[what's that? oh....]
sorry folks, small correction from the producer. it appears we must retract the "saving a ton on labor costs" claim.

Ms. Lisa Su's last yearly compensation package was $58.5 million. we regret the error.

but wait! that means... 😲

👏 Lisa 👏 Su 👏 is 👏 the 👏 highest 👏 paid 👏 woman 👏 CEO 👏 in 👏 world 👏 history 👏 yas 👏 qween 👏 more 👏 capitalist 👏 GIRL 👏 POWER!! 👏 oppressors 👏 gulag 👏 all 👏 gamers 👏

  • bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah I think that was the justification they used for the continued high prices. Now as I understand it - it isn't really profitable to mine with a regular GPU setup... you need specialized hardware... so I don't think the increased demand is there like it used to be.

      • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Lol after cth died reddit became 100% tech related and my political online consumption was moved to chapo.chat, this is a weird crossover for me but I'm glad to see it. The hysteria over the 30xx release was wild to watch, especially as someone who couldn't afford any of them. Super into PC building recently but I keep having to remind myself that 'I live in an society' and it's maybe okay to enjoy things sometimes even if we're destroying the earth in the process.

        Just built my first PC this week <3

        • joshieecs [he/him,any]
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          4 years ago

          That's awesome, what did you build? It's a really fun hobby, and has utility, too. You can usually save some money building your own if you don't get sucked into the vanity side of it.

          It''s a super hype month. The Nvidia 3080/3090 series "launched", immediately out of stock. In two days, Ryzen 5000 launches. On the 28, Radeon 6800/6900 launches. Still a big question mark if the 6900XT can match or beat the 3090, but it's pretty well expected it will at least be able to take on the 3080.

          Probably the most tech hype I'd been on since the original Ryzen launch in 2017. 😅

          • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Hell yeah, contrary to the opinions on a lot of this thread, I think these companies are doing super cool shit and I really think it's important for us to separate valid tech hype from the capitalist structure it operates in. I'm still torn though, I can't help but feel that mass production of these products is so destructive, not to mention the hyper exploitation of miners in poor countries... on that note...

            I got a pretty good deal on an open box 5600XT, other than that it's the standard - Ryzen 3600, 16GB RAM, ASRock Pro4 MOBO etc. Really wanted to wait for the Zen3 CPUs, but I've been waiting for so many months now and I'm starting to really need it for work. Obviously waiting for the new GPUs - whether 3060 or 6600XT - would have been much smarter, but again, too long of a wait time. Still hyped to see what comes out!