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> And for stats nerds, the pricing model for Pi 5 follows this polynomial curve almost perfectly If you actually use the memory as the input instead of 1, 2, 3
by ayhanfuat 2y ago
> And for stats nerds, the pricing model for Pi 5 follows this polynomial curve almost perfectly
If you actually use the memory as the input instead of 1, 2, 3, 4 then a line would fit it perfectly (40 + 5x).
- WithinReason 2y agoThat was bothering me as well, the RAM simply costs $5 per GB. BTW, market price for LPDDR4 is around $0.66 per GB: https://www.elinfor.com/pricecenter/lpddr-c-23 https://www.elinfor.com/pricecenter/lpddr-c-23
- croemer 2y agoA great illustration of price discrimination at work: https://upfront.com/thoughts/all-customers-are-not-created-equal https://upfront.com/thoughts/all-customers-are-not-created-e...
- reitzensteinm 2y agoThose listings are measured in gigabits, not gigabytes. So it's $1.50-$5 per GB depending on size.
- WithinReason 2y agoI reversed the division :(
- croemer 2y ago“With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make it wiggle its trunk.” Impressive that he fitted against 1,2,3,4 and not the memory as input. That's a total blunder. I should probably stop reading the article at that point, being aware of the the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.