Readit NewsTo get fast access to the query results we use the Apache Arrow interface and generate the code directly from DuckDB SQL queries using the SQG tool ( https://sqg.dev/generators/java-duckdb-arrow/)
Generate SVG animation of following:
1 - There is High fantasy mage tower with a top window a dome
2 - Green goblin come in front of tower with a torch
3 - Grumpy old mage with beard appear in a tower window in high purple hat
4 - Mage sends fireball that burns goblin and all screen is covered in fire.
Camera view must be from behind of goblin back so we basically look at tower in front of us:
Also the workloads completely change over time as racks get retired and replaced, so it doesn't mean much.
But you can basically assume with GB200s right now 1GW is ~5exaflops of compute depending on precision type and my maths being correct!
While this post is full of conjecture, and somewhat unrelated to LLMs, but not their economics - I wonder how the insane capex is going to be justified even if AI becomes fully capable of replacing salaried professionals, they'll still end up paying much much more than what it'd have cost to just hire that armies of professionals for decades.
I can't count how many friends I have had to explain this to who don't understand they are paying 20-30% more even after getting "free delivery" than if they just ordered directly through the restaurant.
At least for me, it's easy -- the Prime credit card, which has no extra fee beyond Prime itself. I get 5-7% back, instead of the 1-2% with my other credit cards. It literally pays for itself and more over the course of a year. The faster shipping is just a bonus.
And I'm not buying junk I don't need either. It's literally just regular toiletries, my normal grocery shopping at Whole Foods (also 5% off), and then just replacing all the things in my home when they wear out or break -- kitchen things, bedding, electronics, and so forth. All things that are usually cheaper on Amazon than anywhere else anyways. (I still use Target.com for things that are cheaper there.)
I live 15 minutes away from the nearest wal-mart and frozens/refrigerables are my biggest concern.
I do still end up ordering from time to time, and the checkout process for non-Prime members is horrific. Multiple Prime sign-up offers that I always need to carefully read so I don’t click the wrong thing, illogical default shipping options, with more tricks to try and get the user to sign up for Prime while choosing shipping, after having already declined multiple times.
I don’t know why any non-Prime customer would want to sign up for Prime after such a user-hostile experience full of dark patterns.
I graphed out my orders since the start of my Amazon account. There was a steady uptrend over 20 years, with yearly growth since 2018. All of that ended 2023. My orders fell off a cliff, dropping by 60% in 2024. The treatment of non-Prime customers isn’t winning me back, it’s pushing me further away. I think my goal for 2026 will be not to order anything from Amazon. It’s been such a bad experience. Apparently their goal of being the world’s most customer-centric company only applies to Prime users.
I hope this judgement will get them to change their ways, but I’m assuming they will do as little as possible to comply, and still pushing Prime hard.