Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMicrosoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarterwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square242linkfedilinkarrow-up1944arrow-down17cross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1937arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarterwww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square242linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squarevacuumflowerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month ago11.4 bln is 100 mln away from 11.5 bln. I’m not sure “so close” is correct here.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIf a man worth 11.5 billion loses 100 million, it affects him less than you or I losing a thousand. In fact it doesn’t affect him.
minus-squarevacuumflowerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSo you’re a billionaire and one is not different from the other for you, gotcha.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago59 seconds is 1000000000000 pico seconds away from a minute, so I’m not sure you could say 59 seconds is “so close” to a minute.
minus-squarevacuumflowerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoThere are far more seconds in your life than hundreds of millions dollars.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd there are far more dollars in 11 billion than 100 million.
11.4 bln is 100 mln away from 11.5 bln. I’m not sure “so close” is correct here.
If a man worth 11.5 billion loses 100 million, it affects him less than you or I losing a thousand. In fact it doesn’t affect him.
So you’re a billionaire and one is not different from the other for you, gotcha.
59 seconds is 1000000000000 pico seconds away from a minute, so I’m not sure you could say 59 seconds is “so close” to a minute.
There are far more seconds in your life than hundreds of millions dollars.
And there are far more dollars in 11 billion than 100 million.