CPU manufacturers were getting jealous at the other hardware manufacturers claiming shortages in this artificial scarcity scenario.
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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Intel and AMD aren't claiming shortages. They are switching what they are manufacturing. Companies downstream of them in the consumer space are reporting shortages.
This is going exactly as planned by big tech.
They dont want you to own your own hardware. They dont want local storage. They want to control EVERYTHING.
When personal computing is expensive enough, they will offer remote access to their server space, where you rent some specs and the screen (your computer access) is projected to you via internet.
Then they'll earn the subscription money, and they own every single log file and data on "your" computer.
As soon as this is the cheapest option by a margin, they WILL get costumers. No doubt. And it's awful.
Jeff Bezos even said this publicly, that this is the goal.
I'll switch to legacy systems before I pay for a subscription service.
The only intense stuff I use is gaming. And I have no issue sticking with lower spec games that can run on a potato.
This assumes really good internet infrastructure and still requires some sort of terminal at the user end. Of course, Bezos is a billionaire and so might be dumb enough to believe it himself.
They'll subsidize cheap locked down thin clients that can do jack shit by themselves except make an RDP connection to a VM.
I was going to say, thin clients are nothing new at all. And they're already practicing with thin terminal deliveries with TVs these days
Every day, I grow more eager for the inevitable crash of the AI market. Sora getting killed seems like a good portent.
The endless promotion of AI by virtually all tech company CEOs and shareholders, to me, is the most definitive proof that the rich would rather burn it all down than give any compensation, respect and decency to the working class.
Thats the whole point. They are so immensely rich, they could fix most of the world's and its people's problems fairly quickly, and still be rich enough to continue to live in unbridled luxury and splendor, while the population would be mostly happy and content with the system. But apparently money is addictive and so they would rather ruin the world and societies by promoting a shift into fascism than give up even a sliver.
It's also like... When you can have anything in the world it stops having meaning. So you can realistically only crave power, and by pushing others towards shittier and more miserable lives you elevate yours - it's the only way.
Good luck, with Hormuz closed most of Asia's LNG shipments are blocked (which TSMC relies heavily on), plus other crucial chemicals for the chip making process like helium
I did not have "helium shortage disrupting the tech industry" on my bingo card.
Luckily Australia is their largest source and they upped the amount. They can also get more shipments from the US.
I'm skeptical about Sora getting killed. I think it's very plausible that they just privated their model for internal use by the US gov. Sure, it's one less power hungry AI video generator, but there are multiple of those available already, I don't think it's the win most people think it is.
Also likely: they just took the investment money and ran, the fucking robber barrons they are.
I've been listening for this inevitable crash for some time now, but nothing yet. Crossing fingers. Eventually we will all need CPUs, disks, RAM etc.
The crash will come at some point, but based on the last decade, crypto boom, covid, just greed, now AI. Some new bullshit comes and jacks up the prices even more.
Call me a doomer, but the market is permanently messed up. It will not recover as long as some new player, maybe China, will enter the market.
Could happen tomorrow, could happen in a year or two. Stay tuned for more updates on the ongoing shit show.
And I feel like this war with Iran will just accelerate it. Lots of AI investment come from Arab countries, right? The ones who are suffering the damage from the war that Israel started because of their alliances.
This is why i'm building a server with DDR3 RAM and a Phenom II motherboard.
I have 96GB of ECC DDR3 laying around with nothing to put it in. I should find some low-power hardware that will take it.
“96GB of DDR3” will never really be “low power”, take it from a guy who built a homelab with a DDR3 machines a while ago…but you should still pick up whatever hardware you can as soon as you can. Like, seriously, they’re taking personal computing away from us.
B-bu-buh-buht muh cloud computing, and S3 buckets, and no need for physical, and non-ownership!
This is exactly why I started moving my shit off Proton Drive and into my external hard drive. Yes, the Proton Suite is private and secure, but I want to own my shit.
Also why I'm moving my shit off Bitwarden and onto KeepPass.
Backups are key, Lemmyngs!
Vaultwarden?
I've had the motherboard sitting around collecting dust for awhile. I was looking into buying a NAS until I realized it was a ripoff. Figured why not build a system around POS from 2011.
When I wanted my current server to be available for more experimental loads I decided I needed a new machine and at that time all hdds had gone up in price, but a package of ds225+ with 2x16TB had not yet been price increased so I got the NAS "for free".
I would've repurposed an old gaming machine otherwise.
Worth looking for those kind of "deals" where someone has forgotten to increase a bundle price.
DS225+ with jellyfin and transcoding:
I added 16GB RAM (Crucial 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz CL22 SODIMM) and the github.com/007revad/Transcode_for_x25 fix to enable proper transcoding for a docker install of Jellyfin and enough RAM to add other "production load" dockers in the future.
Now I can play around all I want on my old server while Jellyfin and SMB shares remain available on redundant drives with automated backups. I've also blocked the NAS from the internet in my router now to ensure that Synology can't "fix" the transcode fix.
No chipsets from that era that handle 96GB are going to be affordable to run - unless you’ve got excess solar or something.
Move to a colder climate and offset it by using the waste heat!
Man I'm so happy I barely game anymore and my home server was rebuilt 2 years ago, hopefully it doesn't crap out anytime soon 🤞
I find myself playing more and more graphically simple games, like schedule 1, crosscode, jackbox, etc. . . And there are many others. I was worried that my pc would be too weak for gaming, but man, there are so many fun games that dont need photorealistic graphics to run. Even NFS 2015 looks great, and isnt hard to run.
Indie games are better anyway and don't need much hardware power :)
I started building my first server last year, I only need two more 8TB drives to complete my raid ambition