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spwa4today at 8:29 AM3 repliesview on HN

If the price difference is 2x? Sure.

If the price difference is 50x? No way.


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RobotToastertoday at 9:00 AM

Tell that to Oracle

brainwadtoday at 8:43 AM

So long as the benefit:cost ratio is still sufficiently high, I don't think anyone gets fired for not scrimping. Better to encourage positive EV behaviour by your employees than to scare them away by firing them for not being perfectly optimal.

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watwuttoday at 9:56 AM

Accenture says "yeah totally CEOs will pay a lot for literal nothing"