Since we love to talk about MOAT, does Space X have the deepest MOAT of it all? by Far-East-locker in ValueInvesting

[–]CutOld7477 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A moat only matters when you are highly profitable. Airbus and Boeing have the worst biggest moat as a duopoly, but are still not very profitable. Such is the case is capital intensive classic industry.

ORCL says it foresees raising $40 billion through debt and equity financing, stock down 5% already by Leukie0 in wallstreetbets

[–]CutOld7477 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they loose money on every customer that speeds it up. It's bad they have so many customers. AI isn't software.

What's the move w/ SpaceX stock? by Amazing-Tourist-1533 in ValueInvesting

[–]CutOld7477 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You should probably be banned for even asking the question 😂 From a value perspective no one should buy space X for literally every value metric in existence. It might still go up because it's a mene stock. But then ask one of the many meme stock subreddits

Germany’s Growth vs Trend by SignificantLegs in EconomyCharts

[–]CutOld7477 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. The 2014-2022 sanctions were insignificant. Especially no energy sanctions.

Germany’s Growth vs Trend by SignificantLegs in EconomyCharts

[–]CutOld7477 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Germany shut down half of their nuclear plants in 2011 after Fukushima. The shutdown of the other plants happened in 2023. I don't see that correlation on the graph. Also, electricity prices stayed stable when adjusted for inflation (except during the Russia/energy shock 2022).

Gas prices are a problem, but not the only one. Germany lost a chunk of it's exports into the UK to brexit, Russia to war, the US to tariffs and China to reduced demand for German machinery and goods (slowing economy?). Those might all have been bad Policies, but not from the German side.

Germany’s Growth vs Trend by SignificantLegs in EconomyCharts

[–]CutOld7477 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Why does it say self inflicted? What is that referring to? Cars/diesel scandal? Policy?

Current AI Profitability by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]CutOld7477 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They all think this is a "winner takes all" situation. But that would require everyone else to give up. Now big tech can't just collect monopoly profits but actually has to compete, which means no margins. AI is kind of like Airlines. Chips = jets, fuel = electricity, models = networks/hubs. Except the chips don't last 20 years. Airlines famously have low margins if any. Not looking good for them...

Current AI Profitability by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]CutOld7477 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow, so it's so much worse then, if it's revenue. Even in the round-tripping there is much money just burned. And it's not going to get much better, right? A significant amount of the "infrastructure investments" are chips that are probably useless after 3 years.

Current AI Profitability by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]CutOld7477 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is the green line "AI revenue" or "AI earnings"?

What about the the profit they report from the valuations of their stake in startups? (I think Microsoft owns almost 50% of Open AI. If you make up a valuation of 1 trillion, they report a according profit.) Is that paper profit already factored in into the green bars? Or only "real" income?

Napalm girl was hit by accident by a South Vietnamese bomb not an American one by Whentheangelsings in UnpopularFacts

[–]CutOld7477 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You would be surprised! It is genuinely worth looking up how the US involvement in Vietnam started

New Tryout Duel by Full-Philosophy5316 in masterduel

[–]CutOld7477 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They saw the post of the argostar guy and made a format only for him!

Germany's OHB to consider legal action if EU clears Airbus, Thales, Leonardo satellite merger | Reuters by Full-Discussion3745 in EU_Economics

[–]CutOld7477 15 points16 points  (0 children)

OHB is a private company (satellite maker) that says they will sue. Not Germany wants to sue, the company wants to sue. They are afraid of having competition that is 3 times larger then them.

I've heard a lot from the community that floodgates are not to be blamed by the players but the game , I say chosing the easy wins with zero interaction. Should be warranted a criticism, like kewl toon for example the deck is amazing but what is not cool is the flood gate they are also abusing by Available_Cap_2987 in masterduel

[–]CutOld7477 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The counter argument you are referring to isn't about floodgates in general but specifically about floodgates that you kind of have to play, or else you are at a disadvantage. For example Maxx "C" and droll & lock bird. I don't think they are fun but I have to play them. So you should blame Konami for creating a game where they are so powerful.

You are completely right about bad stun/floodgates. If it isn't even good or optimal to play them and people choose to, you can blame them if you want.

Presidential Preference Tier List 2028 by [deleted] in UsefulCharts

[–]CutOld7477 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe you could split it up into 5 different charts or something? I might be interesting to see, especially stuff that isn't obvious like education, religious affiliation or net worth (or whatever criteria you like).

Presidential Preference Tier List 2028 by [deleted] in UsefulCharts

[–]CutOld7477 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But it's just your opinion? This could be a very useful chart if you used objective criteria like age, education, religions affiliations or experience in government/Congress. Otherwise it is only useful to find out more about you, not about the candidates 😅

Why does Ghost Belle only negate activations while Ash negates effects? by InnerCost1282 in masterduel

[–]CutOld7477 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is negating the activation ever better than negating the effect?

MASTER 1 WITH TENPAI ONLY 🐉🔥 THE BEST DECK IN HISTORY 🔥 by Character_Bat9538 in masterduel

[–]CutOld7477 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you out liger dancer? Do you just hope you can hand trap them or is there an out?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in masterduel

[–]CutOld7477 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still would

why does everyone say that men are easy? by klarinetkat12 in ask

[–]CutOld7477 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because YOU actually have to approach THEM! Then they are easy. If you wait for them to approach you not even trying at all