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Desperate-Step4469 t1_j3xib3g wrote

255 billion dollars? they must be playing the long game. like the REALLY long game.

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throwaway2676 t1_j3ygpsd wrote

Haha, or hyperinflation takes off and they pay it back with spare change in like 7 years

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blose1 t1_j3zngmt wrote

Nah, It was clearly like this:

Some exec at MS thinks "so company is worth 0 billions now, we already lost 1 billion, so how much is company worth? let me write program to solve this mathematical problem"

uint8 company_value = 0;

company_value = company_value -1;

print(company_value);

"Ok, so company is worth 255 billions now, got it. Guys I know how much OpenAI is worth!"

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hobo_couture t1_j3xixck wrote

i think they will pay it off in 10 years

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Desperate-Step4469 t1_j3xnq0u wrote

Likely. They just gotta figure how to make a billlion. Then repeat it 255 times.

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ore-aba t1_j3xso8l wrote

So easy that the counter variable for the loop can be an 8-bit unsigned integer.

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kanripper t1_j3xslbi wrote

I think this has potential to be a groundbreaking technology which will be used by almost everyone, then its a no brainer

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