This isn’t the first time that the memory companies have colluded to raise prices. It’s perhaps one of the more extreme instances, yes, but with the AI excuse going away, things will have to go back to reality, especially as China ramps up production and ruins the cartel setup we’re currently stuck with.

That’s assuming everyone’s devices crap out during this year or two while the AI and memory companies play pretend that they’re actually going to use up all this memory.

For a while, but when the AI bubble pops and as China ramps up production, we’ll hopefully see the memory cartel eat shit.

I do, that’s why I refuse to buy anything so that they can have more supply.

It’s not just desktops, it’s phones and laptops and consoles

Good thing I don’t care about any of those things enough to pay the rip-off prices. I’m fine with my 4 year old phone and 10 year old PC. If they crap out then I’ll replace them with some cheap old crap. I don’t need high specs, there isn’t much worth running these days.

Does what? Stops visiting them?

Maybe. Would be nice to have multiple options at least.

Oh, so that’s why when I use the snipping tool and paste it, it’s a png instead of another format that could take up less space.

Lebensraum.

Don’t be ridiculous, the US wants nothing to do with Ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa

Maybe sodium ion will be a suitable replacement.

Thanks! I was blown away by the quality of voice work in a game back then. Combined with the story, it was a real treat.

Work or “work”? I ask because my company also heavily encourages AI use, so I slap together a prompt and walk away from the machine while it defecates. A lot of it is garbage, but I don’t spend much time doing manual refinement because they clearly can’t distinguish quality if they’re demanding slop. I adjust the output only enough to pass the requirements.

Apple was overpricing RAM before it was cool.

Clueless or intentional?

Do you have anything showing this backing by Russia? I’m curious at what the connection would be.

That’s not faking it, that’s just doing it and getting better with practice.

If he keeps this up, he may have to learn to work without his head like an aristocrat.

A cop is a cop after all, and we all know what all cops are.

They make such great use of our tax dollars.