Of course the U.S and allies like Canada/Australia have all the critical minerals needed. But the U.S. does not have the ecosystem to mine and process it. The author suggests critical R&D but the administration is also waging war on the top universities (Harvard & co.), and generally looking down on what's coming from them. A good researcher is going to have a pact with the devil to agree to this, unless the administration throws money and brute force at the problem.
Readit Newsmtw commented on U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs, according to new analysis minesnewsroom.com/news/us... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
mtw commented on Running Qwen3 on your macbook, using MLX, to vibe code for free localforge.dev/blog/runni... · Posted by u/avetiszakharyan
I'm using Qwen3-30B-A3B locally and it's very impressive. Feels like the GPT-4 killer we were waiting for for two years. I'm getting 70 tok/s on an M3 Max, which is pushing it into the "very usable" quadrant.
What was even more impressive is the 0.6B model which made the sub 1B actually useful for non-trivial tasks.
Overall very impressed. I am evaluating how it can integrate with my current setup and will probably report somewhere about that.
how much RAM do you have? I want to compare with my local setup (M4 Pro)
mtw commented on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell · Posted by u/cvbox
I make between $3k to $6k from putting a log cabin on Airbnb. This started during period of boredom during the pandemic. I operate remotely with smart home devices and with a local cleaning team/handyman.
I had a project to completely automate this with an AI agent but Airbnb doesn't offer a publicly available API.
$3k seems high but the costs add up and the time as well (details here https://studiozenkai.com/post/airbnb-the-good-the-bad-the-pr... ). I always have a bit of profit at the end of year and the mortgage costs are entirely paid so no complaints here
If I ever get fed up from tech projects, I can see myself getting a bigger vacation property and making this my own version of Barista FIRE
mtw commented on Nvidia H200 Tensor Core GPU nvidia.com/en-gb/data-cen... · Posted by u/treesciencebot
I had a shock when I looked up prices for H100 gpus, wanting to use one just for personal experimentation and for an upcoming hackathon. How much this one costs? $300,000?
mtw commented on Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years thepointsguy.com/news/air... · Posted by u/lxm
AirBnB has a super core problem: hosts are in short supply. This leads the entire service to see guests as a secondary concern. This leads to a pretty obvious problem: opaque pricing, poor customer service (never trust me, check trustpilot), and probably a serious problem for AirBnB: a resurgence of the vertically integrated hotel chain.
Airbnb doesn’t have a hosts supply issue. Actually in the past 3 years, hosts growth outpace guests growth
The issue is Airbnb attracted recently a lot of get-rich-quick types, similar to what see for Amazon sellers or crypto bros. We are far from the savvy host who want to share travel experiences and give you a unique experience
Where I am, there are frequent power cuts or Internet is down because of a storm. We do have a generator so we can keep on living. I hate the fact tho that I'm not able to pay for content I paid for : movies, fitness classes, music etc.
So looking to build a media server full of content, via legal means or piracy!
Another motivation is while I'm ok paying now, what about in 20 or 30 years time? Maybe there will be a time where I want to discard my credit card, but still want to be able to enjoy movies. I would have paid then thousands of dollars to streaming services. A media server with my favorite content sounds like a better bet.
The US exports $25B worth of soybeans per year, which is one of the most water intensive crop. Should these exports be banned? same for almonds, cotton, rice etc.
Airbnb Support is the worst. They speak and write very well, and make you feel they listen to you and will do their best to solve your issue. In most cases though, they will come back to you with a negative answer and will leave you in the worst of situations. You can check the reddit sub /airbnb or on Twitter.
Having 0 support like Google would be much better than being promised help will come, then having various customer agents taking over your case from scratch and then after exhaustion, being told you won't be refunded or no action will be taken
mtw commented on The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal medium.com/the-portuguese... · Posted by u/nateb2022
This is not just Portugal. I see similar sentiment in Canada where young professionals in Vancouver or Toronto complain they can't buy their first home and Vancouver has been "sold out" to foreigners. Similar sentiment in Australian major cities as well.
mtw commented on Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wondering what to do about it · Posted by u/throw1138
Review the take-home assignment. Is it really relevant to the job ?
And if you really have to have it, is it specific and interesting? For example don’t ask to use a JavaScript library if the job post specifically asked for talent in rust.