alt Hacker NewsEven w/the pricing spike, inflation adjusted we are back to roughly the prices of a new Mac SE/30 for something that can beat a turing test w/o sweating.
I yield the floor to no one when it comes to pessimism, but that's incredible.
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darreninthenet • today at 2:01 PM
An additional £1,000 for a 2TB drive is crazy though, rapidly takes the new Mac mini from a good price to a nuts price
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Keyframe • today at 2:16 PM
On the higher end upgrade we're more like back to roughly SGI prices.
intrasight • today at 1:25 PM
Yes. I commented elsewhere that it's only twice as expensive as my first mac which has 128kb.
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JKCalhoun • today at 1:34 PM
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bubblegumcrisis • today at 1:44 PM
Sigh..
Is there anything better now though?
All I see from AI, is an amplification of the enshittification of the internet.
And people being even more alone.
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The DRAM market is cyclical. I don’t think anyone truly knows when, but it will happen.
Fab capacity is being bought online; there’s just lead time.
Noticeably greater intelligence is being achieved at the same number of parameters (see: Qwen3.8).
I think the future will be bright, it might be a matter of time. And for tinkers, a used Epyc + DDR4 server can be great fun and epic value.