[oneshot908]

Indeed, off-topic, but I find it fascinating that I can buy a year of Kosher, Vegan, Gluten Free Survival Food on Amazon from ~$1469.

https://www.amazon.com/NorthWest-Fork-Gluten-Free-Emergency-...

That drops to $1149 if I don't require Vegan, non-GMO, Kosher:

https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Survival-Food-Emergency-Prepa...

SNAP benefits at anywhere from $134 to $192 a month are both more than sufficient for this. So why are ~42 million people starving in America? Answer (IMO): Cloud providers reduce the friction of GPU adoption the same way grocery and convenience stores reduce the friction of food acquisition, both in exchange for profiting off of it.

[titanomachy]

Normal food can be even cheaper. You could probably indefinitely avoid starvation with dried rice and beans, oil, and a vitamin supplement for $2/day (in NA), without a big upfront cost. Poverty is complicated.

[mrguyorama]

You've ignored the cost of the home required to cook those things in, which is really the whole point.

(not directing at you, more explaining to those who didn't already know)

[rever]

That recent Boston(?)-based completely automated rice bowl startup plus drone delivery equals solved hunger