#margins — Public Fediverse posts

Tesla's profit margins compressed sharply: operating margin fell to 1.4% from 4.1% a year prior, and earnings per share missed estimates. The company delivered record units but at tighter margins, signaling the tension between growth and profitability. https://www.implicator.ai/tesla-arranges-up-to-30-billion-in-debt-as-free-cash-flow-turns-negative/ #Tesla #Earnings #Margins

2 “While the milestone suggests that #AI companies are beginning to cover the cost of their #capitalspending, the #margins are thin. #Depreciation charges still consume more than two thirds of revenue, leaving a small buffer to cover other costs such as power, labor and financing.”

Let the race to the bottom BEGIN!

Companies that are already losing $$, about to go IPO, and now they want to lower prices - I smell a classic HBR case study/fail article will result!

Reports are circulating that OpenAI and Anthropic are about to enter into a price war for their offerings. What ever happened to building true "value" that customers are ok to pay for? https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/your-chatgpt-bills-could-soon-get-a-drastic-price-cut/ #AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #PriceWar #IPO #MArgins #Profit #Valuation #TokenCosts #ChatGPT #ClaudePro #Competition

Let the race to the bottom BEGIN!

Companies that are already losing $$, about to go IPO, and now they want to lower prices - I smell a classic HBR case study/fail article will result!

Reports are circulating that OpenAI and Anthropic are about to enter into a price war for their offerings. What ever happened to building true "value" that customers are ok to pay for? https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/your-chatgpt-bills-could-soon-get-a-drastic-price-cut/ #AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #PriceWar #IPO #MArgins #Profit #Valuation #TokenCosts #ChatGPT #ClaudePro #Competition

"America's tech giants' #margins are now everyone else's #opportunity. The trillions that US tech companies extract could be someone else's billions – all they'd have to do is offer the #interoperable goods and services that disenshittify America's tech products. They could sell the tools that let anyone in the world use independent #appstores, or fix their cars and tractors, and put generic ink in their printers. A year ago, no country could afford to allow a company headquartered in its borders to get into this business, lest they be clobbered with tariffs. Today, any country that isn't thinking about this is a #sucker that will end up buying these tools from another country that gets there first."
@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/three-is-a-magic-number/

"America's tech giants' #margins are now everyone else's #opportunity. The trillions that US tech companies extract could be someone else's billions – all they'd have to do is offer the #interoperable goods and services that disenshittify America's tech products. They could sell the tools that let anyone in the world use independent #appstores, or fix their cars and tractors, and put generic ink in their printers. A year ago, no country could afford to allow a company headquartered in its borders to get into this business, lest they be clobbered with tariffs. Today, any country that isn't thinking about this is a #sucker that will end up buying these tools from another country that gets there first."
@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/05/three-is-a-magic-number/

#TheBiggerPicture: famous album covers shown with the worlds outside their margins: https://zorz.it/dmImF

#Audra #AlbumCovers #AlbumArt #famous #Aptitude #margins #MusicAlbumCovers

Krystal and Saagar discuss corporations price gouging during the Iran war. #greedflation #PriceGouging #greed #inflation #surcharges #margins #profits #thieves youtube.com/watch?v=f-d5...

Corporations JUICE PRICES From...

I wrote some thoughts about margins, potentially moving back to Italy, living on the edge(s), togetherness + a few other delirious epiphanies after spending one week with a group of wonderfully insane and astoundingly bright humans in the middle of the Appennine Mountains.

Here is to Dwelling in the Margins

#blog #post #blogPost #margins #margin #edge #livingOnTheEdge #Aerosmith #Italy #Italia #Marche #SOS #LaScuolaOpenSource #XYZ

I wrote some thoughts about margins, potentially moving back to Italy, living on the edge(s), togetherness + a few other delirious epiphanies after spending one week with a group of wonderfully insane and astoundingly bright humans in the middle of the Appennine Mountains.

Here is to Dwelling in the Margins

#blog #post #blogPost #margins #margin #edge #livingOnTheEdge #Aerosmith #Italy #Italia #Marche #SOS #LaScuolaOpenSource #XYZ

“Bosses betting on #AI to slash #headcount and boost #margins are discovering an uncomfortable truth: the #strategy isn't working.

New research from #Gartner lays out the problem in stark terms. The analyst firm surveyed 350 global businesses - all with annual revenues above $1 billion, all piloting or deploying #IntelligentAutomation - and found that around 80 percent had cut #staff as a result.

