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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"True our business plan is trash, but if we had infinite energy it would scale."

...ok? That isn't a flex?

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As an engineer, I definitely could think of a lot of cool ideas that'd fix problems if I just had unlimited energy or infinite resources.

However, since I'm not a CEO I don't get paid for said "what ifs"

[–] Laser@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

"bro imagine if we could actually use all these cards we bought, we'd be the best at this AI thing"

I'm still waiting for an actual business case. Who's going to consume all this slop? And pay for it at one point?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 day ago

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