Post #259021
2026-02-11 14:33 UTC
I knew it was bad, but oh boy.
(Chart is showing the average price of DDR5-5600 2x32GB memory. Source: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/)
Replies (5)
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@Phosphenes@mastodon.social 2026-02-11 15:43
@fi@chaos.social This coincides with the US government writing blank checks to the techbro AI cult. Now it has spread to an international AI arms race.
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@vgoller@nrw.social 2026-02-11 20:21
@fi@chaos.social hat die DDR nach all den Jahrzehnten doch noch wirtschaftlichen Erfolg 😳🤣
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@Limey_tank@mastodon.ie 2026-02-11 21:11
@fi@chaos.social @cstross@wandering.shop and all because we’re not taxing the rich correctly
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@ki@chaos.social 2026-02-11 22:56
@fi@chaos.social what the fuck
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@acsawdey@fosstodon.org 2026-02-12 18:12
@fi@chaos.social Not just memory prices but also the same increase happened to SSD and even to rotating disk to a lesser extent. But not processors, nor (strangely) video cards.