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Comment chips that don't exist for data centers that don't (Score 1) 68

The market is a wet dream of manufacturers, of course. Already knowing that for all the forseable future however much you can produce will be sold at very good prices - amazing.

Until the house of cards comes down. Most of the stuff ordered is, as someone put well into a meme, money that doesn't yet exist buying chips that don't yet exist for data centers that have not yet been built.

Comment Re:Vizio's Arguments (Score 1) 60

Vizio also argued that GPL is a software license, not a contract, so the company has no contractual obligation to provide SFC with Vizio OS’s source code, even if SFC were considered a third-party beneficiary of GPLv2 LGPLv2.

Heh, good luck with that one. Furthermore, I don't think that's a precedent that any proprietary software wants set This is gonna be a good one!

Yea, I'm sure Vizio and every other company that licenses software would love a decision that a license is not a contract and thus only a right to use the software without any obligations that would come from it also being a contract.

Comment Companies view free as different (Score 1) 60

Companies will always want to use GPL software because it is free in as we don't pay for it but want to protect their implementation. I hope this lawsuit results in a win for the SFC and thus set a precedent, rather than a settlement. A win would strengthen enforcement, and likely cause a lot of concern amongst companies using GPL'd software. Unfortuantely, IMHO, there are enough gray areas that even if SFC wins the resultant compliant code release will not easy enable modifying and using teh software on existsing devices due to how Vizio actually implemented the GPL'd code. For example, do they use keys to enable access/operation of key components.

Comment Re:So they're the Mafia? (Score 1) 460

They were playing nice until someone started bombing them.

In which alternate reality?

Iran is not "a", but "the" supporter and financier behind Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis and a bunch of other militias and trouble sources in the region. So no, they were absolutely not playing nice, even if you ignore all the atrocities inside Iran.

Comment Re:The smart ones, yes (Score 1) 146

I'd bet, though, that we'll see a sudden surge of voters pressuring their legislatures to force power companies to give residential service priority over data centers.

That is the key. Vote out politicians such as PSC members or who appointed them and you’ll get the attention of the rest.

Comment Re:Step one in getting your spending under control (Score 3, Informative) 69

I just asked it about local events this weekend and it gave a startlingly useful list in a few seconds. Cross-checking with sources, it's actually accurate. I spent several minutes Googling and couldn't find the same information in one place--the death of my local newspaper made sure of that.

I find it's very good a specific, bounded questions like you asked, because all it has to do is search for specific matching information; it's when it has to search through a lot of data that may be conflicting and decide what to use is where it starts falling apart.

Comment A great idea (Score 4, Funny) 69

What could go wrong? It's not like AI ever tried to blackmail a user, accidentally wiped out lots of file, hallucinates, etc.; so there is no reason not to ogive it access to your real world financial accounts.

With all the great financial advice on Redit's various forums, coupled with lots of great crypto investment discussions on other forums, you'd miss out on ways to GET RICH QUICK.

Comment Re:No wonder (Score 2) 122

Oh and if you still think this is all a joke watch the safety testing at the end.

The USA is cooked.

Politicians have to come up with some excuse to protect their auto industry donors and voters. Spying is simply the peripheral issue that lets them come up with a catchy soundbite while enacting protectionist measures. While such monitoring is an issue, this doesn't really address the core problem that your car phones home and stores a lot of data about what you have done and where.

Comment Re:Tax is the wrong term (Score 1) 24

As for the "storage and network access cosst are low" argument, a product is priced on value, not cost.

Yes, and what this article is about is the value of the service declining, so people are leaving for services with a better value proposition.

Which is the beauty of competition. If they can migrate to a platform that costs less and keep their existing base, grow it and make more money from a different site, that's great; and SubStack will have to adapt or die.

The other question is what happens when these cheaper sites see the revenue they generate for their users? Will they decide they want a bigger slice.

Comment Tax is the wrong term (Score 5, Insightful) 24

It's not a tax, but simply a charge to be on the platform, just like any consignment style shop gets a cut for the sale. It costs money to run the site, and tehy need some way to do it for free. The numbers may seem large, but someone paying a million in a year to substack is taking home 9 million. 10% is not a bad deal; but calling it a tax makes is somehow seem evil. If the writers can find a better deal elsewhere that generates the same revenue for less, more power to them; that is the beauty of competition.

As for the "storage and network access cosst are low" argument, a product is priced on value, not cost. Generating large readerships that make a lot of money for an other has value beyond the actual costs to the company that does that; and if you buy the costs determine price argument than charging $10 for a newsletter that costs nearly nothing for the nth copy means the writer should also charge a lot less as well. After all, why shoul they make a million dolalrs for something that cost them mayber a few hundred thousand (assuming 2000 work hours at say 100/hour) to produce.

Comment Re:The Profits should be competed away (Score 1) 94

Not just not accurate but wrong.

That's like saying the price of the battery in an electric car is that car's price minus the price of a comparable ICE car. No, it isn't. There are more differences than just the battery.

And yes, of course they recoup their development costs. But that doesn't mean that the OP is right in this context.

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