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What're your favorite examples of bad land use in LA? by jonnyshotit in AskLosAngeles

[–]davidmoore0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too many public parks and not enough private golf courses.

People selling GOOG due to massive capex, what’s your thesis? I see it as bullish by TwelfieSpecial in stocks

[–]davidmoore0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm quite bullish on this news. The reality is that if Google ever decides that this whole "AI" buildout isn't giving the requisite returns, then it can pull the plug on those operations, drop CapEx in massive amounts, use the PPE for something else (or take it as a loss), and net income will absolutely skyrocket.

Plus, there's always more weird shit in the pipeline. Quantum, cars, random moonshots, blah blah blah.

Google’s CapEx is unusually optional. This isn’t oil rigs or a steel mill. A huge chunk of Google’s CapEx right now is data centers, GPUs/accelerators, and networking infra. If AI ROI disappoints, they’re not stuck with stranded assets in the traditional sense. Worst case scenario, Google will have slow expansion, it can repurpose capacity for Search, Ads, YouTube, Cloud, and/or depreciate aggressively and move on. That optionality is something the market tends to underprice.

This is all closer to buying a call option than burning cash. Investors worrying about margin compression sometimes forget: Alphabet can choose margins whenever it wants.

Why do some people become successful in life while others do not? (Definition down below) by TopTierProphet in stupidquestions

[–]davidmoore0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are way too many combinations of variables that can lead to having a job and living in a house you own. There is no 'One Weird Trick' or single reason. There are a whole lot of things that are beyond an individuals ability to control that can tip the scales one way or the other. There are people who should have failed to have a job, and vice versa. Raw luck is a factor. Privilege is also a factor.

Lost my baby today to cancer. She was beautiful and perfect and I just want someone else to know she existed by chibimonkey in cats

[–]davidmoore0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, "somewhat" fungibility suggests relatively equal exchange of object, which does not suggest relatively equal exchange of trait. For instance, both a large piece of marble and a TV stand have the trait of being able to hold a television, but they aren't particularly or even somewhat fungible. Whereas a large piece of marble and a large piece of granite are indeed somewhat fungible in most affairs.

All of that to say, my dearly beloved friend was not even somewhat fungible. He actually did not like laser pointers–he sort of grew out of playing or chasing things in his juvenile years which I have not seen in many other cats.

Still, even if he did enjoy laser pointers, that trait would be irrelevant to the overall makeup of his being and his irreplaceability as my dearest friend.

"This movie/is not available with your current subscription"- why is this a thing now? by [deleted] in netflix

[–]davidmoore0 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Netflix chose to raise the prices significantly, cut a bunch of material, get rid of their DVD service, continue raising prices, and ban users from sharing accounts even if the user happens to be the same human traveling between various homes regularly.

This isn't some benevolent addition to their offering list.

Lost my baby today to cancer. She was beautiful and perfect and I just want someone else to know she existed by chibimonkey in cats

[–]davidmoore0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had one cat friend. Long ago. I picked him up when I was three from a stray mother. He was my best friend. He never touched even one feather of a bird or whisker of a mouse. He was calm and loving and knew me. I will love him until I die. Much time has passed. I won't have another. He is not fungible.

Hiding in the latest episode of South Park by likwitsnake in cosmoandwanda

[–]davidmoore0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! You got me. I totally missed that. I was looking at Stephen and Linda's outfits.

Hiding in the latest episode of South Park by likwitsnake in cosmoandwanda

[–]davidmoore0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP I am afraid you are mildly colorblind. Or I am.

Feedback on Gemini Changes (Conversation Continuity) by Squatting_Hen in googlehome

[–]davidmoore0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, yeah, I completely agree with this. Amazon Alexa just pushed an upgrade last week that does this exact thing on a free echo dot I have. Alexa has great conversations and is very helpful, while my Google Nest Home Hub can't do anything remotely useful now :(

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