The returns? Elusive. Companies that reduced their workforces were just as likely to see negative outcomes or marginal gains as they were to generate any meaningful return on #investment”

PHB’s need to be schooled in critical thinking. Was there ever the case for Engineer replacement instead of AI as just another tool?

#ZeroHourWork / #WhiteCollar / #ROE <https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/06/ai-layoffs-backfire-as-cutting-staff-doesnt-cut-it-firms-warned/5230631>

“Bosses betting on #AI to slash #headcount and boost #margins are discovering an uncomfortable truth: the #strategy isn't working.

New research from #Gartner lays out the problem in stark terms. The analyst firm surveyed 350 global businesses - all with annual revenues above $1 billion, all piloting or deploying #IntelligentAutomation - and found that around 80 percent had cut #staff as a result.

The returns? Elusive. Companies that reduced their workforces were just as likely to see negative outcomes or marginal gains as they were to generate any meaningful return on #investment”

PHB’s need to be schooled in critical thinking. Was there ever the case for Engineer replacement instead of AI as just another tool?

#ZeroHourWork / #WhiteCollar / #ROE <https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/06/ai-layoffs-backfire-as-cutting-staff-doesnt-cut-it-firms-warned/5230631>

Voyager 1 Loses Another Instrument As Power Margins Shrink Across Interstellar Space
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=voyager-1-loses-another-instrument-as-power-margins-shrink-across-interstellar-space
Key insight: <p>Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29
#instrument #voyager #another #margins

Most startups don’t have a formula problem, they have a sourcing problem. Founders overpay for inputs, buy specs users don’t need, and depend on one supplier, quietly eroding margins. The product can be fine, but smarter sourcing, negotiating volume discounts, qualifying alternate vendors, redesigning specs to match demand can unlock much stronger unit economics, higher gross margins, and improved cash flow. #startups #sourcing #uniteconomics #margins #supplychain

Most startups don’t have a formula problem, they have a sourcing problem. Founders overpay for inputs, buy specs users don’t need, and depend on one supplier, quietly eroding margins. The product can be fine, but smarter sourcing, negotiating volume discounts, qualifying alternate vendors, redesigning specs to match demand can unlock much stronger unit economics, higher gross margins, and improved cash flow. #startups #sourcing #uniteconomics #margins #supplychain

Subduction Retrieval [XKCD]
--
https://xkcd.com/3218/
--
“PSA: Please stay out of the Pacific Ocean today. Someone lost their wedding ring in a subduction zone and USGS is pulling the plate back up to retrieve it…
Aww, the oceanic crust and the continental crust are getting married!...”
#PSA #geology #platetectonics #subduction #margins #XKCD #fedservice #publicservice #RingOfFire #weddingring #humor #humour #PacificOcean
#USGS #XKCD

Subduction Retrieval [XKCD]
--
https://xkcd.com/3218/
--
“PSA: Please stay out of the Pacific Ocean today. Someone lost their wedding ring in a subduction zone and USGS is pulling the plate back up to retrieve it…
Aww, the oceanic crust and the continental crust are getting married!...”
#PSA #geology #platetectonics #subduction #margins #XKCD #fedservice #publicservice #RingOfFire #weddingring #humor #humour #PacificOcean
#USGS #XKCD

As I wait for my next book to wend and wind through the printing bureaucracy, I share some insights for independent publishers.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/14/new-book-pricing/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#publishing #printing #books #writing #author #business #pricing #choices #decisions #philosophy #psychology #inventory #logistics #margins #blog #podcast

As I wait for my next book to wend and wind through the printing bureaucracy, I share some insights for independent publishers.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/14/new-book-pricing/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#publishing #printing #books #writing #author #business #pricing #choices #decisions #philosophy #psychology #inventory #logistics #margins #blog #podcast

Key printing terms: #bleed #bleeds #margins #trimming

Investors are weighing the cost against the growth. Revenue is up, but the profit margins are feeling the squeeze from the massive hardware investment required.

#StockMarket
#Margins
#Strategy
#Economy

I can't help it, I love beautiful, modern, minimal designs. Most user interfaces just don't appeal to me. Book apps, in particular, often feel old-fashioned. There's nothing wrong with old things though; retro tech from the 80s and 90s has its own charm, and people really knew how to make beautiful things back then.

But bad UI is a different story, it's clumsy, built with off-the-shelf frameworks without much thought, and often lacks proper design guidelines, plan or structure. That's why I can't use Bookwyrm, for example.

I read a lot and have mostly been using https://getbookshelf.com on iOS along with a CSV file since leaving Goodreads. Right now, I'm checking out alternatives. Even StoryGraph doesn't quite do it for me. https://margins.app looks promising, and Bookcover is okay but missing some features.

