we spend $10k on individual servers all the time, among other things. to some people, and most businesses, $10k is not a lot of money. especially for a capita

we spend $10k on individual servers all the time, among other things. to some people, and most businesses, $10k is not a lot of money. especially for a capital good that can be purchased or leased without spending $10k of cash. for example, i can imagine upgrading an editing bay or scientific workstation for $10k is kind of a no-brainer. to put this into terms that people on HN can understand: $10k buys you about 6 months of cc2.8xlarge on ec2 on-demand.