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Meta readies $25B bond sale as soaring AI costs trigger stock sell-off

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113 points 1vuio0pswjnm7 | 2 comments | 02 Nov 25 05:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.502s | source
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asim ◴[02 Nov 25 06:34 UTC] No.45788244[source]▶
Tens of billions spent on AI data centers. But people still starve across the planet. Amazing.
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kcaseg ◴[02 Nov 25 06:38 UTC] No.45788266[source]▶
Last time I commented something very similar thinking it was the least controversial no brainer thing and multiple people reacted as if it was some Leninist ragebait lol
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t0lo ◴[02 Nov 25 06:43 UTC] No.45788293[source]▶
Conditioning- America is a capitalist social experiment and I mean that literally
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edm0nd ◴[02 Nov 25 07:04 UTC] No.45788381[source]▶
Seems pretty successful then no for being such a young country. America is literally where all the major tech and internet companies are.
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1. molteanu ◴[02 Nov 25 07:16 UTC] No.45788440[source]▶
Where I'm pretty sure that the definition of "successful" that you have in mind is one given by America itself.
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2. t0lo ◴[02 Nov 25 10:44 UTC] No.45789341[source]▶
Yep- this is my point- it's becoming far more obvious how the game is being run now everything is going to shit and they're pulling the plug.