#customers — Public Fediverse posts

in #fact:
those who have #access to #CUSTOMERS will profit.

in a #brief:
it is not about being #better [ #competition].
it is about being #near [ #relationship].

It's the same old song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unfq9AFGyzE

#Apollo chief economist #TorstenSlok warns that the #AIboom’s #profits are being funded by #investors rather than #customers. The most profitable part of the #AIvaluechain, #silicon and #equipment, relies on the least profitable part, #models and #applications, to continue growing revenue or raising capital. This lopsided profit margin structure could threaten the stability of the industry if #AIfinancing slows down. https://fortune.com/2026/08/10/torsten-slok-ai-profit-margins-capex-oracle/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#Apollo chief economist #TorstenSlok warns that the #AIboom’s #profits are being funded by #investors rather than #customers. The most profitable part of the #AIvaluechain, #silicon and #equipment, relies on the least profitable part, #models and #applications, to continue growing revenue or raising capital. This lopsided profit margin structure could threaten the stability of the industry if #AIfinancing slows down. https://fortune.com/2026/08/10/torsten-slok-ai-profit-margins-capex-oracle/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

The #temperature in #Tehran reached 95° #Fahrenheit, but Arash* kept working in his #lab. It’s full of filament #tools and #3D #printers that he uses to produce #Iranian #Shahed-136 #drones — but tiny ones, only 15 cm long.

His #customers don’t send them into #battle. They put them on shelves, desks and #display cases.

The #temperature in #Tehran reached 95° #Fahrenheit, but Arash* kept working in his #lab. It’s full of filament #tools and #3D #printers that he uses to produce #Iranian #Shahed-136 #drones — but tiny ones, only 15 cm long.

His #customers don’t send them into #battle. They put them on shelves, desks and #display cases.

1 Torsten Slok, chief economist, Apollo Global Management: In #AI, #profitmargins are higher the further you get from the end user. This is important because it means the #AI boom's profits are currently being funded by #investors rather than earned from #customers. 🧵

1 Torsten Slok, chief economist, Apollo Global Management: In #AI, #profitmargins are higher the further you get from the end user. This is important because it means the #AI boom's profits are currently being funded by #investors rather than earned from #customers. 🧵

A food vendor and his customer posing for the camera near Pandosy Public Pier and Pandosy Waterfront Park. #kelowna #britishcolumbia #pandosywaterfrontpark #pandosypublicpier #portraits #streetportraits #vendors #customers #foodvendors #okanaganlake

#Epstein had a global #network of catchers.
#Europe - very bad! 🥵

Explicitly #France (sorry). That's where the dealer sat. Epstein was a #service to the rich & powerful.
#Trump and his associates were #customers.

Paid for with doors opening and fool's #freedom.

That's why he's dead. Either way.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6oacwg4vzhbdiy6mn4ntkgbl/post/3msaz5pfsn22f

Trader Joe’s seasoning blends: the $2.49 fan favorite that flies off shelves

Have you ever found yourself cooking in the kitchen after a hard day’s work and noticed that the food was missing something? Or even worse, the food had no flavor?…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking ##customers #Building #commerce #consumer #CookingTopics #corporation #labor #market #spending #tariffs
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2744865/trader-joes-seasoning-blends-the-2-49-fan-favorite-that-flies-off-shelves/

Trader Joe’s seasoning blends: the $2.49 fan favorite that flies off shelves

Have you ever found yourself cooking in the kitchen after a hard day’s work and noticed that the food was missing something? Or even worse, the food had no flavor?…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking ##customers #Building #commerce #consumer #CookingTopics #corporation #labor #market #spending #tariffs
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2744865/trader-joes-seasoning-blends-the-2-49-fan-favorite-that-flies-off-shelves/

Trader Joe’s seasoning blends: the $2.49 fan favorite that flies off shelves https://www.diningandcooking.com/2744865/trader-joes-seasoning-blends-the-2-49-fan-favorite-that-flies-off-shelves/ ##customers #Building #commerce #consumer #Cooking #CookingTopics #corporation #labor #market #spending #tariffs

Trader Joe’s seasoning blends: the $2.49 fan favorite that flies off shelves https://www.diningandcooking.com/2744865/trader-joes-seasoning-blends-the-2-49-fan-favorite-that-flies-off-shelves/ ##customers #Building #commerce #consumer #Cooking #CookingTopics #corporation #labor #market #spending #tariffs

Cloudflare's new AI traffic options for customers

https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-ai-options/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052564

