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Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under nuclear power nuclear power Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under software performance software performance Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Most of the gain in tokens per dollar per watt comes from software, not from new hardware — 5x, 10x, sometimes 40x on one model family. Most of the gain in tokens per dollar perwatt comes from software, not from newhardware — 5x, 10x, sometimes 40x on onemodel family. Last stated 11 months ago 12 Nov 2025 SN Satya Nadella — holds since 2025-11-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Token prices have stayed flat because labs deliberately kept models smaller than expected in order to get more experimental cycles. — tap to centre the map on it Token prices have stayed flatbecause labs deliberately keptmodels smaller than expected inorder to get more experimentalcycles. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ten cents of electricity generates a thousand dollars of economic value in AI, so the price of power barely matters to the labs. — tap to centre the map on it Ten cents of electricity generates athousand dollars of economic valuein AI, so the price of power barelymatters to the labs. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The cost of a token is falling by an order of magnitude every year, even as the price of the computers that make them goes up. — tap to centre the map on it The cost of a token is falling by anorder of magnitude every year, evenas the price of the computers thatmake them goes up. Last stated 7 months ago 23 Mar 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: The largest tech companies are not using fewer tokens; they are switching to cheaper, still capable open models instead of SOTA models. — tap to centre the map on it The largest tech companies are notusing fewer tokens; they areswitching to cheaper, still capableopen models instead of SOTA models. Last stated a month ago 9 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is an underserved market for tools that help people understand what is being built, rather than pump out more tokens, though it is hard to market. — tap to centre the map on it There is an underserved market fortools that help people understandwhat is being built, rather thanpump out more tokens, though it ishard to market. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 BV Ben Vinegar — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Maxing out your token usage is optimising one node of the factory for utilisation instead of the end-to-end goal of shipping value that is stable and lasts. — tap to centre the map on it Maxing out your token usage isoptimising one node of the factoryfor utilisation instead of theend-to-end goal of shipping valuethat is stable and lasts. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hyperscalers are not sensitive to the cost of power at all; they are sensitive only to whether power is available. — tap to centre the map on it The hyperscalers are not sensitiveto the cost of power at all; theyare sensitive only to whether poweris available. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The software industry is massively underperforming its hardware, by factors of ten to a hundred, and people refuse to believe the numbers when you say them. — tap to centre the map on it The software industry is massivelyunderperforming its hardware, byfactors of ten to a hundred, andpeople refuse to believe the numberswhen you say them. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth 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 solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. — tap to centre the map on it A spacecraft built to servicesatellites is also a weapon, becausethe same robotic arm that refuelsone can disable one. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Mar 2024 BC Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: America stopped building reactors because Three Mile Island was mismanaged as a public-relations event, not because anyone was harmed by it. — tap to centre the map on it America stopped building reactorsbecause Three Mile Island wasmismanaged as a public-relationsevent, not because anyone was harmedby it. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most nuclear companies will not have this solved by 2031, and many still will not by 2035, because they have the wrong mindset. — tap to centre the map on it Most nuclear companies will not havethis solved by 2031, and many stillwill not by 2035, because they havethe wrong mindset. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the nuclear industry is a modelling and simulation business producing paper reactors, not a business that builds them. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the nuclear industry is amodelling and simulation businessproducing paper reactors, not abusiness that builds them. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — 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 farmore tax revenue per gallon of waterthan 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 local SSD might as well be treated as one more layer of the memory cache hierarchy. — tap to centre the map on it A local SSD might as well be treatedas one more layer of the memorycache hierarchy. Last stated 2 years ago 26 Sept 2024 KV Kenton Varda — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A server's real network throughput can exceed what its single fastest port suggests when a protocol supports channel bonding across multiple links. — tap to centre the map on it A server's real network throughputcan exceed what its single fastestport suggests when a protocolsupports channel bonding acrossmultiple links. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Most of the gain in tokens per dollar per watt comes from software, not from new hardware — 5x, 10x, sometimes 40x on one model family. Last stated 12 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago Holds Satya Nadella Read this korrent →