Eniko Fox

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/116301661509651336

Yeah sure okay why the fuck not

Mar 27 at 6:13pmWeb
Show threadCassandra is only carbon now1d ago

@eniko Might as well at this point, right? Can't afford storage or RAM, what's the point of buying a processor?

I'll be honest, I didn't see this as being the next front in the war on general purpose computing, just pricing the rest of us the fuck out at the supply end.

Show threadOlivier1d ago

@xgranade but look at those margins, amirite? It's all part of the global wealth extraction trend to get rich people richer while us plebs fight each other to house and feed ourselves.

@eniko

Show threadCassandra is only carbon now1d ago
@dacmot @eniko Yes, but it's more than just margins, I think. It's also that soon none of us will be able to afford a computer, but we'll still need one, such that renting a computer is the only option left. At that point, there's no backstop at *all* against margins growing.
Show threadOlivier1d ago

@xgranade oh yeah. They have it all planned out. 😒

@eniko

Show threadPent Up Games 🔞1d ago
@dacmot @xgranade @eniko
Show threadNeil E. Hodges1d ago
@eniko
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Neil E. Hodges

What if the main reason why these AI corporations are buying up so much hardware is to prevent the consumers from buying hardware because they don't want peo...

Show threadNeil E. Hodges1d ago
@eniko
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Neil E. Hodges

What if the main reason why these AI corporations are buying up so much hardware is to prevent the consumers from buying hardware because they don't want peo...

Show threadOlivier1d ago
@eniko sunk cost fallacy. I expect we'll have to bail them out eventually like the US bailed out banks in 2008. And we'll collectively erase that from our memory and do it all over again 20-30 years from now.
Show threadsarah tonin 1d ago
@eniko time to buy 7400 series chips and make cpus at home 
Show threadR.O.S.I.E 54481d ago
I'd recommend 74HCT-series chips-- depending on your arch and chip selection you can go up to about 40-50Mhz on a shallow chip depth (maximum chips used in succession in a single cycle) with them and they have absolutely miniscule power draw;

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Show threadAprazeth1d ago

@eniko

I have no words. Well, no polite ones at least :(

Show threadXarizzar Phantasma (玄)1d ago
@eniko On today's fucking episode of "We hate consumers buying PCs", I guess. FML.
Show threadFurryBeta1d ago
@eniko “If we can get the producers away from making consumer level CPUs , the public won’t have a choice but to buy our crappy internet terminals!”
Show threadMaia1d ago
@eniko Alternatively: ARM to take over the market as Intel and AMD abandons it