HackerTrans
TopNewTrendsCommentsPastAskShowJobs

thealecpow

no profile record

Submissions

[untitled]

1 points·by thealecpow·10 mesi fa·0 comments

Let's Model the cost of a TikTok U.S. divestiture: $72.2B base case

thepricer.org
1 points·by thealecpow·10 mesi fa·2 comments

What it costs to scramble jets: a transparent, reproducible model

thepricer.org
2 points·by thealecpow·10 mesi fa·1 comments

comments

thealecpow
·10 mesi fa·discuss
We built a transparent model using public user counts and reported valuation anchors. Includes Low/Base/High fee scenarios, debt interest per user, compliance OpEx, and pass-through math (CPMs, creator pools, subs). Methods and sources are at the end of the article. Happy to adjust numbers if folks share better inputs.
thealecpow
·11 mesi fa·discuss
Setting aside whether federalizing D.C. policing is wise, there’s a simple checkbook question people miss: Guard deployments aren’t free.

    In D.C. 2020, the Guard put the peak daily cost at ~$2.65M for ~5,000 troops, about $530 per Guard/day. That’s a decent order-of-magnitude yardstick for today. Source: Reuters (contemporaneous) – https://www.reuters.com/article/world/what-was-the-cost-for-the-national-guard-to-deploy-in-dc-up-to-26-million-a-idUSKBN23J05Y/

    For a rough scale: 800–1,200 troops = mid–six figures per day, before you add transport/lodging decisions that move the number a lot. A recent LA activation was budgeted $134M for 60 days ($2.2M/day) off DoD testimony, which matches that ballpark.
If you want a plain-English explanation of what drives those day rates (lodging, per diem, lift, command overhead) and how to scale them, this explainer lays out the math: https://www.thepricer.org/how-much-does-national-guard-deplo...