Charlie StrossFeb 25

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116127740444038853

The unadmitted reason this is happening (and the AI bubble besides): Moore's Law *has ended*. The only way for hardware sales to go in future is *down* because your next PC or Mac will work just fine until it breaks or dies of old age. So by ramping prices artificially via this RAM/SSD futures bullshit, they're keeping profits high for as long as possible.

Show threadGraydonFeb 25

@cstross I am willing to entertain the "we're going to get rid of consumer computer hardware that isn't rented" scenario.

In the 1970s, there was a thriving market for making, selling, and applying custom/aftermarket car parts. The entire auto industry systematically murdered it by successively moving cars into a space where you couldn't do that. It's not like we don't know a large market can't be expunged.

The incumbents have a strong general incentive to keep people from having options.

Show threadDressToKILTFeb 25
@graydon @cstross just remember, communists are the ones who want to take your private property!
Show threadIrene (she/they, Sir/Mr.)Feb 25
@dresstokilt please learn the difference between personal property and private property before fearmongering about who is coming to take what from whom, it is the capitalists who are coming after personal property and the only people who fear the abolition of private property are themselves actual or aspiring despots @graydon @cstross
Show threadDressToKILTFeb 25
@Irenetherogue @graydon @cstross Here this might be helpful for you to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
Sarcasm - Wikipedia

Show threadIrene (she/they, Sir/Mr.)Feb 25

@dresstokilt heres one for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive-aggressive_behavior

@graydon @cstross

Passive-aggressive behavior - Wikipedia

Show threadCharlie Stross
@Irenetherogue @dresstokilt @graydon At least 2/3 of the people in the thread you just rudely barged into are not USAns. We understand and use sarcasm *and* irony. (And you're one toot away from a block right now.)
Feb 25 at 11:21pmWeb