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Read this korrent: Allocating scarce chips to the highest bidder is bad business — you set your price and keep it, however high demand goes.
Allocating scarce chips to the highest bidder is bad business — you set your price and keep it, however high demand goes.
Last stated 6 months ago
15 Apr 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chip export controls to China keep failing not because the case is weak but because there is too much money riding on the sale. — tap to centre the map on it
Chip export controls to China keep failing not because the case is weak but because there is too much money riding on the sale.
Last stated 8 months ago
13 Feb 2026
DA
Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chips made on older process nodes have to get more expensive, because a new fab cannot make money selling at prices a fully depreciated fab set. — tap to centre the map on it
Chips made on older process nodes have to get more expensive, because a new fab cannot make money selling at prices a fully depreciated fab set.
Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
DO
Doug O'Laughlin — holds since 2021-11-22 — tap for who they are
DO
Doug O'Laughlin — no longer holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The semiconductor supply chain will underbuild not because it cannot expand but because nobody in it believes the demand is real. — tap to centre the map on it
The semiconductor supply chain will underbuild not because it cannot expand but because nobody in it believes the demand is real.
Last stated 7 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Price selects the market: a serious buyer reads a low price as evidence that the product cannot possibly be good enough. — tap to centre the map on it
Price selects the market: a serious buyer reads a low price as evidence that the product cannot possibly be good enough.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Charging different customers wildly different prices is a mistake, because the market talks. — tap to centre the map on it
Charging different customers wildly different prices is a mistake, because the market talks.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
JA
Jen Abel — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The way to invest in semiconductors is to find where the bottleneck is, and right now the bottleneck is power and thermal. — tap to centre the map on it
The way to invest in semiconductors is to find where the bottleneck is, and right now the bottleneck is power and thermal.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
LT
Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Rationing AI tokens reflects a weird scarcity mindset when more tokens are easily affordable than one could ever use. — tap to centre the map on it
Rationing AI tokens reflects a weird scarcity mindset when more tokens are easily affordable than one could ever use.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
26 Sept 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The chip industry split into fabless designers and a handful of foundries because fabs got too expensive to own, not because anyone chose that structure. — tap to centre the map on it
The chip industry split into fabless designers and a handful of foundries because fabs got too expensive to own, not because anyone chose that structure.
Last stated 2 years ago
3 May 2024
BP
Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does.
Last stated a year ago
11 Oct 2025
AM
Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Apr 2024
AV
Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Apr 2024
AV
Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it
A country is primarily for its native people
Last stated a year ago
15 Sept 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. — tap to centre the map on it
American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jan 2024
AV
Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chinese pop culture will not experience an absolute flowering like 90s Japan because CCP censorship makes it boring — tap to centre the map on it
Chinese pop culture will not experience an absolute flowering like 90s Japan because CCP censorship makes it boring
Last stated 3 weeks ago
5 Oct 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A healthy attitude may be to assume a rule had a reason but default to removing it, since situations might change. — tap to centre the map on it
A healthy attitude may be to assume a rule had a reason but default to removing it, since situations might change.
Last stated a month ago
20 Sept 2026
AR
Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A neighbourhood redevelops itself when rising land values meet permission to build more intensely, and it stagnates when either half is missing. — tap to centre the map on it
A neighbourhood redevelops itself when rising land values meet permission to build more intensely, and it stagnates when either half is missing.
Last stated 9 years ago
12 Jun 2017
CM
Charles Marohn — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Certification, not engineering, is what gates revenue for a new aircraft company. — tap to centre the map on it
Certification, not engineering, is what gates revenue for a new aircraft company.
Last stated 4 years ago
30 Jan 2023
ED
Eli Dourado — holds since 2023-01-30 — tap for who they are
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