Hacker News with Generative AI: Budget

Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole (theregister.com)
Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war

Space Force, Military, Budget, Technology, Space

4 points by rntn 23 hours ago | 0 comments

I used to shoot $500k pharma commercials. I made this for $500 in Veo 3 (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Video Production, Advertising, Budget, Technology, Social Media

10 points by enraged_camel 1 day ago | 1 comments

The US Treasury just shocked Americans with a $258B surplus (yahoo.com)
Budget deficits are something we’ve come to expect from Uncle Sam. After all, without years of overspending, the federal government wouldn’t be sitting on trillions of dollars in debt. But, the latest monthly Treasury statement delivered a rare — and welcome — surprise.

US Economy, Finance, Government Spending, Budget

7 points by harambae 2 days ago | 2 comments

White House budget seeks to end SLS, Orion, and Lunar Gateway programs (arstechnica.com)
The White House released a "skinny" version of its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 on Friday, including financial information for all federal agencies.

Space Exploration, Government Funding, NASA, Budget, Politics

33 points by decimalenough 18 days ago | 32 comments

NASA Proposal Would Shift Agency's Focus Away from Space Science (nytimes.com)
Under President Trump’s proposed budget, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would largely become the National Moon and Mars Administration, with an almost singular focus on getting astronauts to those two destinations.

Space Exploration, NASA, Politics, Budget

25 points by rntn 19 days ago | 5 comments

2026 budget proposal: Crippling cuts for science across the board (arstechnica.com)
On Friday, the US Office of Management and Budget sent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate's Appropriations Committee, an outline of what to expect from the Trump administration's 2026 budget proposal.

Science Funding, Government, Budget, Politics

17 points by FrustratedMonky 21 days ago | 1 comments

White House budget seeks to end SLS, Orion, and Lunar Gateway programs (arstechnica.com)
The White House released a "skinny" version of its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 on Friday, including financial information for all federal agencies.

Space Exploration, Government Funding, Budget, NASA

10 points by evgenyp 21 days ago | 3 comments

Sneak Preview of 2026 NASA Budget Is a Science-Killing Horror Show (gizmodo.com)
After weeks of uncertainty, it appears that the Trump administration is preparing to gut NASA, based on a preliminary budget that would see the space agency’s funding nearly halved.

NASA, Space Exploration, Politics, Budget, Science

11 points by rbanffy 41 days ago | 0 comments

Trump's draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research (cnn.com)

Politics, Climate Change, Budget, Science

16 points by breadwinner 42 days ago | 4 comments

DoD kills off HR IT project after 780% budget overrun, years of delays (theregister.com)
After blowing deadlines and budgets for years, the Pentagon has finally pulled the plug on a troubled project to overhaul its outdated civilian HR IT systems.

Government, Technology, IT, Project Management, Budget

15 points by LinuxBender 60 days ago | 4 comments

Building a personal, private AI computer on a budget (ewintr.nl)
As everyone is well aware, the world is still going nuts trying to develop more, newer and better AI tools. Mostly by throwing absurd amounts of money at the problem.

Artificial Intelligence, Personal Computing, Budget, DIY

384 points by marban 102 days ago | 230 comments

Building a personal, private AI computer on a budget (ewintr.nl)
As everyone is well aware, the world is still going nuts trying to develop more, newer and better AI tools. Mostly by throwing absurd amounts of money at the problem.

Artificial Intelligence, Personal Computing, Budget

10 points by todsacerdoti 103 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: I have $5k to spend on a local AI machine, what should I get? (ycombinator.com)
I would like to run local models as large and as fast as possible for around $5,000 USD. Is an Apple machine the best choice with their shared memory or is there a particular GPU that would be more cost effective? Thanks!

Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Personal Computing, Budget

17 points by siltcakes 115 days ago | 20 comments

Stretching Each Dollar: Diffusion Training from Scratch on a Micro-Budget (github.com/SonyResearch)
This repository provides a minimalistic implementation of our approach to training large-scale diffusion models from scratch on an extremely low budget.

Generative AI, Machine Learning, Budget, Resources, Software

3 points by tylergem 127 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2024 (ycombinator.com)
Someone asked this at the beginning of last year [0] and the year before [1] and I got a lot of great ideas from the comments.

Product Recommendations, Budget, Life Hacks

57 points by mooritzvc 135 days ago | 109 comments

Intel built best budget GPU for 1440p gaming (tomshardware.com)

Graphics Cards, Gaming, Hardware, Budget, Intel

55 points by akmittal 161 days ago | 18 comments

Unrealized Gain Tax–A Coming Sea Change in FY2025 Budget Proposal? (forbes.com)

Taxation, Finance, Budget, Politics, United States

13 points by tldrthelaw 268 days ago | 113 comments

Diffusion Training from Scratch on a Micro-Budget (arxiv.org)

Diffusion Models, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Budget

208 points by fzliu 298 days ago | 27 comments

NASA built a Moon rover but can't afford to get it to the launch pad (arstechnica.com)