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I've been on the Discord for a couple of years now, and poking around with submissions as well. Sean and the entire team deserve so much praise for all of this work. It's easy to j…

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I think your point on costs here is right. I was treating “computer software” as anything that consumers use: apps that provide a service for free in exchange for data, etc. Very i…

We can be respectful with this! The tweet is from Mark Henry who updates that chart often. It’s cited pretty often. There is a bit about the methodology here: https://www.aei.org/c…

> Cheaper software Software prices are down 73% since 2000: https://x.com/Mark_J_Perry/status/2015463505298878746 > Nearly unlimited cloud storage $9 / month for 2tb of cloud stora…

Found something. Not very exact data, but Virginia has the highest concentration of data centers per capita, but average electric bills: https://www.electricchoice.com/average-elec…

I don't see a widespread issue in keeping the lights on, outside of the Lake Tahoe fubar. Considering utility rates, I would happily pay more for utilities in the short term to hav…

Interesting, thanks!

Cheaper software – all of them Nearly unlimited cloud storage - AWS / Google / etc. Data centers are the Cloud Lower property taxes - data centers increase the property tax base, c…

Those are residents, not consumers across the US

True, for the average HN consumer But a new iPhone Pro is $154 cheaper than it was in 2020 when adjusted for inflation, and that is probably all the average consumer really cares a…

What would you estimate is the annual electricity spend for those living next to data centers and those who don’t?

How are they harming consumers? I would think that consumers would vastly benefit from cheaper software, nearly unlimited cloud storage, lower property taxes. Heck, the next genera…

Correct. It is also worth noting that the non-wealthy pay for higher education in two ways: first through tuition, and second through the taxes required to fund the very programs t…

The initial texts, yes. I think there is some legal wiggleroom with the follow-ups but I don't know if that's been tested in court

If the argument is that SF is high crime because of policy decisions, then the line drawing doesn’t matter

Put your same prompt into Bard and it didn't even hallucinate for me first, just telling me "I can't assist you with that, as I'm only a language model and don't have the capacity …

I was thinking about this last night. The new AI tools are like performance enhancing drugs in sports. Especially in bodybuilding, there was a really painful transition from the wo…

Really cool and interesting. I definitely think the market is there for this. I'm betting that your biggest hurdle will be post-purchase. If I remember correctly, Tony Fadell talks…

You’re doing some really great work through all of this

Nothing like Magnolia’s after midnight when you’re a high schooler and have nowhere else to go And they shut down the wrong Magnolia’s!

They spent $1.1 billion on the first round of the train, and in FY2021 it brought in $55,000 in gross fares. We won’t be able to spend our way to adoption at that rate. And people …

I live in Austin and know the author to boot. I haven't had the time to sit down and read this one yet, but knowing him I can pretty well guess his take. He is my pick for the best…

Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is a big bet on a company that just had their lunch eaten on another product by open source, no? Didn’t see much of Dall-E after Stable Diffusion …

Yes, but then there is the problem of getting out