• Velypso@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    I built a god rig in 2022, i bought the best 64gb ddr5 4-stick ram kit i could, an nvidia 4090, the best processor i could, and attached it to the best mobo i could.

    I spent about 4800.

    My pc is now worth about 6500.

    This is some crazy ass shit. Never should a pc appreciate in value.

    What the hell is going on???

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      7 hours ago

      Your point still stands, but don’t forget basic inflation. $4,800 in 2022 is like > $5,300 now.

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      6 hours ago

      When you hear people say they hate AI, it’s for more reasons than AI slop, energy consumption, and beating the damn term into every product line you can imagine for little to no benefit.

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        14 hours ago

        And haven’t even achieved AI yet. What we call “AI” is still nothing more than an upjumped calculator.

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          8 hours ago

          Their fucking calculator can’t even calculate. Big fucking whoop.

          And people keep shovelling money in their bottomless maw. The world is mad.

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            11 hours ago

            To quote a recent post “we taught computers to talk like middle managers and assumed that meant computers were sentient, rather than assuming that middle managers aren’t”

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      16 hours ago

      I bought a fairly good custom build in April of this year for A$3218.

      The same approximate build now costs A$4783 on their website.