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sambull | 11 days ago

The secret is there is no path on making that back.

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JimmaDaRustla|11 days ago

My crude metaphor to explain to my family is gasoline has just been invented and we're all being lent Bentley's to get us addicted to driving everywhere. Eventually we won't be given free Bentley's, and someone is going to be holding the bag when the infinite money machine finally has a hiccup. The tech giants are hoping their gasoline is the one that we all crave when we're left depending on driving everywhere and the costs go soaring.

eru|11 days ago

Why? Computers and anything computer related have historically been dropping in prices like crazy year after year (with only very occasional hiccups). What makes you think this will stop now?

echelon|11 days ago

I like this analogy.

I also think we're, as ICs, being given Bentleys meanwhile they're trying to invent Waymos to put us all out of work.

Humans are the cost center in their world model.

stingrae|11 days ago

the path is by charging just a bit less than the salary of the engineers they are replacing.

nananana9|10 days ago

After hearing this 10 times a day for the last 5 years I'm starting to get a bit tired. Do you have a rough time for when this great replacement is coming? 1 year? 2? 5? If it's longer than that can we shut up about it for a few years please.

snihalani|11 days ago

how do I understand what is the sustainable pricing?