Andrea C (he/him)If there was a Best Internet Comedian award, this guyy should win it. Watch his other videos on other technology too.
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Gareth HalfacreeIt's the 1st of April and the US is now waking up, which means I'll be ignoring all press releases for the next 24 hours or so.
My #Hackster round-up, you'll be pleased to hear, contains only the truth - starting with, yes, the sad news that #RaspberryPi has hiked prices *again*, for the third time in five months. The big 'uns, with 16GB RAM, are now $100-150 more than yesterday. Ouch.
Socialism for All ☭ Intensify Class StruggleAbsolutely astounding. #AIBubble
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Socialism for All ☭ S4AThis is a map from JP Morgan showing when oil shipments from the Strait of Hormuz are scheduled to make their last deliveries in different parts of the world.
Even if hostilities were to cease today, refineries & storage facilities have been struck, & tankers travel slowly, so there still would be a lag period before more ships sail out plus additional supply reductions. It's similar to last year's tariffs mess (a practice run?), but this time, it can't all be undone by a signature or phone call.
Brace for impact; this is an oil shock that's very likely to pop the bubble of the global capitalist economy, causing price spikes & even rationing in the short term, followed by all kinds of serious turmoil. See @Prolekult 's "The Road to Tehran" for more about the USA's motivations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzpRvXCCGUU
map source (Marketwatch): https://images.mktw.net/im-00084239?width=1200&size=1.871345029239766&pixel_ratio=2
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Jürgen Hubert#WritersCoffeeClub 30 March: What got in the way of your writing this month?
My day job, mostly. I am a bid manager, and I had to finalize a seven-figure bid, which is always a massive effort.
And then there were distractions like hardware prices climbing through the roof due to the #AIBubble . I'm glad that I am not the one who has to explain these to our customers, but I am one of the people who has to calculate our prices.
Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦Big Tech's bloodbath could be sticky this time
JamesA new analysis argues Big Tech's record AI spending isn't about winning — it's defensive. Forcing OpenAI and Anthropic to raise ever-larger rounds shrinks the investor pool until IPOs become the only path left. If the chain breaks, the ripple hits data centers, banks, and pension funds.
https://martinvol.pe/blog/2026/03/30/how-the-ai-bubble-bursts/
How the AI bubble bursts
The catalysts for a crash are already laid out, and it can happen sooner than most expect. AI is here to stay. If used right, chances are it will make us all more productive. That, on the other hand, does not mean it will be a good investment. Big tech doesn’t need to win, just outspend Magnificent 7 companies are increasing capex to their biggest ever to differentiate their tech from each other and the big AI labs, but the key realization is that they don’t have to spend it to win. It’s a defensive move for them, if they commit $50B, OpenAI and Anthropic need to go raise $100B each to stay competitive, which makes them reliant on investors’ money. As the numbers get bigger, the amount of funds that can write checks of the size required to fill such amounts gets smaller. And many of them are now getting bombed in the Gulf. This is the reason there’s a push for IPOs, it’s because it’s the only option left to keep the funding coming. Taking this into account, Google is extremely well positioned to weather the storm. When they announce capex expenditure, they don’t spend it overnight. They can simply deploy month by month until their competitors struggle to raise and get forced to capitulate. At that point they can just ramp down the spending and declare victory in a cornered market. They don’t need capex, they just need to make it very clear for everyone that nobody can outspend them. It is hard to picture as numbers get so big, but Alphabet (Google’s parent) is ten times more valuable than the biggest military company 1. This also has a great implication for the Mag 7, especially Google: their capex will be a lot smaller in practice than projected, and as investors hate to see high capex in tech, the market will probably reward that if it materializes. As of March 2026, Alphabet’s market cap is ~$2T while Lockheed Martin’s is ~$120B. ↩
Hublai (charismatic megafauna)It's never a good thing when the satirical cautionary tale literally merges with stock market press releases.
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#TurboQuant
#AIbubble
Remember when #Zelensky TV comedy became a political party? How did that work out?
#TotalCollapseOfTheWest
#LifeImitatesArt
#yrugae
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Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it 'Pied Piper' | TechCrunch
Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises to shrink AI’s “working memory” by up to 6x, but it’s still just a lab experiment for now.
Mike McCaffreyIf we still have this stupid #AIBubble trying to build an exponential number of data centers in 3-5 years, I am going to be so fucking pissed.
Pedro J. Hdez (@[email protected])
"Data centres are expected to be one of the most power-hungry activity in the next decade. In fact, it has been estimated that in 3 to 5 years the power consumption for data processing will exceed the amount budgeted for manufacturing. As such, it is possible to expect that the impact of #DataCentres and #AI hyperscalers activities on climate might not be negligible, indeed being further exacerbated by the use of AI in the next decades" 🗞️ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2521256-ai-data-centres-can-warm-surrounding-areas-by-up-to-9-1c/ 🎓 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.20897