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Comment Re:I am waiting for Schrems III (Score 2) 24

Wait, do you think that's not true? It's literally the basis for Five-Eyes which is not new.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The idea is that it's illegal for some governments to spy on their citizens, so they ask other countries to do it for them and share information. This isn't fantasy, this is real and has been since 9/11.

Comment Re:screw that (Score 1) 180

I recently switched from a Xeon machine to an AMD Threadripper and I gotta say... it's a much better all around experience and more bang for the buck as well. I couldn't be happier, and I can't think of a good reason to ever buy Intel again after all their 'security' patches reduced my render machines efficiency by 15-35%.

Intel has lost their way, they really have.

Comment Re:Quotes from the report. U be the judge (Score 1) 39

What it really means is that shorts haven't closed and all the new interest was retail FOMO. So in addition to all the new shares they sold, there is still 140% short interest hidden in all kinds of other vehicles.

So there's what... a billion or two counterfeit shares out there and they haven't closed?

It's official, the free market is a sham.

Comment Hmmm. (Score 5, Insightful) 32

Do a search for a graphics card on the google shopping tab. Notice anything strange with your results?

Google is going to have to give way more shits than they currently do to even be considered. I rate google as possibly the least reliable place for shopping for computer parts and that's the only thing I've ever tried to use the shopping search for. I'm sure it's better for other things but ffs, it's been a year of wfh for many folks and google still doesn't have their shit together.

And then there's the bigger issue... Google has no customer support. At all. Ever tried to contact a human at Youtube? Good luck. Google has no chance to compete in an arena which requires customer support. None.

Comment Re: Best financial advice ever (Score 1) 180

You're not getting it, they don't have to come up with that much. The stock is overshorted, more of it is shorted than actually exists. This means at some point the hedge funds have to buy it, whatever the price. They *have* to.

Maybe Gamestop could issue more stock to stop the problem, but why would they help the hedge funds that have been driving their stock price into the ground for the past 2 years?

Comment Re:Economics (Score 5, Interesting) 220

It's not just prices that caused the problem, we know humans will pay for convenience.

Once stores like Borders, Barnes and Noble, Sears, etc. started carrying only the popular stuff, we started to hear the line "I'll order that for you and call you when it gets here."

Well, if it's getting ordered and I have to wait I may as well pay as little as possible and order it myself. That's how malls died.

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