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New comment by dlev_pika in "AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion"

dlev_pika — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:55:59 +0000

1.5 trillion? Those are rookie numbers.

How about $5,544,640,717,404.09?

That was in my inbox this morning lmao

New comment by dlev_pika in "AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion"

dlev_pika — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:53:27 +0000

> $5,544,640,717,404.09

This is what we received this morning

New comment by dlev_pika in "Virginia bans sale of geolocation data"

dlev_pika — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:15:53 +0000

I just looked and both PA and NJ, have way below natl average car accident deaths per 100K drivers, even if death in over speeding seems to be a a significant contributing factor to overall rates.

Interesting to me. I wonder what are they doing right.

New comment by dlev_pika in "Virginia bans sale of geolocation data"

dlev_pika — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:09:17 +0000

“ Virginia follows Maryland and Oregon in banning the sale of geolocation data. Both Maryland and Oregon more broadly define “sale” to mean the exchange of personal data “for monetary or other valuable consideration.”

I didn’t know this, but I am glad my State already had this! We do some things right.

New comment by dlev_pika in "Free the Icons"

dlev_pika — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:06:07 +0000

looks at Android icons

shivvers Please no

New comment by dlev_pika in "The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level"

dlev_pika — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:01:24 +0000

Yeah, I guess the rest of the developed world doesn’t really ‘get it’ - fools!

New comment by dlev_pika in "Om Malik has died"

dlev_pika — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:16:25 +0000

My GigaOm backpack is still going strong - good merch

New comment by dlev_pika in "FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama"

dlev_pika — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:35:33 +0000

Apparently, the ‘fuck your feelings’ crowd DOES care about some ‘feelings’

New comment by dlev_pika in "Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?"

dlev_pika — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:44:56 +0000

I like the part when he “took full responsibility” for HIS Metaverse mistake, and fired everybody else lmao

Gavin from Silicon Valley did it first

New comment by dlev_pika in "Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?"

dlev_pika — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:42:45 +0000

The irony is that I’d totally test out replacing the CEO with AI - best bang for buck by a million miles

New comment by dlev_pika in "Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?"

dlev_pika — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:41:07 +0000

Google: HOW ABOUT SOME AI ON IT?!? You know you want it.

Lmao

New comment by dlev_pika in "Amazon Announces Multibillion-Dollar Data Center in Missouri"

dlev_pika — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:31:04 +0000

How much of the total pie of resources consumed is ‘solving math models’, really?

New comment by dlev_pika in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"

dlev_pika — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:19:17 +0000

Sure, what you describe is usually in the Macro textbooks. However in XXI century USA, Consumption has been detached from ‘wages’ for a while now (“since the 1970s”, ie 2 generations, per https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/)

In reality, the top income brackets are propping up Consumption numbers. This is part of what have become to understand as the ‘K’ shaped economy, together with the speeding up of capital accumulation/concentration.

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2025/1125-yang-...

Edits for clarity

New comment by dlev_pika in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"

dlev_pika — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:17:02 +0000

This is kinda what’s been happening for a while -

Wages are decoupled from consumption, and it is increasingly aggregated in the higher income brackets.

This is the ‘K’ economy.

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2025/1125-yang-...

New comment by dlev_pika in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"

dlev_pika — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:41:53 +0000

Which is?

New comment by dlev_pika in "US battery manufacturing output continues to break records"

dlev_pika — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:35:50 +0000

It’s crazy how production tanks as the first Trump presidency kicks off, before COVID.

Coincidentally, I started doing pushups yesterday, today is the second day in a row I break my high mark

Yesterday= 1

Today= 2 (+100%!!!)

New comment by dlev_pika in "Apple Foundation Models"

dlev_pika — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:23:44 +0000

Apple’s play was a masterclass - unsure how deliberate it was, or how much of a choice thy actually had, but it’s turning out pretty well IMO.

Now if they can further reinforce their angle on Privacy, they might continue to be what they are (or more)

New comment by dlev_pika in "Providers, not insurers, are responsible for excess U.S. health care cost (2024)"

dlev_pika — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:29:21 +0000

Possible in some cases, triaging and wait times are a thing in other places too, with the difference being that you don’t get a bill at the end. I have multiple anecdotes from people outside the US having little trouble getting primary care, or even psych care, much faster than what I’ve seen here.

When looking at comparative data, I think it’s worth breaking it down a bit by socio status, for example. In complex systems with a wide spread averages can be misleading. My impression is that we are not seeing the whole story.

New comment by dlev_pika in "Providers, not insurers, are responsible for excess U.S. health care cost (2024)"

dlev_pika — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:48:08 +0000

> I can see a doctor or specialist usually within a week

That might be true to your specific location and set up, but I have some experience and family in healthcare, both in the US and outside of it, and it is definitely not like that for much of the US.

New comment by dlev_pika in "Providers, not insurers, are responsible for excess U.S. health care cost (2024)"

dlev_pika — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:43:48 +0000

The incentives are all fucked up all the way down