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danielmarkbruce 57 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Leaked OpenAI financials show $38.5B loss and comp...

No, no they do not. Those are operating expenses. This is accounting 101.

hparadiz 57 days ago [–]

It's wild how basic math goes poof as soon as someone has an agenda to push in internet comment threads.

danielmarkbruce 57 days ago | [–]

The words have meaning in accounting. The basic idea of accounting is to communicate what is going on in the business in as consistent a way as possible. It's not a perfect system, but this stuff really is 101.

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