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minus-squaresns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up85·13 days agoWhen this all crashes to the ground it’s going to be ugly.
minus-squareNotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoUgly, yes, but also cheap.
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoRAM will be cheap! So will the dollar… Maybe I can get a good deal on upgrades to my server by reclaiming the gold in the contacts?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·13 days agoBut we might scoop up loads of cheap RAM, hard drives and a nice GPU!
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoSo when that happens… Is there gonna be like a memory auction? Will I have to buy a whole ai training rig just to get the RAM? I’ll just take your best guess.
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agothere will probably be a flood of cheap hardware/server equipment flooding the second hand market, yes
When this all crashes to the ground it’s going to be ugly.
Ugly, yes, but also cheap.
RAM will be cheap! So will the dollar… Maybe I can get a good deal on upgrades to my server by reclaiming the gold in the contacts?
But we might scoop up loads of cheap RAM, hard drives and a nice GPU!
So when that happens… Is there gonna be like a memory auction? Will I have to buy a whole ai training rig just to get the RAM?
I’ll just take your best guess.
there will probably be a flood of cheap hardware/server equipment flooding the second hand market, yes