schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square193linkfedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down17
arrow-up1661arrow-down1external-linkOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square193linkfedilink
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day agoManufacturing for AI has increased demand for material and lithography. The price has followed accordingly. And as Sam Altman says, “your RAM is wasted and idle anyways, gotta feed my silicon god” (“you’ll own nothing and be a serf”).
minus-squarealekwithak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day agoHardware hoarding by corporations who were allowed to accrue so much money they can afford to buy up hardware just to keep it out of the hands of their competitors.*
minus-square4grams@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoOh, I know. I’m just flabbergasted that a pi costs nearly $400 bucks. Last one I bought was 29.99 and that felt expensive.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNah the Raspberry Pi Foundation has been going down this route since covid, long before AI was being crammed into and consuming everything.
What the fuck.
Manufacturing for AI has increased demand for material and lithography. The price has followed accordingly.
And as Sam Altman says, “your RAM is wasted and idle anyways, gotta feed my silicon god” (“you’ll own nothing and be a serf”).
Hardware hoarding by corporations who were allowed to accrue so much money they can afford to buy up hardware just to keep it out of the hands of their competitors.*
Oh, I know. I’m just flabbergasted that a pi costs nearly $400 bucks. Last one I bought was 29.99 and that felt expensive.
Nah the Raspberry Pi Foundation has been going down this route since covid, long before AI was being crammed into and consuming everything.