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Re:Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit –... by raydev on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:08PM (#36313314)
Where do you account for opportunity cost and future growth/loss in these (also old and also imprecise) estimates?
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Re:Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit –... by wiseowise on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:23PM (#36313521)
Ok, multiply that by 5, it’s still nowhere near 2.5.
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Re:Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit –... by raydev on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:38PM (#36314802)
Well, guess what? Your starting point is just an estimate and its accuracy cannot be sourced, so this is all meaningless
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Re:Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit –... by wiseowise on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:58PM (#36315111)
Exactly. Regardless of estimates, 20 mil to run custom Reddit client is ridiculous.
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