I'm not in the movie business, but hypothetically if one were to invest to develop an IP, typically one would be forced to capitalize those (deduct ratably over useful economic life of the IP). Total failure of the investment, OTOH, lets you realize/deduct immediately.
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Operational Losses Visibility in Business Accounting
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It's definitely somewhere (*), but very frequently, the person one is actually speaking to cannot see it. * Except when it's not, which while mindblowing does happen. That's why you have an Operational Losses account.
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DataRobot Fall Launch Showcases Generative AI Platform Innovation
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That’s a wrap on #DataRobotFallLaunch! Thanks to all who joined including Robots around the world ICYMI: Check out the recording to learn all about the latest wave of #generativeAI platform innovation to deliver real-world value. Watch now: https://
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Amazon Opens Cloud Office in Historic Amsterdam Prison Building
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Did not pay your AWS bill?
— Linus ✦ Ekenstam (@LinusEkenstam) 10 novembre 2023
Go straight to Cloud Jail.
This is Amazons new office in Amsterdam, housed in an old prison.
pic.twitter.com/Z4tg4jlSJsDid not pay your AWS bill? Go straight to Cloud Jail. This is Amazons new office in Amsterdam, housed in an old prison.
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Building Valuable Products Creates Sustainable Competitive Moats
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Yeah. Moat is there if you build something rich and valuable that is hard to copy
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OpenAI Communication Gaps During Service Outage
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Same feels, at least some communication from @sama or @OpenAI on what’s going on, beyond the few tweets we got when service was completely down yesterday
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Tax Cliffs Impact Small Business Behavior and Policy
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The term of art in policy circles for this sort of thing is a “tax cliff” and you can see them in many places relevant to small businesses, including in places where it is abundantly unlikely that it is a reporting artifact versus an actual change in behavior.
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Justin Sun’s Crypto Empire: Misappropriation and Leverage Schemes
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(If you have not followed this saga, Justin Sun is a crypto magnate who has a complicated and extremely leveraged business empire which does effectively openly the thing which FTX et al did by stealth: issue tokens, buy businesses with customer assets, misappropriate, repeat.)
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Physical Innovation: Leveraging Chinese Supply Chains and Digital Distribution
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I’m more of a bits than atom person, but some of the innovation in atoms to take advantage of Chinese supply chains and Internet-/delivery- based distribution models (as organic features of the world rather than bolt-ons or simple channels) is very, very interesting.
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Human Translation Services as Exclusive Trusted Market Moat
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Adapt the tools, if you are providing human powered translation / interpretation you need to move up the ladder, it will be seen as a very exclusive service to use, and potentially have moat in that it is a trusted human that does the work. I think the world will be in need of