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by newyankee 11mo ago
Fair, but the 75% margins can be reduced to 25% with healthy competition. The lack of competition in the frontier chips space was always the bottleneck to commoditization of computation, if such a thing is even possible
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by newyankee 11mo ago
Sometimes I wonder who the rational individuals at the other end of these deals are and what makes them so confident. I always assume they have something that general public cannot deduce from public statements
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by newyankee 1y ago
May be in an AGI world, basic housing might actually be a part of UBI with some strict conditions, though not sure who will take the first step.
94.
by newyankee 1y ago
Have most Western countries mostly given up on supply side policies for housing price stablisation as an option ? Odd given how much construction tech has improved.
95.
by newyankee 1y ago
Just like the example of US healthcare yesterday where someone successfully negotiated cash rate of 194k to 33k I do not think it will be scaleable as hospitals will push back with new regulations or rules.
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by newyankee 1y ago
also because it is modular which really works for the Global south, it can be taken to demand centers and demand adjusted to the supply to a small extent (e.g. irrigation pumps)
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by newyankee 1y ago
It is even funnier when this argument comes from Canadians, Australians and some New Zealanders as these are some of the more open and shut cases while other countries can be argued to be on some spectrum of foreign vs native depending on t
98.
by newyankee 1y ago
I mean you scratch a lot of commentators on colonialism anywhere in the West and deep enough you will find an apologist. While there might be structural issues in Haiti, a colonial apologist starts with simplified one sided history -> Th
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by newyankee 1y ago
Essentially countries that were developed prior to 1990 or so , although South Korea is a tricky case today going by this definition, as are Taiwan, Hongkong and Singapore
100.
by newyankee 1y ago
If one keeps going down the rabbit hole, one might infer that the way our cities are designed is entirely wrong but probably with 60-70 year of invested capital difficult to change fast enough
101.
by newyankee 1y ago
Haha, it reminded me 20+ years back when I was a kid travelling by train in India where the ticket dispenser did not give me 8 Rs back on a 152 Rs ticket when I paid 160, sounds small but is a big deal for poor. Tangential but that is one t
102.
by newyankee 1y ago
probably everyone realises this and wants to make away with as much as they can before the ultimate rugpull
103.
by newyankee 1y ago
At least one is known from the country you mention, but this sub has been taken over since 2012. You can test out by doing a double blind like study with 5/5 different news or comments
104.
by newyankee 1y ago
May be progress is as simple as making energy very cheap, ensuring a diverse manufacturing capability with most efficient methods while making sure 1 or 2 inputs do not bottleneck you. Larger and bigger powers can control different parts of
105.
by newyankee 1y ago
No, the biggest one is r/india as it is the subreddit for the largest country in the world with moderators being from an adversarial country and any positive news about the country always being removed while constant critiques and hate
106.
by newyankee 1y ago
Doctors and medical professionals are somehow immune from allegations of gatekeeping when in fact that is what they do all the time under the guise of different noble reasons
107.
by newyankee 1y ago
The funny thing though is that on balance I believe that since the launch of GPT to the public almost 3 years back, I feel GPT has delivered more than it has disappointed. I still feel that we should run into limitations soon and may be GPT
108.
by newyankee 1y ago
Issue is more like 'the cure for high prices is high prices' does not seem to work in healthcare
109.
by newyankee 1y ago
the funny thing is all Indian IT service cos are 30% down from their highs and based on unofficial and official data have laid off a lot of people , again on fears from AI based automation
110.
by newyankee 1y ago
Especially from Global South who somehow do not even find a footnote in a lot of research
111.
by newyankee 1y ago
Self driving cars in 2025 in USA is like Solar PV in China in 2010, it will take a while, but give them time to learn, adapt and expand.
112.
by newyankee 1y ago
This is exactly the tradeoff that works in healthcare of poor countries, mostly because the alternative is no healthcare
113.
by newyankee 1y ago
Honestly, once a traffic island city (like Singapore) or some other small nation state adopts self driving only within its limits and shows that it is much easier when all are self driving I think the opposition to the change will slowly re
114.
by newyankee 1y ago
But this indicates lack of incentives to reduce healthcare costs by optimisation. If AI can do something well enough , and AI + humans surpass humans leading to costs reductions/ increased throughput this should be reflected in the wor
115.
by newyankee 1y ago
100 sq km should suffice
116.
by newyankee 1y ago
I feel Waymo's LIDAR might have worked here
117.
by newyankee 1y ago
It requires dense cities too unless most of the population is fit enough to cycle
118.
by newyankee 1y ago
I do hope that suddenly in 2030, something in the hydrogen invested countries like Japan happens where they suddenly flood the market with step changing tech that will complement exisiting LFP/ Sodium ion and other tech especially for
119.
by newyankee 1y ago
that makes calendar aging the limiting factor even more. I feel that so many cycles can also aid in smoothing solar & wind (at turbine level) output and increase their utility. I feel that long term energy storage will be split between
120.
by newyankee 1y ago
The thing is LFP or Sodium ion are both expected to have 5000+ useful cycles soon (or possibly even in production now). This means even if you use one full discharge overnight , this is like 15+ years of life of the battery, although I susp

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