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Re:Rust Port of TypeScript (Tsc) by nialv7 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:50AM (#50003810)
throw away $400k on a failed attempt is crazy...
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Re:Rust Port of TypeScript (Tsc) by xedrac on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:19AM (#50004458)
It wasn't $400k in real money.
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Re:Rust Port of TypeScript (Tsc) by globular-toast on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:12AM (#50004871)
What was it then? Who paid the $400k?
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Re:Rust Port of TypeScript (Tsc) by true_religion on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:18AM (#50004920)
It's theoretical money, because he used multiple subscription accounts that would have cost $400k in token pricing, if he were going via the API.
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Re:Rust Port of TypeScript (Tsc) by globular-toast on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:51AM (#50005227)
What the hell is "theoretical money"? It sounds like either OpenAI took the $400k hit, or their API pricing is utterly bonkers and therefore completely pointless to quote. It would be like me saying my car is worth $400k in theoretical money because, yeah, I'd totally sell it to you for $400k.
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Re:Rust Port of TypeScript (Tsc) by true_religion on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:28PM (#50012562)
Obviously their API is priced at what the market will bear, not what it actually costs for them to make it available.

It doesn't mean that all price points are fictional, it just means that in edge cases such as this one, the reasoning breaks down.

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Re:Rust Port of TypeScript (Tsc) by dwattttt on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:24AM (#50004975)
No one. Quoting sibling, it would have been about $7 usage of a $200/month subscription.
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