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Apple Ram Upgrades Are Starting To Look Cheap

16 hours ago 181.3K views 1 shares

Remember when we thought Apple's RAM upgrade pricing was highway robbery? Fast forward to 2024, and RAM prices are skyrocketing while GPU prices keep promising to "fall any day now" like that friend who says they'll pay you back "next week." The crypto miners, AI boom, and supply chain chaos have turned hardware pricing into a twisted joke. Your $3000 gaming rig from last year? Practically vintage at this point. At least Apple's consistent with their extortion—everyone else is just getting creative with theirs.

I Mean... It's 50% Off!!!

Frontend Webdev Programming

26 days ago 187.3K views 0 shares

The psychological WARFARE of e-commerce pricing is SENDING ME! 💀 Look at how our primitive monkey brains LITERALLY LIGHT UP at the mere suggestion of a discount, even though $29.99 is STILL $29.99! The audacity of these websites manipulating our dopamine receptors with their strikethrough prices and green discount badges! It's the same price either way but suddenly we're all frantically smashing that "Add to Cart" button like we've discovered the secret to eternal happiness. The math doesn't math but the serotonin DEFINITELY does!

Remember When Motherboards Were Priced Well?

Hardware Gamedev

3 months ago 164.2K views 0 shares

Remember When Motherboards Were Priced Well?

GASP! The absolute AUDACITY of motherboard manufacturers passing around the concept of "reasonably priced" like it's some ancient scroll of forbidden knowledge! 😱 They're literally hiding behind a rock like Patrick Star, hoping we won't notice they've jacked up prices to the stratosphere! Remember the good old days when building a PC didn't require selling a kidney on the black market? Those fish are CONSPIRING against our wallets while we're out here trying to upgrade our rigs without financial ruin! The betrayal is just TOO MUCH to bear!

Choose Your Digital Subscription Plan Wisely

Security Networking Programming

4 months ago 241.2K 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

4 months ago 172.2K views 0 shares

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

4 months ago 205.1K 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

4 months ago 218.8K views 0 shares

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

5 months ago 225.4K views 0 shares

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

5 months ago 156.2K views 0 shares

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

5 months ago 241.1K views 1 shares

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

5 months ago 119.5K 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."

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