No, they are definitely ramping up production, just not nearly fast enough. Chip factories take longer to build than data centers.

It’s supply and demand. Why wouldn’t they?

I made four different assumptions which one did you think was naive?

The price is only high because of the artificial demand from all the data centers. Manufacturers are increasing production capacity to provide more supply. Once the bubble bursts, that demand will drop, but the production capacity will still be there. Supply and demand. Price will go down.

Sure, as long as you don’t account for the AI bubble ever bursting. After that, memory will be cheap. We’ll be living in an economic hellscape, but the memory will be cheap.

“We should run!”

“We should hide!”

“We should kick their butts!!”

Sometimes it’s easy to forget just how rare fossilization is.

It requires that the species live in a climate with pretty specific conditions, to die under a few very specific circumstances, at a particular convergence of atypical events. The dino bones we have represent a tiny little fraction of the species that lived.

Yep, use it regularly. It’s not always the best answer, but almost always a solid first stop.

This is actually a really interesting article.

It looks at how social media has evolved, who owns it, and whether it is fundamentally still “social.”

Yes, there are a couple import tools for Google Takeout, and you should absolutely use one. I don’t recall if I used this particular tool, but it is strictly necessary to get a clean import.

Other examples:

Google Photos Takeout Helper - Readme includes detailed step by step instructions.

Takeout Helper Neo - a fork of the above with additional features

Photo Migrator - designed to work with multiple services

Have you noticed any objects moving nearby without being touched? Has a strange old man suddenly grabbed your arm in the train station and tried to warn you about unspeakable horrors? Does a little neighbor boy stand in front of your house at night talking backwards? Have you started waking up with arcane objects in your hands and no explanation for how they got there?

I can’t wait to spend my tarrif refund! I’m sure it’s coming any day!

Sure, this small and mid-size services are just fine for backing up your data, and should surely be used as such. But using “cloud services” is nonsense. Too bad it has such good marketing.

I’m increasingly convinced that “The Cloud” is just a scam. Just keep your own files.

One concern is the amount of debt held internationally.

Honestly I watched those when I was I kid when it was Ringo Starr, and I never knew more than 2 of them. Now that I have a kid, I am forced to learn every b-list character.

Not everyone who wants to can safely receive vaccinations.

You know what, that’s on me. I’m gonna fix it.

Like Sandy from Thomas the Train Tank Engine?