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    From what I'm hearing,
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    Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid, Citing “Significant Risks” The move, while widely expected, will likely result in David Ellison launching another, higher bid for WBD. (Hollywood Reporter.com)
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    And the hits just keep coming. Nvidia plans heavy cuts to GPU supply in early 2026 (Overclock3D.net) Samsung reportedly raises DDR5 RAM prices by 100% with 'no stock' left (Tom's Guide.com)
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    Depends on your use-case. For the price, the Framework Desktop is a slightly better buy than the competition. Depending on how you configure the Framework. Those top spec machines are more like mini-workstations. Those that have the AI Max 395 with 128GB of RAM are really industrial workstation systems. Unless you are doing some serious number crunching, doing CAD work, or running local AI models, I wouldn't call it a deal. It's an overpriced SFF system at that point. For now. The price may jump in the next few weeks/months.
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    Or. OR. Orrrrrr. Hear me out. Programmers learn to code more efficiently.
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    If you have any older systems that still use SATA drives or use SATA drives if you used up all your NVMe slots or use a non-NVMe NAS ... Samsung to halt SATA SSD production, leaker warns of up to 18 months of SSD price pressure, worse than Micron ending consumer RAM (Notebookcheck.net)
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    The Green Lantern Corps are, essentially, cops. Space cops. Cops wielding the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. So this is a cop/detective-show.
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    More Gamer Awards trailers.
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    That's the problem with child actors. If Netflix doesn't kill the show, they should try to film more before the actor is an adult by season 3.
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    This movie is loosely based on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King with art by Bilquis Evely. https://www.amazon.com/Supergirl-Woman-Tomorrow-Tom-King/dp/1779515685
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    It's MicroCenter's in-house brand SI. At least they use off-the-shelf parts (you can make out the Lian-Li AIO cooler and the PNY Geforce card in the pic). If it wasn't for RAM prices exploding out of control...
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    There's rumblings that Paramount may file a lawsuit over this to challenge Netflix's purchase. As of posting, Paramount was ready to perform a hostile takeover by doing an all-cash deal at $30/share, versus Netflix's $27.75/share. Minus regulatory, we'll see what happens over the coming weeks/years.
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    It might take years. We are, likely, still climbing that peak. Things might not level off until 2027/2028. Unless we see a sudden crash in 2026, 2026 will not be a good year for computer-related buying (There are other economic factors that may decide where things trend but those are for a different venue). It comes to the question, "What is using AI trying to solve?". Basic tasks? Sure. That's happening now. But as we get to more complicated stuff, we then get to AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), which is suppose to be able to perform more complex tasks. And we're not there yet.
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    Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business So I have questions. What happens after the AI bubble bursts? If Micron is doing this, what's stopping others from following suit? We know 90% of Nvidia's sales are datacenter-based. What's holding Nvidia back from killing Geforce? It's not like they need GeForce to sustain themselves. If Micron/Crucial killed the Ballistix line back in 2022, they must have seen the writing on the wall back then. Sidebar, I'm actually considering upgrading my stuff just to lock in the deals right now (minus the ridiculous RAM prices). Between skyrocketing RAM and SSD prices, rumors of AMD price hikes, and factories NOT increasing production, these proposed price hikes are really gonna hurt into 2026. Either the AI bubble is going to burst and bring everyone down or things will not improve for the long haul. Like not till 2027. Also, is cloud-based setups the only way us peons are going to have affordable computing?
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    It was earlier this week. It wasn't on my priority list so I missed out on a Beelink Ser9 (had it saved in my cart and checked back when I got home and the price already went up and was out of stock at that price point) and a Dell Pro Micro refurb (was in my cart, went to a meeting and gone after I came back). I also was tracking a Beelink Ser8, but even those disappeared. I see some SSD "deals" that I might act on instead ("Deals" meaning that's the price they were being sold at back in August as opposed to the inflated price they are sold at today).
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