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ravst3s

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    Comment #49188222

    Solar is dirt cheap in China, where 85% of panels are produced. The problem is they're made in China and face tariffs/import bans in the US/Europe. Nat gas is preferred for AI DCs …

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    Comment #47257624

    That same virtuous cycle works for their data center segment Every GW of Blackwell generates more revenue than the entire gaming business does in 1 year.

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    Comment #39913815

    you identified it - Windows & Office. These two products dominate every non-technical industry. I think MSFT makes mediocre software. But as long as those two gravy trains exist, t…

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    Comment #39913184

    All Intel did was just report a new operating structure and re-allocate revenue and costs to that segment. So essentially expenses that went into manufacturing before are now just …

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    Comment #39913104

    it's all internal revenue. IFS is charging Intel Products for making chips. 2023 was a down year bc of weaker cloud & IT demand. Outside of NVDA, semiconductor companies had a poor…

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    Comment #38471014

    I doubt it will backfire on them at all. No one cares about who is spending money on Twitter. Moreover, Twitter is an irrelevant advertising platform and also an atrocious one as w…

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    Comment #38470914

    https://www.axios.com/2023/10/26/x-twitter-usage-statistics-... "By the numbers: Engagement metrics are down across the board. App downloads fell roughly 38% globally between Octob…

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    Comment #38467329

    How has Nvidia stifled anything? Nothing besides $ prevented their competitors from developing their own GPUs and software stack comparable to CUDA.

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    Comment #38377700

    Doomers always make AI sound incredibly primitive as it goes on the human extinction rampage.

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    Comment #38376269

    Each time the Chinese market rallies, it's another opportunity to sell. Investing in China was already a thorny issue, you cannot trust the government at all as a foreign investor …

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    Comment #38376175

    The had some equity after 2019. Thrive was about to buy employee shares at a $86 bn valuation. The Information said that those units had 12x since 2021. https://www.theinformation.…

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    Comment #38376103

    Agree that it's a facade. Iirc, the NP structure was implemented to attract top AI talent from FAANG. Then they needed investors to fund the infrastructure and hence gave the emplo…

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    Comment #38375921

    Looking back, Altman's ace in hand was the tender offer from Thrive. Idk anyone at OpenAI, but all the early senior personnel backed him with vehemence. If the leaders hand't champ…

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    Comment #36321182

    I don’t believe him when he says he uses Bing Chat. Bing chat sucks now. All it does is generate SERPs instead of encapsulating information.

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    Comment #36254362

    Of course the options for Meta are limited on what they could do with that cash. M&A is a non-starter, and there isn't much more they could do in FB/IG/WA. Meta already does share …

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    Comment #36253446

    >You literally cannot make good decisions when you have to base everything around what will make the most profit for the shareholders this quarter Ironically, Google doesn't care a…

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    Comment #36253378

    That's decent for single games, but overall those are low figures. These companies are aiming to have installed bases in the hundreds of millions if not billions. Active gaming wil…

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    Comment #36253315

    Reality Labs is going to burn at least $16 bn in '23 and '24. Meta can't really spend much more money on this business. I think investors will mandate clarity on how the spending i…

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    Comment #36253208

    Sure, some people do, but the majority of people are not looking to exercise while gaming. It's a niche use case. The Wii lost its novelty pretty quickly. If you're gaming for 3-4 …

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    Comment #36253002

    Although these devices will be compared to each other ceaselessly, I think they're targeting two distinct markets. Apple believes that Vision Pro is the future of personal computin…