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Samsung, SK Hynix, and TSMC depend on oil, gas, helium, sulphur, and bromine coming from the region, or through the Strait of Hormuz.

Marko Papic, chief strategist at BCA Research ... predicts a severe hit to chip production if the strait isn’t back in operation within a month.

Could mean higher PC component prices, or even a halt in production. Could mean global recession.

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

No, it won't. It will cause more of the supply to be reallocated away from consumers into enterprise, and that is exactly what the big tech companies want to see happen.

Having access to a computer and phone is as much of a necessity to survive in modern society as internet is. When personal computing is unaffordable to the point where subscription computing is a good enough "deal" for consumers to jump on, the ball will start rolling towards the inevitable price squeeze that we have no choice but to accept.

[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 2 points 54 minutes ago
[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 62 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

There is no “AI Boom”. It’s merely a manufactured narrative.

[–] Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 28 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Ai rug pull bubble brought to you by crypto scam coin

[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Systemic contagion: Every dollar invested is levered to the tits.

[–] staircase@programming.dev 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

AI boom is a poor choice of words, even though it's intentional. And I don't believe the article's starting paragraph

For more than three years, AI has propped up global trade and investment and pushed stock markets from the US to Asia to record highs.

However, there is a boom in investment in AI, whether that actually yields anything or not. I read the article as meaning derailing that.

The consequences outlined in the rest of the article look to be agnostic to productivity

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Huge datacenters being built everywhere taking as much power and water as entire cities. Its the foundation of our dystopia thats being built.

You can only imagine what kind of money these data centers are going to be making when the entire world depends on them to watch humanity, control robots, drones, cameras with real time AI analytics, vehicle control and monitoring, and so on.

Big tech is planning ahead. So I know they are talking about AI but its a lot more. The cant really say what they are investing all the money for. But its not hard to figure out.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 31 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Chop chop the clock is ticking and not in your favour.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I want to launch a satellite that eats other satellites and poops out figurines of little hands flipping off so the whole night sky can be a giant fuck you to these morons.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago

I've got $3.50 I can donate to the cause

[–] staircase@programming.dev 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Intentional Kessler syndrome?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Global find out phase sounds good to me. We shouldn't be inflicted on the rest of the universe, recent events make that abundantly clear.

[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 4 points 4 hours ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

And a cautionary tale for green transition...

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh no. Higher pc component prices! Somebody hasnt shopped computer recently.

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 1 points 3 hours ago

إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ

[–] BigTuffAl@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Uh huh, wait until China seizes TSMC and the depleted US Navy just has to sit there like pikachu

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

TSMC has their infra rigged to blow. Naive to think they’d let the Chinese have it

[–] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

The American war