the tent, but there are many other startups doing cool stuff.
Re:Temu's semi-managed model could change everything on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:15PM (#40508072)
On top of that, Temu doesn't pay import tariffs. https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241357550/import-tariff-loop...
"Reuters couldn't determine for every lien whether outstanding bills were owed by SpaceX or by one of its contractors who commissioned work or materials on its behalf."
Just think what kind of big telescopes we can send to space once Starships are launched regularly in a few years!
Re:Hertz is selling 20k EVs and replacing them with gas cars on Thursday January 11, 2024 @05:30PM (#38960334)
At the moment only 636 Teslas for sale. https://www.hertzcarsales.com/used-tesla.htm
Elon Musk said in his Twitter Space interview right after Starship test launch that SpaceX doesn't need to raise money for a while, other than letting employees cashing out some shares twice a year.

Show HN: I built a bookmark to fix Amazon search

As a heavy Amazon buyer, very often I am frustrated by Amazon search results.For instance, with so many fake reviews on Amazon, I seldom care about items with no or only a few reviews. Hide them plz.Also, pretty often Amazon shows me stuff whose names don't even match my search, come on!Why Amazon doesn't allow me to set how many items per page? I don't wanna go through pages of stuff :(Price...

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Re:Tesla is outrunning the supply chain crunch on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:39PM (#28948090)
Do you know any mass produced car that has built in LIDAR?
not yet, but will be once SpaceX starts to mass launch their next-gen satellites that communicate with each other with laser.
Re:Show HN: A bookmarklet for reading/sharing News on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:50PM (#28768985)
Got ya. Right now it's html + js, a little easier to maintain. Pure js is definitely an option.
Re:Show HN: A bookmarklet for reading/sharing News on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:48PM (#28768975)
I've updated the code to make the modal shorter. The js code is cached so you won't see the change right away.

All the links should open a new tab. Which one did not?

Thank you for the feedbacks!

Re:Show HN: A bookmarklet for reading/sharing News on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:36PM (#28739885)
Thanks! I will make it shorter for the moment.
Re:Show HN: A bookmarklet for reading/sharing News on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:34PM (#28739872)
Yes you are right, this can be done in client side javascript, but the downside is that it can't be updated. I do plan to add more tools down the road.

Show HN: A bookmarklet for reading/sharing News

I made a simple bookmarklet to make reading/sharing news easier.Everything is just 2 clicks away: 1. find archive.today or archive.org links 2. post to HN, Reddit or Twitter 3. find the current page on HN, Reddit or TwitterJust go to newsyup.com. It's a bookmark, so no extension, no installation, no registration.

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> Technically the companies are allowed to operate in China

So you are saying they are not blocked by the GFW?

Re:China lands rover on Mars on Friday May 14, 2021 @11:30PM (#27162076)
Meanwhile, Congress is trying to slow down SpaceX https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/congress-fires-warni...

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