#HackerNews #Cloudflare #AI #traffic #options #Cloudflare #customers #AI #technology #web #security

Cloudflare's new AI traffic options for customers

https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-ai-options/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052564

#HackerNews #Cloudflare #AI #traffic #options #Cloudflare #customers #AI #technology #web #security

Costco brings back ready-to-bake meal that tastes like ‘an expensive Italian restaurant’

Ready-to-cook meals are saving famili…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Italianrecipes ##customers #bigboxstore #Building #commerce #corporatelogo #corporation #DEI #exterior #Italia #Italian #italianfoodrecipes #italianrecipes #italiano #italy #labor #purchase #purchasing #tariffs
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2738178/costco-brings-back-ready-to-bake-meal-that-tastes-like-an-expensive-italian-restaurant-2/

Costco brings back ready-to-bake meal that tastes like ‘an expensive Italian restaurant’

Ready-to-cook meals are saving famili…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Italianrecipes ##customers #bigboxstore #Building #commerce #corporatelogo #corporation #DEI #exterior #Italia #Italian #italianfoodrecipes #italianrecipes #italiano #italy #labor #purchase #purchasing #tariffs
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2738178/costco-brings-back-ready-to-bake-meal-that-tastes-like-an-expensive-italian-restaurant-2/

Costco brings back ready-to-bake meal that tastes like ‘an expensive Italian restaurant’ https://www.diningandcooking.com/2738178/costco-brings-back-ready-to-bake-meal-that-tastes-like-an-expensive-italian-restaurant-2/ ##customers #BigBoxStore #Building #commerce #CorporateLogo #corporation #DEI #exterior #Italia #Italian #ItalianFoodRecipes #ItalianRecipes #italiano #italy #labor #purchase #purchasing #tariffs

Costco brings back ready-to-bake meal that tastes like ‘an expensive Italian restaurant’ https://www.diningandcooking.com/2738178/costco-brings-back-ready-to-bake-meal-that-tastes-like-an-expensive-italian-restaurant-2/ ##customers #BigBoxStore #Building #commerce #CorporateLogo #corporation #DEI #exterior #Italia #Italian #ItalianFoodRecipes #ItalianRecipes #italiano #italy #labor #purchase #purchasing #tariffs

#Business #Debates
The reverse information paradox · “You essentially pay for intelligence twice.” https://ilo.im/16ehm8

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#Microsoft #CEO #AI #Monetization #Intelligence #Knowledge #Information #Learning #Customers

#Business #Debates
The reverse information paradox · “You essentially pay for intelligence twice.” https://ilo.im/16ehm8

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#Microsoft #CEO #AI #Monetization #Intelligence #Knowledge #Information #Learning #Customers

There is not much patience nowadays.
#customers #business #websites

There is not much patience nowadays.
#customers #business #websites

https://www.evshift.com/483169/delivering-the-evee-electric-scooters-to-customers/ Delivering the evee electric scooters to customers #Customers #Delivering #ELECTRIC #ElectricBikes #ElectricMotorcycles #ElectricVehicles #EV #evee #motorcycles #scooters

SpaceX Has Three AI Customers Paying $27.8 Billion a Year. How Big Can This Revenue Stream Get?
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=spacex-has-three-ai-customers-paying-278-billion-a-year-how-big-can-this-revenue-stream-get
Breaking: <p>Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ
#customers #business #billion #spacex

SpaceX Has Three AI Customers Paying $27.8 Billion a Year. How Big Can This Revenue Stream Get?
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=spacex-has-three-ai-customers-paying-278-billion-a-year-how-big-can-this-revenue-stream-get
Breaking: <p>Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ
#customers #business #billion #spacex

There is a reason why we have such #Loyal #Customers ! ✨I am privileged to be part of this #TopRated #BedAndBreakfast #Success since 2011. #Gratitude to Lydie for making it all possible. 🌟https://www.puma-it.ie/en/clients-reviews-and-testimonials

CT restaurant draws raves for house-made pasta, more https://www.diningandcooking.com/2685424/ct-restaurant-draws-raves-for-house-made-pasta-more/ ##customers #BalticNation #business #cannoli #chef #Cooking #CremeBrulee #Cugino’s #dining #food #gelato #gem #homemade #Italian #Lamb #Montenegro #NorthernItalianCuisine #NorwegianSalmon #Pastas #Pizza #PlacesToGo #RaveReviews #restaurant #Restaurants #RibeyeSteak #RockyHill #Salmon #scratch #Seafood #seymour #SilasDeaneHighway #soups #SpecialDishes #ThingsToDo #tiramisu

