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Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by codazoda »

piyh wrote: post #122
codazoda wrote: post #114

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Same. I hit limits after 45 minutes. I'm on a measly Pro plan. I'm usually building small, open source projects, often from scratch. I only work on these projects in a 2-hour window in the morning. This is my "free time" development. I hope this change helps, because I was days away from switching back to Codex, though I like Claude Code a bit better these days. I also hope that the fact I had OpenClaw in my sandbox…

Are you using haiku for most tasks? I'm in the Google ecosystem so I'm curious how it is on the other side.

Nope, I use Opus 4.7, mostly. Sometimes Sonnet 4.6 if I’m trying to use less tokens.

Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by aurareturn »

trollbridge wrote: post #163
aurareturn wrote: post #137

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No, I didn't say that. My point is that Anthropic cares a lot about "democracy" but will buy compute from a data center mostly funded by non-democratic nations.

Who do you think is the sources of funding for Anthropic's lead investors?

Your tone suggests I'm unaware of the fact that Middle East money heavily invests in American AI companies and data centers.

Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by HarHarVeryFunny »

everfrustrated wrote: post #147
HarHarVeryFunny wrote: post #124

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> SpaceX is extremely uniquely positioned to crush the rest of the world combined in order to orbital data centers Sure, as long as your data center is 3x4m - size of a Starlink satellite (think Spinal Tap Stone Henge) . Anything bigger than that (i.e. actual data center sized) is going to require some assembly. I've heard TeslaBot is good at folding shirts, and serving drinks (at least while teleoperated) - perhaps…

Orbital DCs is blocked on starship because they _arent_ doing starlink sized satellites.

You're not going to fit a data center in a Starship either, unless you are talking a Tiny Corp Exabox "data center in a shipping container" sized one. Even something that small (1MW) would still need 4x the solar capacity of the ISS, and therefore likely some assembly required. Then you've got latency from satellite to satellite ...

In any case, it appears that Musk can't even generate enough AI demand to utilize his own ground based data center. Maybe he can add "data centers in space" to part of his Mars colonization plan. Maybe have Tesla Bots driving around in Cybertrucks too ?

Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by Geee »

hellohello2 wrote: post #153
Rover222 wrote: post #83

Reading the comments here again surprises me how in an anti-Elon bubble most folks are. They are renting out spare Colossus 1 capacity. Colossus 2 is still coming online. Orbital data centers are really the plan in the next few years. XAi is still behind, but not a disaster considering how late they entered (and Elon’s unfortunate fixation on anime characters). SpaceX is extremely uniquely positioned to crush the res…

I struggle to understand how orbital data centers can make sense. Is it mainly for continuous solar energy? Surely this can't be enough to offset the costs of launching?

See the recent Dwarkesh interview with Elon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYXbuik3dgA

Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by namnnumbr »

Rover222 wrote: post #83

Reading the comments here again surprises me how in an anti-Elon bubble most folks are. They are renting out spare Colossus 1 capacity. Colossus 2 is still coming online. Orbital data centers are really the plan in the next few years. XAi is still behind, but not a disaster considering how late they entered (and Elon’s unfortunate fixation on anime characters). SpaceX is extremely uniquely positioned to crush the res…

AFAIK "orbital data centers" are a bunch of nonsense.

1. GPUs create heat. There's no efficient way to get rid of the heat in space (vacuum is an insulator). 2. Die-shrink makes modern processors and memory more and more susceptible to radiation; shielding is possible, but adds cost + mass (which adds cost)

Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by giwook »

floatrock wrote: post #168
brokencode wrote: post #44

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Pretty smart for SpaceX though. They’re turning an asset they made for a money-pit (Grok) into probably a major source of revenue ahead of their IPO.

We all remember 2 weeks ago when SpaceX bought $10B of Cursor services. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47855293 Since Cursor often relies on Claude models, some of those services will flow back to their own datacenter compute. Especially if there's, lets call it, "customer demand loadbalancing optimization agreements" that makes those Cursor services prioritize Claude models using the app keys that get load-bal…

I don't think it's the conspiracy theory that you're making it out to be.

It is publicly known that the vast majority of deals in the AI space are circular in nature without the need for explicitly encoding any of it in a legal contract or even tacit agreements.

e.g. Nvidia has invested significantly in many AI companies including both Anthropic and OpenAI which rely heavily on Nvidia's hardware and will undoubtedly use some of said investment towards that end.

Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by giwook »

23rf wrote: post #121
brokencode wrote: post #44

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Pretty smart for SpaceX though. They’re turning an asset they made for a money-pit (Grok) into probably a major source of revenue ahead of their IPO.

Its not even that. Its better to be involved in the game with a leader/help out a competitor who is competing against someone you don't like and don't want them to win, than to sit it out.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by polski-g »

causal wrote: post #148
0xbadcafebee wrote: post #77

Colossus 1 datacenter is the one using illegal power, is poisoning the air for poor communities near Memphis, and is potentially poisoning the water. It's likely the additional demand on the grid will cause massive blackouts during extreme weather events, putting residents at further risk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_(supercomputer)#Envir... So you can put Anthropic on your list of companies that like to t…

So I was just Googling this, and apparently most datacenters don't pay any state tax on revenue generated by said datacenter? Huge loophole if true, no wonder capital investment in datacenters is so high. [0] [0] https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/regulations/how-are-data...

I like how you said "googling this", but then didn't actually read the article you linked.

Re: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX

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Post by floatrock »

giwook wrote: post #176
floatrock wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We all remember 2 weeks ago when SpaceX bought $10B of Cursor services. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47855293 Since Cursor often relies on Claude models, some of those services will flow back to their own datacenter compute. Especially if there's, lets call it, "customer demand loadbalancing optimization agreements" that makes those Cursor services prioritize Claude models using the app keys that get load-bal…

I don't think it's the conspiracy theory that you're making it out to be. It is publicly known that the vast majority of deals in the AI space are circular in nature without the need for explicitly encoding any of it in a legal contract or even tacit agreements. e.g. Nvidia has invested significantly in many AI companies including both Anthropic and OpenAI which rely heavily on Nvidia's hardware and will undoubtedly…

Nvidia and Oracle are already public companies, they're just aiming for their next quarterly statements.

SpaceX is getting dressed for their debutante ball and is putting on the makeup to make a grand entrance on the auction floor.

Is there a difference? I legitimately have no idea. You are right that we can add another entry to the list of interconnected circular dealmakings. All this ain't gonna end well next time the music stops playing.

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