It literally doesn't matter what brand you buy anymore. They're all made from the same 3 factories.

Next...I hope they ban people over the age of 70 from driving.

I don't give a shit what condition they're in. Once they hit seventy...off the roads.

As the scum of the earth.

It's actually why I order less. It was nice when I ordered from a place...and they knew where I lived..how to get here. They'd been here before.

Uber and Lyft people can't find my fucking house with me in the car. They lack the concept of not everyone lives right up on the road. My neighbors have had a lot of meals...on me...because they just accepted the deliveries. DoorDash is the worst...they know my name so they can get all my orders. At least with UberEats they don't know the pin and usually...they don't get the food and then the guy calls me and I have to tell him..."turn around...see the lights. i'm back here...you know..the road by the mailbox with my house number and not the one across the fucking street."

I don't have things delivered to my house anymore. Period.

A better solution would be to just require the ISPs to block Cloudflare.

They're not a problem if you wall them off.

People....have options. You can pull out the phone and get something delivered from just about anyplace...even if they don't offer delivery. Pizza Hut is now just using doordash. 20 years ago...I could have pizza or Chinese food delivered. That was it. Most people's delivery options were limited.

Now you've got people literally waiting in their cars to go grab something and deliver it to you. The only thing that happened to pizza is it lost it's delivery advantage.

TV's are that cheap *now*. But they still need RAM...which we all know is in short supply and soon likely won't be available at all.

So there goes the cost savings.

Don't forget tariffs.

I think we're about to see end of the cheap electronics. The days of sub $600 laptops and $200 TV's are gone.

And there won't be a PC market to return to. I think 2 to 5 years of this and no one's going to be buying a PC.

Which is what they want.

We're only going to lose in this. The days of cheap PCs doing what you want are done. We're going to return to dumb terminals where we get to pay for controlled access.

These are the same people who bitch about traffic...while simultaneously fighting against road construction. They complain their taxes are going up...but won't let any new businesses or development come in to increase the tax base.

They use to fight against cell phone towers...they threaten suits over fraud because their phone doesn't work at their house. Oh...but they don't want the towers anywhere near them. Phone still has to work, but no towers.

Self-centered pricks.

Two guys literally got arrested at Defcon because HOTEL SECURITY told police the Flipper Zero was a hacking device.

The police responded by doing a felony arrest. They were released later when it was found that...the arrest was unlawful because possession is not a felony.

But the cops...trained professionals....took the word of fucking casino rent-a-cops of what the law was.

Clearly you don't understand supply and demand.

To start with...no one is producing consumer ram. No one. Everyone is focusing solely on high-end memory.

They have already stated they have zero intention of producing it again. None. Not one single person has said this will be over by summer...if anything...every company has said the shortages will continue in to 2027.

If no one makes it, there's nothing to sell. EVen if the bubble pops...it takes time to retool.

They quit producing consumer ram to meet the demands for AI. If you really think the corporations aren't going to take advantage of this; well I think we have a whole history of times where shortages lead to price increases that stayed permanent. The prices of everything went up 5 years ago...and did not go down when the supposed problems were solved. If those prices were high due to shortages, they should have dropped....but they didn't.

If they can get people paying $1500 a gig now...then why stop? You don't. You keep charging the stupid high rates and make them the new normal.

Actually, I say that's by design.

People can't buy computers if they can't get RAM. If they can't buy computers, then they'll be forced on to another option...like a hosted desktop. Then you have no options and no freedom....just a walled garden where every move you make can be watched.

Brand new motherboards and CPUs cost less than last years stuff; and last years stuff is getting stupid expensive. It's hit a wall. There's no incentive to sell new stuff because no one can use it. Can't afford the last generation because everyone is buying that instead.

By destroying the consumer side first...they can force everyone on to hosted platforms...where they'll ensure a revenue stream and make sure the bubble doesn't pop. Because right now the corporations have every incentive to invest every dollar they can because they know the future for them will be wage-free world of AI workers.

"It might cost us a trillion now but it will save us trillions in the future"

They talked about replacing income tax with a flat federal sales tax for years.

Well..they've effectively put a federal tax on everything we buy...AND they're keeping income taxes.

So...no...the problem is you don't pay for what you use. You pay for what everyone else uses and some fuckers gold toilet.

When toll roads are 100% run by the states...maybe.

But the ones in our state...are run by fucking Australia. They get their cut...then the state gets theirs. As a result...they get to do this like misread your tag and bill you $95 for it. They close toll gates and force you to pay by phone.

Maybe if the tolls weren't run like a scam. But they are...and I'll be damned if I'm letting some foreign company get a huge cut for something the state should be doing.

That doesn't mean we agree with it.

I don't drive that stretch of 95 in MD. I don't drive interstates in PA.

I pay enough in fucking insurance and other things I'm required to pay for in order to have a car; I'll be damned if I'm going to pay $23 to drive on a fucking road on top of it.