They are definitely in NVIDIA’s own rooms! It’s like, they invest $1 in AI companies, that pay back NVIDIA $100 for GPUs. If you draw the lines you will see something that looks a bit like an ellipse. Or maybe a boomerang path. Or like, a 2d sphere. A bit frustrating we don’t have a simpler word for such a shape

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marginalia_nu 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I asked Astra to explain this and it thought for a really long time and then came back with this:

https://www.marginalia.nu/junk/financing.png

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dgellow 4 hours ago | parent [-]

That’s hilarious, I wish HN rendered pictures just for that one!

	▲	marginalia_nu 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Embedding the image would have ruined the comedic timing and made it less funny. Comedy is mostly about subverting expectations. If your eyes are drawn to the punchline before you read the set up it doesn't work.

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someguyiguess 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This reminds me of the “it’s not a pyramid scheme. It’s a reverse funnel system”