This is why Monopolies and Oligopolies SUCK.

They lobby the governments of the world to not be held accountable and it is in their best interest to limit production to raise demand. Without competitors why should they lower supplies or increase capacity?

Infact, the mem makers got busted3x times for price fixing in the past 25 years! Micron or Hynix even stated they do not want to increase production in case the AI fad dies and they are suck with an abundance of supply.

The US also has a far right wing government now where nvidia, sumsung, and others paid for Trumps ballroom when the East Wing was demoed so the FCC won't do anything now. ... money well spent.

Well the demand for RAM is due to clouds providers buying blades.

Besides memory they also need SSDs to boot and run programs.

If you have to use a program to NOT go on the WEBz there is NO QUESTION you have a problem. Just turn the phone off. Better yet turn of the notifications that keep you hanging on and just live your life.

This shitty business model is just what Steam is doing. I'm not suggesting they are going out of business but if they did we'd be screwed. If you don't get an OFFLINE installer, you don't own your game. I have hundreds of games from GOG, and a few from ITCH.IO but I don't buy games on Steam for fear they will pull an Nozama and leave me high and dry.

Where do you think he learned about penis birds?

This is why the Bag of Holding remains such a popular magic item. That would reduce 500 pounds down to 15, and the remaining 170 could easily be distributed across the party.

I think they mean birth rate not fertility rate. Just because you don't have kids doesn't mean you can't.

I wish I had points for you. JD has been FSCK'n farmers for decades. I can remember my grandfather ranting about them.

A lot of people want a Mac because they have a nice form factor and they work in the Apple ecosystem. Macbooks were a bit expensive. It's obvious that an iPad masquerading as a Macbook was going to work, because a lot of people like a proper keyboard and don't need touchscreen. Macbook Neo fits a perfect niche. I'm not surprised by its success, I'm just surprised that Apple are. I'm stunned their business case didn't imagine bigger volume. Why buy a more expensive Macbook for basic admin, web browsing, and streaming?

You may be right - I guess I've been thinking too much about Mars missions where it's a lot more important. The moon isn't that far away that it makes a big difference, from what you say.

I'm pressing 'X' to doubt. What make/model of router? I'll look up an image of the box.

Reasonable to assume that, in fact, we might choose to fly to the moon when it's closer to perigee.

It's become very "I built this with AI" and "how your business is going to improve with AI" and all sorts of terrible content, and GAMES! WTF.

Why did it need a 'big yellow burst' when it would have plainly advertised itself as a 100/1000 instead of a 10/100/1000?

Well, in this case, a distinct lack of needing to compile shaders.

And consoles have been 'PCs in fancy cases' since the OG Xbox. Arguably the Dreamcast.