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DRAM And NAND Chip Makers Are Determined To Drive Up DDR5 And SSD Prices in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, I saw this coming and got a new 2TB SSD before 11.11 even. Though now thinking if I should have gotten 4TB instead. xD

Also, this kinda is like collusion, no?

What (free and open-source) applications do you use on a daily basis? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

SumatraPDF
NotePad++

First Time Making Ramen in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Kinda, but nowadays it's all filtered in so even in a mass market supermarket you can get some decent ingredients. Like anything else not common to the local palate, you have to pay. Kale is ridiculously expensive, for example.

First Time Making Ramen in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If you're worried about authenticity, probably compare notes with native cooks, but more importantly, check to see if the ingredients are correct. Very easy to get bastardised ingredients; as an example, living in an Asian country, I used to have a hell of a time getting the right herbs and vegetables for doing certain Western dishes with, and very common to get some pre-packaged "mix" of herbs instead.

Microsoft sets 16GB default for RAM for AI PCs – machines will also need 40 TOPS of AI compute: Report in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Great, so it'll take AI to set 16GB as minimum.

I still shudder that there are machines still being sold with 8GB RAM, that's just barely enough.

Eloth’s Endeavors tries out Battletech. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Just one paragraph on the game, and no real description of the impressions beyond "fun". I was wondering for a newcomer, would they have found it too crunchy; it is quite a numbers intensive game.

The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's just trends/fashion, I don't get why algorithms are to blame? I read the whole long ass article but I don't really find a compelling argument. It's just how trends work. The algorithms of now speed it up, but it's no different from anything in this connected day and age; I used to only hear of new PC announcements in a month (when the next issue of PC Magazine hit my mail box), now I can get it within the minute of announcement.

Big Tech Won’t Let You Leave. Here's a Way Out - WIRED in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

This is why I don't like the Fediverse as much. Can you believe that loon got so many upvotes? Describes the average mentality around these parts, what a turn off.

MechWarrior 5: Clans Teaser in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It's definitely a nice callback.

First time I see this set, what do you think? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The bonsai set is great, I still need to put it together. Maybe for the upcoming CNY!

Sony wf-1000xm5 megathread in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Odd, it's already gone on sale a few times where I am.

Samsung is no longer the world’s biggest smartphone maker in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I'm sure there'll only be people who read the headlines, so here's what's going on:

Overall shipments decreased by 40 million, but there were two companies who made gains within the top 5: Apple, who shipped 8 million units more, and Transsion, who shipped 22 million units more. Samsung dropped 40 million units, similar to the overall shipments. Looks like Transsion made the most of it during this dip, taking away marketshare from other Android phone makers.