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    Comment #45575585

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    Comment #45575584

    My point is that for these purposes, users are not fungible. You can't just divide the cost-revenue equation by the amount of users N on both sides. > No it's not. If you add a pil…

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    Comment #45558356

    You can't average out the userbase like that because the individual usage of the service varies wildly, and advertising revenue is directly tied to amount of usage. Especially beca…

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    Comment #45554205

    > does work for Google and Meta I will point out that this is contentious, both of these companies are subject to regulatory investigations around their monopolistic practices & th…

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    Comment #45553275

    > even today, ignoring the reality of untapped revenue streams like ChatGPT's 800M advertising eyeballs. Respectfully, the idea of sticking ads in LLMs is just copium. It's never g…

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    Comment #45552632

    Previously (or if you simply don't use var), a lot of java code takes the form of BeanFactoryBuilder builder = new BeanFactoryBuilder(...); This is just straight up a duplicate. Wi…

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    Comment #45552538

    > Looking at where America is right now. It seems to make a downfall. It's been happening for years now. 'America', the idea, died the moment the 2nd plane hit the towers. People s…

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    Comment #45522796

    Part of what's concerning here is that the deals are conditional . OpenAI must meet XYZ conditions before cash/stock/etc is transferred, and the conditions are pretty hard to meet.…

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    Comment #45516654

    It seemed quite the opposite. That you knew exactly what you were saying, but using weasel words to imply ICE was acting above board without stating any falsehoods that might be ch…

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    Comment #45508711

    > as a general rule To rudely open a dictionary: "As a general rule" - phrase of general - in most cases. Agents of the state are supposed to be acting within the law IN ALL CASES …

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    Comment #45494930

    > I find it funny how people say GPT-5 "bombed". I used scare quotes for a reason. It didn't "bomb" in the sense of failing [insert metric], it bombed in the sense that OpenAI need…

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    Comment #45492963

    > And the trick appears to be working since the stock is up 30% today, meaning it has paid for itself and then some. It's a bubble. The tricks keep working until they suddenly don'…

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    Comment #45491644

    Percentage math doesn't quite work that way. (130% * 90% for gaining 30% and then giving away 10% of that, is 117% not 120%) But yes. That's the intent . The "problem" is that Open…

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    Comment #45491514

    > I also don't get why there commiting so much to the future, are they sure of the quality of the products and their demand that much? It's one big game of musical chairs, and ever…

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    Comment #45491442

    AMD issues new shares and gets a penny (read: effectively zero) back for them. ALL ELSE BEING EQUAL this means everyone holding AMD has 10% of their equity/value taken away and han…

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    Comment #45475024

    It is folly to take these statements at their words. Bezos is just saying shit to generate hype. All these executives are just saying shit . There is no plan. You must treat these …

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    Comment #45473157

    Given they're referencing Icarus, they seem to agree with you. Past bubbles leaving behind something of value is indeed no guarantee the current bubble will do so. For as many time…

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    Comment #45451683

    > Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time-a! That is the implication. The point of the first fine isn't to actually hurt Meta. It's to signal that there will be consequenc…

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    Comment #45451361

    An important matter in this particular case: It's about elections as well. You can opt to not use facebook yourself to protect your own data, that is more or less fine. (Though we …

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    Comment #45443371

    > a year or two ago 3 years ago. September 2022. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/23/economy/powell-fed-labor-... When unemployment rates were back down to the pre-covid 2020 levels…

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    Comment #45426919

    > I.e., understanding a code base, the algorithms, etc.? The big problem is that LLMs do not *understand* the code you tell them to "explain". They just take probabilistic guesses …