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I Feel Cheated On
Hardware AI Gamedev Cloud
15 days ago 225.4K views 0 shares
I Feel Cheated On
So RAM manufacturers are out here playing both sides like some kind of silicon cartel. They've been loyal to PC gamers for decades, but suddenly AI data centers show up with their billion-dollar budgets and infinite appetite for DDR5, and now gamers can't afford a decent 32GB kit without selling a kidney. The betrayal is real. One day you're building a gaming rig for a reasonable price, the next day Nvidia's buying up all the RAM for their H100 clusters and you're stuck with 16GB wondering why your Chrome tabs are swapping to disk. At least data centers pay enterprise prices—gamers just get the emotional damage and inflated MSRPs.

Tech Companies' Diabolical Master Plan
AI Webdev Programming
5 months ago 264.8K views 0 shares
Tech Companies' Diabolical Master Plan
Oh. My. God. The DIABOLICAL GENIUS of tech execs playing 4D chess with our careers! 😱 First, they're all "AI will TOTALLY replace you programmers!" Then suddenly everyone's terrified of learning to code. Supply plummets. Demand stays the same. And BOOM – programmer salaries SKYROCKET to astronomical levels! It's the most beautiful, twisted supply-and-demand manipulation I've ever witnessed. And we're all just pawns in their evil little game! *dramatically faints onto keyboard*

To Infinity And... Basic Market Economics
Programming Webdev
7 months ago 165.3K views 0 shares
To Infinity And... Basic Market Economics
The classic delusion of programmer exceptionalism, beautifully illustrated by Buzz Lightyear's character arc. At the top, we have the confident declaration "I'm a programmer, I am rare, pay me more" – the battle cry of every dev who just learned their first framework. Meanwhile, the bottom shows the harsh "Reality": shelves stacked with identical Buzz figurines, representing the actual job market flooded with programmers who all think they're special snowflakes. The tech industry's favorite fairy tale: believing you're a unique space ranger when you're actually mass-produced in a factory called Bootcamp™. Your "rare" skills? Yeah, there are about 10,000 Medium articles teaching those exact same skills to everyone else right now.