CT restaurant draws raves for house-made pasta, more https://www.diningandcooking.com/2685424/ct-restaurant-draws-raves-for-house-made-pasta-more/ ##customers #BalticNation #business #cannoli #chef #Cooking #CremeBrulee #Cugino’s #dining #food #gelato #gem #homemade #Italian #Lamb #Montenegro #NorthernItalianCuisine #NorwegianSalmon #Pastas #Pizza #PlacesToGo #RaveReviews #restaurant #Restaurants #RibeyeSteak #RockyHill #Salmon #scratch #Seafood #seymour #SilasDeaneHighway #soups #SpecialDishes #ThingsToDo #tiramisu

Multi-bot AI services and no-warning changes

Since 2025 I use a multi-bot based AI service when I have to brainstorm something, such as order ideas for stories, and eventually get a workflow for a project's configuration - the one I got for my personal website has been very useful. The service is called Poe, like the writer Edgar Allan Poe.

It costs about 200 euro per year, or 23 per month, I got the yearly subscription given how useful it was. Claude, Gemini, Gpt, Grok (never used the latter), at once.

Since one or two weeks, the service has changed and now it provides just official bots without providing customized, topic-specific, community-based services. Algorithm, as usual.
Before, I just went to "explore" tab, typed a keyword (such as "wordpress" or "writing") and found lots of bots. Yes, you can even use engines to create bots for yourself and share many interesting custom services to other Poe users.

What would you expect from a paid service? At least one e-mail where they tell you policies have changed, and community bots are just private links.
Well, to understand why I didn't find "wordpress" or "web site" related bots on its search engine, I had to ask poe assistant why.

And what about sentient virus, and my early coming stories? Nothing. Jailbroken/unfiltered bots are not available any longer so any official service I ping, will say "offensive topic". Then alt-right uses them for scams and propaganda, but Fernando sentient virus can't talk.

WTF, and I pay...

This is not respect for a paying customer. I'll cancel the subscription asap. I've got one more year covered but then they can go f-off.

#ai #customers #tech #rant

Multi-bot AI services and no-warning changes

Since 2025 I use a multi-bot based AI service when I have to brainstorm something, such as order ideas for stories, and eventually get a workflow for a project's configuration - the one I got for my personal website has been very useful. The service is called Poe, like the writer Edgar Allan Poe.

It costs about 200 euro per year, or 23 per month, I got the yearly subscription given how useful it was. Claude, Gemini, Gpt, Grok (never used the latter), at once.

Since one or two weeks, the service has changed and now it provides just official bots without providing customized, topic-specific, community-based services. Algorithm, as usual.
Before, I just went to "explore" tab, typed a keyword (such as "wordpress" or "writing") and found lots of bots. Yes, you can even use engines to create bots for yourself and share many interesting custom services to other Poe users.

What would you expect from a paid service? At least one e-mail where they tell you policies have changed, and community bots are just private links.
Well, to understand why I didn't find "wordpress" or "web site" related bots on its search engine, I had to ask poe assistant why.

And what about sentient virus, and my early coming stories? Nothing. Jailbroken/unfiltered bots are not available any longer so any official service I ping, will say "offensive topic". Then alt-right uses them for scams and propaganda, but Fernando sentient virus can't talk.

WTF, and I pay...

This is not respect for a paying customer. I'll cancel the subscription asap. I've got one more year covered but then they can go f-off.

#ai #customers #tech #rant

Cory says Google has gone from bad to worse: https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/12/compelled-speech/#quishing

'...once a company owns the #market – once they've achieved dominance by buying out their rivals; by #bribing potential competitors to stay out of their lane; and by engaging in deceptive conduct to trap key suppliers and #customers – they could cement their dominance by blocking #interoperability, ... capturing their whole market and squeezing it.

'...the company just lost three federal #antitrust cases:

https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/google-loses-the-adtech-monopolization

'This thrice-convicted monopolist bribed Apple – more than $20b/year – to stay out of the search market:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/how-do-you-solve-problem-google-search-courts-must-enable-competition-while

'They cheated app vendors, ripping them off with sky-high junk fees and onerous conditions that raised prices while lowering the share of your spending that went to the companies whose products you were paying for:

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/boom-google-loses-antitrust-case

.....
'Google wasn't always this way. The "don't be evil" company owes its very existence to the open web ecosystem...