So, if in another world I decided to make my own fork and app, contribute to Bookwyrm, and completely refresh its UI like I did for Mastodon with the Mastodon Bird UI - what would you think of that?

#Books #BookApps #Margins #BookWyrm #UI #UIDesign #FrontEnd #BookTrackers #OwnYourData #SelfHost

I can't help it, I love beautiful, modern, minimal designs. Most user interfaces just don't appeal to me. Book apps, in particular, often feel old-fashioned. There's nothing wrong with old things though; retro tech from the 80s and 90s has its own charm, and people really knew how to make beautiful things back then.

But bad UI is a different story, it's clumsy, built with off-the-shelf frameworks without much thought, and often lacks proper design guidelines, plan or structure. That's why I can't use Bookwyrm, for example.

I read a lot and have mostly been using https://getbookshelf.com on iOS along with a CSV file since leaving Goodreads. Right now, I'm checking out alternatives. Even StoryGraph doesn't quite do it for me. https://margins.app looks promising, and Bookcover is okay but missing some features.

So, if in another world I decided to make my own fork and app, contribute to Bookwyrm, and completely refresh its UI like I did for Mastodon with the Mastodon Bird UI - what would you think of that?

#Books #BookApps #Margins #BookWyrm #UI #UIDesign #FrontEnd #BookTrackers #OwnYourData #SelfHost

European #car manufacturers, not so long ago, bragged that they could reduce volumes more and still make more money from #margins.

Dudes, no one likes your product, everyone thinks it sucks and it's way too pricy. Been like that for a couple decades.

So you burnt through your political capital, you still got "reprieve", and now you're deeper in the crap.

no sympathy.

European #car manufacturers, not so long ago, bragged that they could reduce volumes more and still make more money from #margins.

Dudes, no one likes your product, everyone thinks it sucks and it's way too pricy. Been like that for a couple decades.

So you burnt through your political capital, you still got "reprieve", and now you're deeper in the crap.

no sympathy.

Tesla ends 2025 struggling with falling demand, aging models, shrinking margins, and delayed AI ambitions like robotaxis and Optimus. Competition especially from Chinese EV makers is surging, and the end of U.S. tax credits hit sales hard. Energy storage is growing, but not enough to offset weakening automotive cash flow.

#Tesla #EVSlowdown #MarketReality #AIHype #Margins #Competition #TECHi

Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/tesla-stock-rises-on-market-sentiment/

Operating Margins

https://fi-le.net/margin/

#HackerNews #Operating #Margins #finance #business #analysis #economy #profitability

Operating Margins

https://fi-le.net/margin/

#HackerNews #Operating #Margins #finance #business #analysis #economy #profitability

🤡 Let's take the thrilling world of #insurance #risk and transform it into something that's somehow even more sleep-inducing! 💸 Imagine the adrenaline rush of turning "collateral" into "investable assets" — because who doesn't love the exhilarating ride of #underwriting #profit margins? 🚀
https://riskvest.io/riskvest-insights/transforming-insurance-risk #investable #assets #margins #financial #thrill #HackerNews #ngated

🤡 Let's take the thrilling world of #insurance #risk and transform it into something that's somehow even more sleep-inducing! 💸 Imagine the adrenaline rush of turning "collateral" into "investable assets" — because who doesn't love the exhilarating ride of #underwriting #profit margins? 🚀
https://riskvest.io/riskvest-insights/transforming-insurance-risk #investable #assets #margins #financial #thrill #HackerNews #ngated

The most competitive Kansas House races from 2024 are shown in the table below, which is organized by the 2024 margin, with the closest races listed first.

The bottom two races weren't competitive in 2024, but they were in 2022.

20/x

#Kansas #Legislature #Politics #Fundraising #Election #Table #Data #Competitive #Margins

The most competitive Kansas House races from 2024 are shown in the table below, which is organized by the 2024 margin, with the closest races listed first.

The bottom two races weren't competitive in 2024, but they were in 2022.

20/x

#Kansas #Legislature #Politics #Fundraising #Election #Table #Data #Competitive #Margins

I incorrectly predicted Florida, Texas, Montana, and Nebraska would be decided by less than 5%. Instead, they were decided by more than 5%.

Nevada and Arizona were decided by less than 5%, which I hadn’t predicted.

13/x

#USA #Senate #Election #Predictions #Margins

I incorrectly predicted Florida, Texas, Montana, and Nebraska would be decided by less than 5%. Instead, they were decided by more than 5%.

Nevada and Arizona were decided by less than 5%, which I hadn’t predicted.

