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Choose Your Digital Subscription Plan Wisely
Security Networking Programming
7 days ago 129.2K views 0 shares
Choose Your Digital Subscription Plan Wisely
The eternal battle between corporate streaming services and the high seas of piracy summed up in one perfect comparison. On one side: Pay $19.99/month for questionable 1080p quality, limited to 6 devices, and the warm fuzzy feeling that you're helping some CEO buy a third yacht. On the other: Get pristine 8K UHD BDRip for exactly $0, use it everywhere, enjoy the cultural enrichment of random Eastern European subtitles, and that reassuring disclaimer that definitely makes everything totally legal. The "it's literally a video, it can't have a virus" part is that special blend of technical naivety that's gotten many a developer's personal laptop reformatted after downloading "WandaVision.S01E09.FINAL.exe"

The Monkey Brain Discount Algorithm
Gamedev Programming
15 days ago 103.3K views 0 shares
The Monkey Brain Discount Algorithm
Developers and Steam sales - a tale as old as time. Your brain stays completely offline when seeing a $29.99 price tag, but throw in that "-50%" label and suddenly your dopamine receptors light up like a Christmas tree. The game still costs exactly $29.99, but now your primitive developer brain is convinced it's an incredible deal. And Lord Gaben watches from above, knowing you'll buy 17 games you'll never install.

Should I Tell Them I Built A Hacker's Paradise?
Security Webdev Javascript Frontend Backend
18 days ago 108.0K views 0 shares
Should I Tell Them I Built A Hacker's Paradise?
Ah, the classic "I've created a security nightmare but should I mention it?" dilemma. This developer is basically building a financial exploit disguised as a checkout system. By skipping backend price validation, they've created the digital equivalent of a self-checkout where customers can type in whatever price they want. "That Ferrari? Oh, it's $4.99 today." Hackers aren't even needed when the developers themselves are creating the vulnerabilities. The real question isn't "Should I tell them?" but rather "How fast can I update my resume before someone notices?"

When AI Follows Live Pricing Trends
AI Algorithms Programming
25 days ago 141.5K views 0 shares
When AI Follows Live Pricing Trends
Looks like AI has learned the airline industry's most profitable algorithm! Nothing says "cutting-edge technology" quite like an AI that's figured out how to charge you $1000 for seat 11A—you know, that magical seat where your knees only slightly touch your chin. The beauty of machine learning: it doesn't just mimic human intelligence, it also picks up our worst capitalistic tendencies. Next update: AI that automatically adds a $25 fee for the privilege of being sardined next to a crying baby.

Games For Devs
AI Gamedev Programming Debugging Cloud
1 month ago 92.2K views 0 shares
Games For Devs
Crypto bros: "LLM token pricing is the future of finance!" Developers: *puts on glasses to see clearly* "Oh, you mean paying $0.0001 per API call until my wallet mysteriously empties after a for-loop gone wrong?" Nothing says "fun game for developers" quite like watching your credit card get charged in real-time while debugging a recursive function. It's just Candy Crush but instead of running out of lives, you're running out of rent money.

Microtransactions For Devs
AI Programming Cloud
1 month ago 81.0K views 0 shares
Microtransactions For Devs
Squinting at "LLM Token Pricing" with confusion, then putting on glasses to see "Microtransaction For Devs" with sudden clarity. That moment when you realize OpenAI isn't selling you API access—they're selling you the gaming industry's most hated business model. "That'll be $0.002 per token to debug your code. Want to generate an entire function? That's the premium package, buddy." Next they'll be selling loot boxes with random completions. "Congratulations! You got three hallucinations and a refused response!"

The NVIDIA Corporate Strategy Meeting
Hardware AI Gamedev Programming
1 month ago 125.1K views 0 shares
The NVIDIA Corporate Strategy Meeting
The corporate boardroom at NVIDIA is a special kind of hell. When the boss says "We need to make better GPUs," two executives immediately jump to the money-making strategies: "Add more AI upscaling features!" and "Make it £2000!" Meanwhile, the lone reasonable employee suggests "Maybe some more v-ram and price it fairly." Next frame: That employee gets defenestrated from the building. Because nothing says "valued team member" like being thrown through a window for suggesting consumer-friendly features instead of wallet-draining AI buzzwords. Fun fact: NVIDIA's latest GPUs cost more than my first car, but at least they can render my tears in real-time ray-traced 8K.

Society If GPUs And CPUs Were Priced Based On Performance
Hardware
1 month ago 64.1K views 0 shares
Society If GPUs And CPUs Were Priced Based On Performance
Ah, the utopian fantasy where hardware is priced on merit rather than marketing hype! In this alternate dimension, we'd all be running 4090s in our home rigs instead of selling kidneys on the black market. Remember when NVIDIA launched those RTX cards and suddenly everyone needed ray tracing for... *checks notes*... Minecraft? The crypto bros and scalpers just poured gasoline on an already raging dumpster fire of pricing. Meanwhile, Intel and AMD play musical chairs with their CPU generations, each one magically requiring a new motherboard. "Revolutionary architecture" = "We moved three transistors and added RGB."

Copy Your Homework But Make It Look Different
Hardware Gamedev
1 month ago 64.9K views 0 shares
Copy Your Homework But Make It Look Different
The absolute AUDACITY of Nvidia's product lineup! 💸 Behold the RTX 5060 and 9060 XT - literally the SAME EXACT GPU with different makeup slapped on! 8GB memory? Check. $299 price tag? Double check. Different model numbers to make you think you're getting something new and exciting? TRIPLE CHECK! It's like asking your friend if you can copy their homework and they're like "sure, just change it a bit so the teacher doesn't notice" - except the teacher is your wallet and it's about to get a failing grade! The GPU market is just trolling us at this point!

You Were The Chosen One AMD!
Hardware Gamedev
1 month ago 89.8K views 0 shares
You Were The Chosen One AMD!
Remember when AMD was the affordable alternative to NVIDIA's wallet-destroying GPUs? Well, that fairy tale just died a fiery death. The 9060 XT at $299 for a measly 8GB is AMD's villain origin story – they've crossed to the dark side of premium pricing. It's like watching your favorite indie band sign with a major label and suddenly charge $200 for nosebleed seats. The betrayal is palpable. Gamers everywhere are dramatically screaming "NOOOOOO" into the void while their credit cards weep silently in their wallets.

Game Prices In 2025 Be Like
Gamedev Unity Programming
1 month ago 135.1K views 0 shares
Game Prices In 2025 Be Like
The same energy as watching a dependency update from version 2.1.4 to 2.1.5 break your entire codebase. Game prices going from $60 to $80 in eight years has gamers squinting with suspicion, while software engineers are over here paying $200/month for SaaS tools that add one button to our UI. At least games are finished products... unlike that "MVP" you've been building for two years that still doesn't have error handling.

The Great GPU Dilemma Of 2025
Hardware AI Programming
1 month ago 98.0K views 0 shares
The Great GPU Dilemma Of 2025
THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF GPU WARS IN 2025! Nvidia's out here making us choose between selling a kidney for performance or switching tracks for affordability, while AMD's just like "Hey, remember us? We exist too!" But AMD's train is literally DERAILED off the tracks! The perfect metaphor for how Nvidia has completely dominated the AI hardware market while AMD struggles to even stay relevant. It's giving "I'm in this picture and I don't like it" energy for anyone who's been desperately waiting for AMD to save us from Nvidia's pricing tyranny. Spoiler alert: THE RESCUE AIN'T COMING!