CryptoBanker's comments

On: Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks

[CryptoBanker]

The Redditors have arrived

On: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

[CryptoBanker]

In the two test launches shown in the video, the "missile" doesn't fly straight nor does it demonstrate ability to be "guided" by the launcher towards any particular target.

It's also incredibly slow. There are children's rocket kits that fly significantly faster than this.

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Yeah, neither article nor the video itself talks about "accuracy" AFAIK, which seems like a kind of important thing in this whole concept, otherwise it's just a "horizontal rocket launcher" which is cool I guess, but not so close to a MANPAD.

The video is also cut in a way so you cannot tell that the launch seems to have been a complete failure? The rocket is vertical at the last frame: https://i.imgur.com/e2Kld6I.png

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> Yeah, neither article nor the video itself talks about "accuracy" AFAIK, which seems like a kind of important thing in this whole concept, otherwise it's just a "horizontal rocket launcher" which is cool I guess, but not so close to a MANPAD.

Yeah, it seems to be trying to hew too closely to the conventions of existing missiles.

A way more practical home-made "MANPAD" would probably be more like these Ukrainian drone interceptors: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/10/what-are-the-ukrain.... 200 mph and 3 mile range is not bad, and definitely better than whatever the OP is.

[NoSalt → CryptoBanker]

Baby steps ... with a few more contributors, this could be turned into, say, a $500.00 missile that works quite effectively.

[Supermancho → NoSalt]

Watching the video I immediately thought of the SNL skit: https://youtu.be/FaOSCASqLsE?t=141

If I am understanding what I saw, for all the work on the canards, the propellant runs out immediately leaving it to tumble in air,

That being said, I agree that it's a prototype and all that entails. I agree that it can (and probably will be) improved upon.

[snowwrestler → CryptoBanker]

The engine and the warhead are two of the biggest challenges in making a missile, in large part because anything high performance is also going to be spectacularly dangerous to manufacture.

[beAbU → snowwrestler]

Guidance is by a huge margin more important. The best engine and warhead is meaningless without a means of hitting your target.

[CryptoBanker → beAbU]

I disagree. A missile without guidance is a rocket which definitely has its uses on the battlefield.

A missile without propulsion is at best a bomb which doesn't do much good without an aircraft to drop it from

[nine_k → CryptoBanker]

I frankly would care little about the speed; it can always be improved with a better propellant. I would care about a cheap ability to guide the rocket. If it's there, it may be consequential for a real (para)military application.

(A quadcopter is perfectly guidable, but it must be slower than a rocket, and costs more than $96.)

[giantg2 → nine_k]

Guidance systems have speed limitations. Just because it works when slow does not mean it will work if you upgrade propellant.

On: DOJ to Allow Hiring of US Prosecutors Straight Out of Law School

[CryptoBanker]

These kids won't be arguing before the Supreme Court though. They'll be taking the losses at the lower levels

[alephnerd → CryptoBanker]

Not really - most USAO cases are settled. Also, most of the vacancies are for federal prosecutor roles.

On: Big data on the cheapest MacBook

[CryptoBanker]

> That c8i.4xlarge would cost you $246/mo at current spot pricing of $0.3425/hr, which is, what, 20% of the cost of that M1 Max MBP?

A 5 month ROI on a hardware investment would be excellent, so not sure what you're trying to say here?

[meatmanek → CryptoBanker]

5 months is a lot worse than 1 month, which is what the parent claimed.

On: MacBook Neo

[CryptoBanker]

They tricked you. $40/month over two years is still $960 - definitely still luxury.

[butILoveLife → CryptoBanker]

You are living in pre-inflation mindset.

The US per capita GDP is 90k now. This means its 5% per year. Not really a luxury when people spend all day on their phones. Heck, you'd call walmart groceries a luxury because they are more expensive. Both are needed in 2026.

On: GPT‑5.3 Instant

[CryptoBanker]

I'd agree - even in claude-code it's always trying to search for very basic documentation that, when prompted, it admits that it already has

On: Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model

[CryptoBanker]

> When I watch a movie, I don't care about the artist's life. I care about character life, that's very different.

I’m fairly certain the original comment was referring to instances where the artist is the character/primary subject.

On: If AI makes human labor obsolete, who decides who gets to eat?

[CryptoBanker]

The poor will realize that they can eat the rich

[haunter → CryptoBanker]

How do you eat a datacenter?

[RankingMember → haunter]

I think that monkey-wrenching at a critical level would do it.

[GeoAtreides → haunter]

seasoned with molotov cocktails

[butterbomb → GeoAtreides]

Unfortunately your attack plan was discovered when an AI system connected to speaker outside flagged a private conversation you were having as a domestic terroist risk and a swarm of Amazon Secuirty (tm) drones have to been dispatched to paint the concrete with your brain before you even get to the data center.

On: Hetzner Prices increase 30-40%

[CryptoBanker]

Also Contabo

On: Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use

[CryptoBanker]

Cursor also significantly upcharges compared to API pricing. Last I checked they were charging ~3X API prices for Anthropic models