alt Hacker NewsWhy would you buy and build everything before the low probability catastrophe strikes, though? You don’t get any benefit from switching early and you pay a big opportunity cost.
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inigyou • today at 4:17 AM
because as soon as it strikes computer hardware will be completely unavailable to buy?
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OtomotO • today at 5:27 AM
Because you will not be the only one struggling to get the hardware in the "unlikely" case the POTUS blurts out another fart.
> low probability catastrophe
There is also a low probability that someone enters peace negotiations solely to threaten the negotiators with death, yet here we are. With these guys it is: Better safe than sorry.