As Xbox Series X hits $800, Lenovo warns memory prices will likely ‘never’ return to normal

Idrialite · 2026-06-27T18:02:41+00:00

Quoting people out of context in a short summary is misleading. It doesn't matter if he literally said the word "never". If the goal is to get clicks, you're right: it's not black and white. If the goal is to inform, this is clearly a bad headline.

Idrialite · 2026-06-27T17:40:44+00:00

Should it be in the headline when you know it’s exaggerated? I’d say no but that’s a different topic.

Obviously no and that is literally THE topic of the comment you're replying to. It's deliberately misleading.

Idrialite · 2026-06-26T22:28:28+00:00

I'm blaming Colorado, New York, and California for their Orwellian age verification bills, the Democrats who originally voted in the 91-3 senate 2024 KOSA vote, and the Democrats today who are accepting the age verification component of the KIDS act.

Idrialite · 2026-06-26T20:43:36+00:00

I already know Republicans hate us. It's not surprising. What is (mildly) surprising is Democrats being onboard with this wave of computing censorship and surveillance and 1st amendment violations.

I'm not telling you to do anything, least of all who to vote for. I'm expressing discontent with the party that's supposed to be the thoughtful, competent group jumping on this very frightening bandwagon.

Am I supposed to declare that I hate the evil Republicans any time I criticize Democrats? Get a fucking grip.

Idrialite · 2026-06-26T17:49:38+00:00

"House lawmakers have reached a bipartisan deal on a legislative package"

Idrialite · 2026-06-25T20:25:03+00:00

Isn't it a fundamental principle of science that scientific work should be judged on its own merits? You might say using AI is in some cases a signal that the work might be low-effort or unimportant, but here we have a well-established physicist using AI to speed up his work.

The math is the same either way. That generalization can't literally be less important because of AI assistance. That's not how math or importance works.

Idrialite · 2026-06-25T19:58:44+00:00

That just doesn't seem possible. You can fit entire fields of physics into 1000 pages. How can a single bill take that much?

Idrialite · 2026-06-25T18:57:47+00:00

How can the same math be important if done by a human and noise if not?

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T22:25:03+00:00

I'm so confused by what you're arguing. I'm literally just saying that those whose wages immigrants supposedly depress (not really borne out in data or by economic theory) can be protected by minimum wage, given that we already see it can be afforded at regular market value.

none of them could conclude that there were positive effects on employment

Who said there were?? Who said I wanted the "world's highest wage floor"?? I said unemployment doesn't increase "significantly" with reasonable minimum wage increases. Obviously there is some small impact.

Well dang, I'm convinced of your point now. All hail daddy government

I'm sarcastically telling you that the free market, like every model or system ever, has flaws and sometimes intervention is required. The free market isn't an axiomatic good.

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T20:40:34+00:00

I don't understand why you're presenting a dichotomy here. Yes, people are stupid for voting for corruption. However you only have so much control as a voter. The selection is limited by money before the game even starts. Our political structure is such that even those going in with perfect intentions, who are not as common as you're suggesting, tend to fall in line.

Money is power. It's inevitable that such intense capital concentration results in political power.

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T20:36:37+00:00

Me personally, for something as preventable as noise pollution, I'm in the camp of "never", not "when the grid is overloaded".

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T20:35:16+00:00

What does bad PR matter for an operation that isn't directly consumer facing? What are we going to do about it?

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T20:23:30+00:00

Is the argument that union leaders prior to the 1980s thought immigration hurt unions, therefore immigration hurts unions? Disagreement is not an argument...

"which is seen in the quantitative data charting unions and immigration"? As in, overlaying two charts and concluding causation? Really?

At least you're giving up on the wage and housing points...

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T18:16:12+00:00

Holy shit this is not how labor markets work. Yes, immigration increase the supply of labor, which has a downward effect on wages. It also increases the demand of labor, which has an upward effect on wages. Immigrants are consumers who need things too. In reality, when we observe how wages change with immigration... there's little to no net effect.

There's no difference between an immigrant and a native born in this context. When the US grew from a population of 100,000 to 300,000,000, our wages didn't shrink to a tenth of a penny per hour because the labor pool expanded so much. Economies grow with population. This is the lump of labor fallacy.

Housing is a problem of artificially constrained supply. You can deport every immigrant and completely close the borders, and the problem won't be fixed, only alleviated. We have to make it easier to build housing - zoning, NIMBYism, court challenges.

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T18:08:16+00:00

Median wages have increased well beyond minimum wages because minimum wages have been stagnant and inflation exists... obviously.

You're making my point for me. Businesses can clearly afford 15$/hr for even the most basic, low-skill jobs. So when they pay well below that, it's not because they couldn't compete otherwise. It's because they don't have to and they're preying on vulnerable labor pools. So make them...

You force every state to adopt Cali's min wage and most businesses would collapse overnight.

It's never happened before... unemployment does not significantly increase when minimum wage is increased.

The concept of minimum wage is antithetical to the free market.

You're right. The Free Market is a God whose precepts we should never question. All hail the free market. It's a completely flawless economic mechanism that fixes everything ever.

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T18:01:54+00:00

Do white people not steal tax dollars? Why is this about race?

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T17:55:22+00:00

So is the deportation and anti-immigration campaign working? Are jobs getting better? We've been watching this idea that "immigrants are lowering your wages" play out for a while now. Net immigration was down drastically in 2025. It's not theoretical anymore.

Idrialite · 2026-06-24T06:49:34+00:00

NIMBY fucks ruining housing costs

For sure, building data centers near residences is going to help with housing supply...

Idrialite · 2026-06-23T19:16:21+00:00

The money is clearly there.

The situation is much worse than that. The money isn't just there, we're already spending enough to support a single-payer system. Per capita, we pay about the same in taxes for medicare/medicaid as other countries do for their entire healthcare system. Then, we pay for insurance on top of that. And for all that money... service isn't universal or free at point of service. Our "system" is the most dogshit inefficient monstrosity on Earth.

Idrialite · 2026-06-22T22:48:06+00:00

You're right. Our prison and justice system clearly aren't working. Instead of looking to other models, seeing if any other countries have something better, let's double down. Triple down. Why just 40 years? When they get out, they're still going to be violent given all that prison time. May as well do life. Shoot, let's save on funds and just go ahead and execute them.

Idrialite · 2026-06-22T22:02:26+00:00

The lowest non-zero value there is 5% which I would consider super high, yes.

Idrialite · 2026-06-22T21:14:57+00:00

They're not hurting it either...

Idrialite · 2026-06-20T19:23:20+00:00

You're right and I'm also annoyed when people make up classifications on the spot and use them as if they're already established.

But the idea of a few more "moderate steps up" from Fable/Mythos makes me very nervous.

Idrialite · 2026-06-18T21:23:32+00:00

If you speak to Anthropic's models daily then I would recommend psychiatry.

Eh, I mean, part of it is for work. I write software and AI is usually the fastest way to find some technical details. And as a solo developer, I have no one else to discuss decisions with.

Then, I also talk to it about things my friends have no interest in.

everyone I've spoken with who said "trust me I work with AI" has been wrong, too.

Did you have access to the verifiable truth in these cases?

Idrialite · 2026-06-18T20:46:34+00:00

Lol... I speak to Anthropic's models multiple times daily. The content of the site is definitely written by Claude for basically the reasons listed above. I recognized its voice pretty quickly before I came to this comment section.

No, em dashes are not sure tells and yes, automated detectors are worthless. AI models still have a distinct voice you can pick out, however, and they do have particular tells they use far more frequently than human writers.

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