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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago

They aren’t “forced” to do anything. They are choosing to throw money down a black hole.

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 19 hours ago

Not really true.

If they stop, it's over for them.

They have to keep digging hoping for something big to happen: IPO and rake in cash from retirements; big government programs with guaranteed vendor lock-in; or stumbling upon an AGI and winning the '''''''race'''''''.

If the market wakes up from the hypertrend before that, they are absolutely fucked.

We get fucked in every scenario, btw.

[-] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, I’ve learned to think of these things as wealth transfers — is that fair in this context.? Question is, where’s all the money going that big tech is loosing? To power companies, or is more complex than that?

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

Remember, the execs are bonusing themselves. They are all getting filthy rich right now.

(And like all scams, they don't care about efficiency.)

[-] gratux 3 points 1 day ago

It's going in a circle, eventually ending up at nvidia and co.

[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 3 points 21 hours ago

also effectively wasting planets resources

this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2026
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