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I'm reminded of the 1983 deal to corner the market on Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice.

• y1n0 10mo ago
  Sell! Sell! Get back in there and sell!
• sgroppino 10mo ago
  I remember it didn’t work out well for Randolph and Mortimer. Sam may pull it out, though, if he just sells the DRAM now while the market is still hot.
  • esafak 10mo ago
    "Mortimer ... we're back!"
• UncleOxidant 10mo ago
  Or the Hunt brothers and silver which was just a few years before that. How'd that turn out? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday#:~:text=On%20January%207%2C%201980%2C%20in,causing%20panic%20in%20the%20markets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday#:~:text=On%20J...
• hodgehog11 10mo ago
  That's a great comparison. The consequences are pretty universal too. History implies this won't end well for OpenAI.