The title also had me confused.

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It requires a massive investment in research and development of advanced aerodynamics, material science, supply chain, skilled mechanics, etc. You just don’t pop out a plane from a group of engineers like we did during WW1. Creating a fighter jet that is capable enough to defend against today’s adversaries will require a couple decades of investment to start from scratch. And yes I know you probably think that we can just use the knowledge already available from previous fighter jet programs like older American jets but even if they had de-classified designs they still don’t have the supply chain and technical experts to pull it off in a few years.

That’s how it’s done in the United Soviet States of America.

I’m surprised they deported white people

Model minorities

We’re about to get that subscription model! Probably gonna be Adobe flavored. Steam Machine launching just in time.

Gabe³

Better start saving now!

It doesn’t need to have anything to do with SSDs. The point is there is a hardware shortage of something that most computers have and laptop manufactures can use that as an excuse to raise prices. Also just because most laptops come with M.2 SSDs doesn’t mean all of them would. There may be some that use 2.5" HDDs.

EDIT: After looking through the article this also affects SSDs.

That means if a firm wants to buy large-capacity hard drives, the backbone of nearline storage, it has to wait 24 months due to long lead times. As the news cycle suggests, AI money doesn’t wait for anyone, so hyperscalers are now switching to QLC NAND-based SSDs to avoid these backorders. Picking QLC over TLC allows them to maintain costs while achieving sufficient endurance for cold storage.

However, hoarding QLC NAND creates its own shortage, since every cloud provider in North America and China is now lining up to buy it. This could lead to SSD prices rising worldwide, as most value-oriented models use QLC to save costs. In fact, DigiTimes claims that production capacity for QLC is completely booked through 2026 at some NAND manufacturers.

OP is upgrading FROM 12 yr old hardware during a time where hardware prices prices are rising due to a shortage of some components because AI data centers are demanding them.

Looks like Trump has an excuse to escalate.

Or else the head of the executive branch of the United States will enforce those orders. Oh wait…

I understand your outrage but silence is not consent. It is fear. Apply that phrase to any other situation where consent is required and that would be considered victim blaming.

Now M$ COULD be fine with this, we truly don’t know, but they could also be afraid of how the administration would retaliate against them if they spoke up. I do agree with you when you say these companies are cowardly.

I picture the phone doing it the way it was done in The Dark Knight. That scene when Lucius Fox was in China and had to volunteer a phone to security.

She gone lose again. When she ran the first time she lost before primaries and when she was forced upon us last year she lost then too.

Take those shitty jokes back to Reddit

HiDive. Until they get the fuckaround bug.

These mutherfuckers forgot where they came from! Time to remind them

Keep in mind that 1) he gets time served from the time he spent in jail, 2) if he’s a good boy he’ll do 85% of his time, 3) he could get into the RDAP program and get a year off. Not a bad deal.