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fidotron ◴[] No.45302232[source]
If Pi Clusters were actually cost competitive for performance there would be data centres full of them.
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shermantanktop ◴[] No.45302287[source]
Like the joke about the economists not picking up the $20 bill on the ground?

Faith in the perfect efficiency of the free market only works out over the long term. In the short term we have a lot of habits that serve as heuristics for doing a good job most of the time.

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uncircle ◴[] No.45303625[source]
> Like the joke about the economists not picking up the $20 bill on the ground?

For those like me that don't know the joke:

Two economists are walking down the street. One of them says “Look, there’s a twenty-dollar bill on the sidewalk!” The other economist says “No there’s not. If there was, someone would have picked it up already.”

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shermantanktop ◴[] No.45305804[source]
Presumably the non-economist following them picked up the twenty, unencumbered by theory.
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uncircle ◴[] No.45306675[source]
I've never seen a $20 bill on the ground in my entire life, so I guess the economists are actually right.
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1. Symbiote ◴[] No.45310883{3}[source]
I found 500 DKK on the ground outside once, which is about $77.