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badlibrariantoday at 12:59 AM4 repliesview on HN

I'm reminded of the 1983 deal to corner the market on Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice.


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UncleOxidanttoday at 1:26 AM

Or the Hunt brothers and silver which was just a few years before that.

How'd that turn out? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday#:~:text=On%20J...

hodgehog11today at 1:37 AM

That's a great comparison. The consequences are pretty universal too. History implies this won't end well for OpenAI.

sgroppinotoday at 1:10 AM

I remember it didn’t work out well for Randolph and Mortimer. Sam may pull it out, though, if he just sells the DRAM now while the market is still hot.

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y1n0today at 1:03 AM

Sell! Sell! Get back in there and sell!