Well, that’s just really shitty.

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      Micron took millions in tax payer dollars from the CHIPS Act to build fabs. To then turn around and shut down their consumer market is kind of fucked. That’s a little more than a nothing burger.

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      Well I mean the 3 DRAM manufacturers that matter all made the decision to ramp down consumer RAM manufacturing. OpenAI alone is buying up 40% of all global DRAM production.

      Given all the financial fuckery going on with OpenAI and the AI and hardware industries in general, I’m pretty sure this is intentional price fixing.

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          Just accepting how fucked things are does not advance change. Others being concerned about it benefits you, so I’m not sure what you’re complaining about.

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            It’s just that society has much bigger problems than the price of ram sticks.

            Like the price of housing, the price of food, transportation…

            I don’t find this even worth mentioning, that’s just it.

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              So, you’re going with the slippery slope: There are so many other problems, why worry about a new one?

              I’m homeless and struggle to afford food, so I’m aware of the larger issues in play. The problem here is that we’re adding a new one atop societal decay. Handwaving each new fuckup away is how we succumb to a future without agency.

              Now is the time to be shouting from the rooftops, not giving up.