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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Don't live in the US, but we're facing similar problems here in Norway. One main driver is that there's not being built enough new housing. It's a combination of building being too expensive, higher interest rates, etc.
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
We rented a couple of apartments for years, our longest tenant lived with us for 12 years. It should be mentioned that this was a rental out in rural nowhere, so no dramatic price hikes. The house was also paid off years before it became a
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
SpaceX: ~$2.5T value / ~$18.7B revenue ≈ 133× revenue
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
The thing that really sucks about Photobucket is that back in the mid 00s they were the king of free image hosting, and thus everyone used it. Now all the forum posts from back then are a graveyard of "This image is not currently unava
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Say you have a filament that's 1 µm in diameter, and 1 meter long. You want to fill up a 1m^3 (1m W x 1m H x 1m L) space with these, how many of these can you place in such a space? Over a trillion! And thus, the combined km length of
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
What's AI-native these days? I've noticed that seemingly every single tech company has re-branded themselves as "AI" company. Add a RAG system and you're now AI. Add a AI-chatbot, and you're now AI.
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Have you heard about the various startups that specialize in expert data labeling, like Mercor? They can pay $100-$200/hr for highly specialized work, who knows how much they charge their clients. Translated to an annual wage, that&#x2
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
As long as Chinese companies keep pushing on, so must US companies too. It would not surprise me at all if we suddenly start seeing top US AI companies lobby against Chinese models, or even the gov. making it illegal to use Chinese AI model
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
The only time I ever use the share function, is in apps - and I want to share something with a chat. Outside apps, never.
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Let me guess, they want it privatized? IIRC, Project 2025 argued that private companies provided more accurate weather forecasts, and thus one can just dismantle gov. agencies like NOAA and the market for such services will take care of its
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
The irony is that once AGI arrives, tools like cursor would be worthless. In fact, if AGI arrives, and it is possible to run such a model / models locally, the whole idea of commercial models would be a bit dead, yes?
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Tbh I don't know if we can use traditional DCF calculations for things like this. The main challenge is: If models get better, why would humans need a tool like cursor, when they have AI agents doing the coding for them?
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
I spend roughly 10% of my take-home pay on food. I spend 0.2% on AI. Exactly one subscription.
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Remove 20% of AI supply, and the world goes on like nothing happened. Remove 20% of food supply, and watch prices explode, global unrest, and famine take place.
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
I know it has become a meme by now, but IIRC the market for all foods (agriculture, processed food, etc.) on earth is around $10 trillion. So according to SpaceX, the market for AI is 2.5 larger than all the food sold on this planet. They&#
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Congrats to the founders, arguably the first true AI-wrapper billionaires? 0 to multigenerational wealth in 4 years is impressive. It is crazy how much more wealth per user that can be created in the AI-space, compared to other products.
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
A lot of high-performing nerds are by nature competitive, and really dial the "I'm always correct until proven wrong, and even then I might correct" personality trait up to 11. Some guys, like Gates, seemed to have extremel
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Depends on the work. I've worked places (military intel) where you leave work at work, simply because it is impossible to take work with you home. Some of the people I worked with said that was exactly why they chose that line of work
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
People have made "nerdiness" a premium because other nerds view it as passion. The rationale is that if you craft something out of passion, it will somehow be better than. I think it also comes down to the fact that many tech nerd
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Money happened. Wherever there's big money to be made, will also attract ambitious people hungry for money and power - it's that simple. Now that FAANG jobs aren't looking all that attractive, many such people have set their
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
I'm talking about the direct work output. As in your main income. Obviously many people can afford a mortgage, and maybe the house is worth much more in the future. Or stocks, or bonds, or other financial instruments. But the work you
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
I'm saying "stuck" in the sense that their earning potential is completely dependent on how many hours they put in, and how much their annual raise is. While many don't necessarily value pay as #1, it is important to p
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
I think the distinction the politician tried to make, was that you don't "earn" a billion dollars the same way the vast majority of people make their money. You become a billionaire by company ownership, not getting cold hard
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Space X is first and foremost being valued on their AI data centers.
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
I live in a country (Norway) which has been a early-adopter market for EVs. In 2014 Tesla cars were endemic, you could see them everywhere. I was a big believer in Tesla cars. But things obviously changed. We're still a lead market as
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
The stock, and subsequently the stock market, is so detached from reality. For the life of me, I can’t understand why investors will literally put a 100x premium on Musk, and the things he touches. I feel like I’m living in some alternative
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
Money and power corrupts, that’s what you need to know.
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The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs(today.rtl.lu)
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
I'm not yet dependent enough on any AI to shell out anything more than $15-$25/month. If I lose it, it will not be the end of the world. I'll probably start digging into local models. I suspect there are many like me. Far mor
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by TrackerFF 4mo ago
A problem with the arctic, is that infrastructure becomes a problem the longer north you go. Even in western countries like Norway, the power grid is simply too small to handle any data center in the northern-most counties. Not to mention t

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