ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoOne year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billionarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1511arrow-down139cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1472arrow-down1external-linkOne year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billionarstechnica.comijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square106linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squaredQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoIs this the wikipedia-argument back at him? The whole twitter post history could fit on a single hard drive, so why are people paying for it?
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·2 years agoThat argument is unfair anyway, cause what fits on a hard drive gets bigger every year.
minus-squareCleoTheWizard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoNo it’s completely fair because the value of information deflates as we gain better ability to store it! /s
minus-squareMeowoem@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoAnd there's endless examples of a small well ordered thing being far more expensive than essentially the same thing less ordered in bigger volume - a room full of carbon dioxide, a bag of coal, a diamond…
Is this the wikipedia-argument back at him? The whole twitter post history could fit on a single hard drive, so why are people paying for it?
That argument is unfair anyway, cause what fits on a hard drive gets bigger every year.
No it’s completely fair because the value of information deflates as we gain better ability to store it! /s
And there's endless examples of a small well ordered thing being far more expensive than essentially the same thing less ordered in bigger volume - a room full of carbon dioxide, a bag of coal, a diamond…