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Alex Kretzschmar

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808 total appearances

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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

There's a whole bunch of levers that Sam Altman and people at his level can pull to monetize that they aren't doing right now.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

Just the whole space doesn't, long-term at the moment, doesn't add up because the energy requirements to power it are just so vast.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

I mean, they're spinning up nuclear power stations to power this stuff.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

We're seeing that we can't manufacture enough NAND chips.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

We're seeing that it's just bonkers.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

It doesn't add up long-term, but...

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

So the little black chips on your RAM sticks, those are NAND flash chips.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

RAM sticks, they go, they go everywhere in everything, like everything, literally everything that has a electronics in it has some kind of NAND flash storage somewhere on it.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

And so it's going to affect regular people really soon.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

Just building the Kubernetes cluster a couple of weeks ago.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

RAM on the new chips, it's very sensitive to the timing.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Down the Linux rabbit hole (Friends)

I mean, you should have everything like even daft stuff that you don't even think needs Ram or needs a NAND chip in it, like in your car, you know, new cars, they're probably expensive enough to absorb a few hundred dollars here, a few hundred dollars there, but stuff like, I don't know, a coffee pot, the smart coffee pot will have a NAND chip in it.