'...Android – the mobile operating system that Google bought in 2005 – was presented as an "open" alternative to existing mobile offerings...

'...even though Google offered a mobile platform that was (mostly) technically open, they used commercial and legal strategies to choke off the market oxygen for alternative Android versions ....

'Now, Google has rolled out an experimental "reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification" that uses an app, your camera, and your device's TPM or secure enclave to produce an attestation about your Android device:

https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652

'This will make it much easier for the apps and other services you interact with to block your device if you run an Android alternative, or if you install a mod that overrides the actions of Google's stock Android

'...In an age in which Big Tech is ever-more tied to authoritarian governments, redesigning our devices to tell strangers things we don't want them to know isn't just shortsighted, it's inexcusable.'

Cory says Google has gone from bad to worse: https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/12/compelled-speech/#quishing

'...once a company owns the #market – once they've achieved dominance by buying out their rivals; by #bribing potential competitors to stay out of their lane; and by engaging in deceptive conduct to trap key suppliers and #customers – they could cement their dominance by blocking #interoperability, ... capturing their whole market and squeezing it.

'...the company just lost three federal #antitrust cases:

https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/google-loses-the-adtech-monopolization

'This thrice-convicted monopolist bribed Apple – more than $20b/year – to stay out of the search market:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/how-do-you-solve-problem-google-search-courts-must-enable-competition-while

'They cheated app vendors, ripping them off with sky-high junk fees and onerous conditions that raised prices while lowering the share of your spending that went to the companies whose products you were paying for:

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/boom-google-loses-antitrust-case

.....
'Google wasn't always this way. The "don't be evil" company owes its very existence to the open web ecosystem...

'...Android – the mobile operating system that Google bought in 2005 – was presented as an "open" alternative to existing mobile offerings...

'...even though Google offered a mobile platform that was (mostly) technically open, they used commercial and legal strategies to choke off the market oxygen for alternative Android versions ....

'Now, Google has rolled out an experimental "reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification" that uses an app, your camera, and your device's TPM or secure enclave to produce an attestation about your Android device:

https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652

'This will make it much easier for the apps and other services you interact with to block your device if you run an Android alternative, or if you install a mod that overrides the actions of Google's stock Android

'...In an age in which Big Tech is ever-more tied to authoritarian governments, redesigning our devices to tell strangers things we don't want them to know isn't just shortsighted, it's inexcusable.'

“502 Bad Gateway #ERROR

The request could not be satisfied.

We can't connect to the #server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much #traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the #app or #website owner.

If you provide #content to #customers through CloudFront, you can find steps to #troubleshoot and help prevent this error by reviewing the CloudFront documentation.”

“502 Bad Gateway #ERROR

The request could not be satisfied.

We can't connect to the #server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much #traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the #app or #website owner.

If you provide #content to #customers through CloudFront, you can find steps to #troubleshoot and help prevent this error by reviewing the CloudFront documentation.”

🤭 Oh, #Google, the tech titan with its own moat of #chaos, is now the tech world's #Jenga tower—teetering, tottering, and toppling. 🚂💨 Who knew the "G" in GCP stood for "Ghost" as they vanish billion-dollar #customers faster than you can say "IBMification?" 📉👻
https://zeroshot.bearblog.dev/google-is-shattering-under-its-own-weight-the-ibm-ification-of-google/ #Ghosting #IBMification #HackerNews #ngated

🤭 Oh, #Google, the tech titan with its own moat of #chaos, is now the tech world's #Jenga tower—teetering, tottering, and toppling. 🚂💨 Who knew the "G" in GCP stood for "Ghost" as they vanish billion-dollar #customers faster than you can say "IBMification?" 📉👻
https://zeroshot.bearblog.dev/google-is-shattering-under-its-own-weight-the-ibm-ification-of-google/ #Ghosting #IBMification #HackerNews #ngated

The #FCC proposed requiring #telecomproviders to verify #customers’ #identities before activating service to combat #robocalls. This would involve collecting government-issued ID, physical address, legal name, and existing phone numbers, potentially impacting the anonymity of prepaid phone services. https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number?eicker.news #tech #media #news

The #FCC proposed requiring #telecomproviders to verify #customers’ #identities before activating service to combat #robocalls. This would involve collecting government-issued ID, physical address, legal name, and existing phone numbers, potentially impacting the anonymity of prepaid phone services. https://reclaimthenet.org/the-fcc-wants-your-id-before-you-get-a-phone-number?eicker.news #tech #media #news