13/x

#USA #Senate #Election #Predictions #Margins

Prefer Gaps to Margins, by @kyleshevl.in:

https://kyleshevlin.com/prefer-gaps-to-margins/

#css #margins

Prefer Gaps to Margins, by @kyleshevl.in:

https://kyleshevlin.com/prefer-gaps-to-margins/

#css #margins

Easier Layout With “margin-trim”, by @jensimmons (@webkit):

https://webkit.org/blog/16854/margin-trim/

#css #margins #spacing #safari #apple #browsers

Easier Layout With “margin-trim”, by @jensimmons (@webkit):

https://webkit.org/blog/16854/margin-trim/

#css #margins #spacing #safari #apple #browsers

#Development #Approaches
Easier layout with CSS ‘margin-trim’ · Safari’s modern solution to an ancient layout problem https://ilo.im/163m8y

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#ModernCSS #Layout #Margins #Safari #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

#Development #Approaches
Easier layout with CSS ‘margin-trim’ · Safari’s modern solution to an ancient layout problem https://ilo.im/163m8y

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#ModernCSS #Layout #Margins #Safari #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

#SamirSeksaria #CFO #TCS
#GenAI will aid #margins despite cannibalisation of productivity gains
The cost reduction and the volume it could bring in would help insulate profit margins from impact of any cut in deal values.

🚀💸 DeepSeek: redefining "solopreneur" as the art of making it sound like building a file system in your mom's basement is a groundbreaking business model. 🤔 They brag about a 500% #profit margin, but hey, when you’re playing with imaginary numbers, anything’s possible! 🙄
https://manidoraisamy.com/developer-forever/post/the-era-of-solopreneurs-is-here.anc-52867368-2029-4dc5-a7da-ece853a648b5.html #DeepSeek #solopreneur #margins #entrepreneurship #techhumor #businessmodel #HackerNews #ngated

🚀💸 DeepSeek: redefining "solopreneur" as the art of making it sound like building a file system in your mom's basement is a groundbreaking business model. 🤔 They brag about a 500% #profit margin, but hey, when you’re playing with imaginary numbers, anything’s possible! 🙄
https://manidoraisamy.com/developer-forever/post/the-era-of-solopreneurs-is-here.anc-52867368-2029-4dc5-a7da-ece853a648b5.html #DeepSeek #solopreneur #margins #entrepreneurship #techhumor #businessmodel #HackerNews #ngated

#DonaldTrump won the #2024Election vote with one of the smallest #vote #margins in U.S. history, but in news deserts – counties lacking a professional source of local news – it was an avalanche. Trump won 91% percent of these counties over his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, according to an analysis of voting data by Medill Journalism School’s State of Local News project. https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/12/05/trump-wins-news-deserts-in-landslide/#news #journalism #democracy #GOP #MAGA #republican #voting #Elections2024 #news

A more hopeful article than the previous ones about razor-thin margins.

#Trump #liar #fascist #nazi #felon #rapist #campaign #2024 #politics #political #humour #humor #cartoon #cynical #threats #destruction #women #voting #voters #margins

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/02/what-polls-mean-so-far-trump-harris-election-voters

Here are 538’s predicted margins in the seven swing states.

9/x

#Politics #Forecast #Margins #Game #Of #Inches

#Polish #ForeignMinistry suggests #Hungary #leave #EU, #NATO after #VicktorOrban's #controversial #statements.

"We do not do business with #Russia, unlike #PrimeMinister Orban, who is on the #margins of #international #society, in the #EU and #NATO," Bartoszewski said. #Budapest is often seen a key #ally of #Russia in the #EU.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #Poland #Hungary #Russia #Nato

https://kyivindependent.com/polish-foreign-ministry-suggests-hungary-leave-eu-nato-after-orbans-controversial-statements/

[IMHO] The other #PrideMarch in the #Philippines.

We need to bring #Pride to the #margins, make them more #accessible to #rural #LGBTQI #members and our #allies

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Philippines #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture
https://www.rappler.com/voices/imho/imho-the-other-pride-march-lgbtqi/

#Stata question about #margins. Cross-posted at https://www.statalist.org/forums/forum/general-stata-discussion/general/1752205-margins-after-melogit-statistically-different-but-point-estimate-of-one-margin-inside-confidence-interval-of-another

As described at the above link, I am estimating `margins` (predicted probabilities) of a #multilevel #logistic regression. I am finding that in some cases the point estimate of one group is inside the confidence interval of the other group, but a test nonetheless indicates a statistically significant difference between the two groups. Any insights on this seeming paradox would be appreciated.