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by johnvanommen 3 days ago
> I read somewhere (don’t recall where) that Apple typically enters into contracts for RAM on a six-monthly basis and avoids longer term ones. Even in the current situation since last year, it has avoided getting into multi-year contracts like the AI companies have.

* when interest rates are declining, that’s a feature not a defect

* when interest rates are rising, that’s a defect not a feature

Southwest Airlines built its business on these kinds of bets.