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If AI flops, they’re be left holding large pools of useful datacenter/compute capacity and “revert” to one of the most profitable businesses of all time.

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I just use my laptop as a powerbank these days. What I typically need to charge is a phone, with way smaller capacity than my macbook. So it works pretty well now that everything h…

Totally agree, SI units for the win! I was just trying to use “familiar” units. I could have led with 1 HP per square yard, and then you’d totally have license to call me out! And …

It’s a good question, but the reality is the energy required to power a car is far larger than what you can collect. The solar energy you can collect is about 750W/sq meter. A car …

I think they mean (sarcastically) that ICE is sucking up all the qualified candidates.

Disappointing. A better response from Atlassian (or the CEO if this really bothered them so much) would be to look at the criticism and try to understand why this sentiment is in t…

“There's no (state) school giving out tablets that aren't pretty much single-use locked down devices.” They try, but kids are smart and there are holes in the tools to lock things …

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In US, going to 128 GB from 32 is $1500 extra. However 32 GB is only offered with the 32 core version and 128 only with the 40 core version.

I noticed that the “Net Cash” figures look fishy, it seems like you’re not taking into account Marketable Securities (MS) in the calculation. These are essentially cash. See GOOG a…

As a PSA, the Google Workspace version of gmail doesn’t train on your data, if you like other gmail/workspace features. (Workspace TOS is now part of the Cloud TOS https://workspac…