This might not be the worst thing, if it results in better stationary batteries. Unfortunately they will probably just keep using lithium ion.
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don't most enterprise ups use lead acid?
Oh this one is going to be interesting, cause the other component shortages were not something thin clients needed.
You have got to be goddamned kidding me. Literally this weekend I said to myself “time to get a UPS”.
Chech out what Bluetti offers. They're LFP portable batteries but with a UPS features. You'll want the elite versions though, all the others are noisy with the fan, which the elite series fixed. The tech is pretty new with these showing up in the home portable battery market, but they will last longer in both battery longevity and power during outage than the old SLA type ones. And if youre travelling / going somewhere and dont need the UPS active you can take it with you and be useful!
I actually have an ac180 for camping and using tools away from power. I kinda figured it was a bit of a waste as just a ups, and worried about killing the battery quickly.
Maybe get another dedicated one for the office where I need it..
If there's a shortage of AAAs, and my TV remote stops working, we're gonna have a problem.
Get yourself some rechargeables. Yeah they don’t last as long per charge. But I’ve got a stockpile and I keep rotating them out so I’ve always got a fresh pair ready to go.
I do this with underwear.
You recharge your underwear? Is it "smart"?
I doubt that there's actually a substantial impact on battery cell production. Might be on rack-mountable batteries containing those cells. But setting that aside:
Panasonic plans to expand lithium-ion cell
Non-rechargable AAA batteries are typically alkaline, and rechargeables are typically NiMH, not lithium-ion.
EDIT: Looking at a handful of rack-mount lithium-ion batteries on Amazon price history using camelcamelcamel, prices are either unchanged or very slightly up. Could be Panasonic looking to get into the news, but it's not clear to me that there's a shortage of even rack-mount lithium-ion batteries.
Hit up Costco while you still can
Bubble please burst
It will burst the same way the dotcom bubble bursted.
Just like the internet, AI will be here to stay.
Comparing the dotcom bubble to the AI bubble is like comparing a corn kernel to a corn cob at this point.
The US economy was more spread out and varied back then, and the bubble wasn't over a third of the entire economy.
And you know, the internet actually had market value and was producing profit immediately at least. AI still has yet to turn any profits.
Except AI in its current form is actually mostly useless.
AI wouldn't be so bad if the planet wasn't being turned into computronium.
Another 2008 crisis and not being able to find a job or afford simple necessities, no thanks.
Supply and command, Ricky!
Stop selling stuff you haven’t made yet to people who have no money and haven’t paid. Wtf is wrong with businesses these days?
Why would you think there is anything wrong with them? They now get to scalp people with outrageous prices for the 20% they are selling. If the AI sloppanies pay, they made big sales. If the slop producers producers are unable to pay, they will sell the reserved stuff for normal or even slightly elevated prices. It's win-win. Basically an excuse for industry wide price-fixing.
I'm tired boss....
That joke aside, does anyone else find swapping out UPS batteries bizarrely satisfying? Every time I heft one of those APC rack batteries and slot em in, I walk out of the server room with a smile on my face!
Fuck, maybe I need to answer the call of the void and work as a tradie XD
i used to go in there and fart
Based!?
So everything at this point?
They‘re going full tech feudalism. There will be a shortage of everything. Especially of electricity and clean water.
Yep, literally the whole habitable layer of our planet.
Anything it takes to set up a data center. I bet network cable is next.
Glad I bought 305M of S/UTP Cat6a 8 months ago for our renovation
I went with fiber for mine, and I'm glad I bought it when I did because the prices are going up.
Fiber optics jumped 4 times in price locally.
BUY BUY BUY
I wonder if there's going to be a point in the future where we all look back at this massive over-investment and kick ourselves for making so much expensive electronics waste.
They learned nothing from the NFT/"Metaverse" hype cycle, but a century of hindsight might help. There's always going to be that golden goose that can make you insanely rich based on vague bullshit a lot of people don't fully understand.
Some entities have too much money to invest in stupid endeavors, money that they took from everyone else and they can lose without worrying too much. It's a rotten society.
Well yeah but money now.
I for one are going to go shopping for used parts.
Hopefully soon - I'd love more homelab upgrades
Do we kick ourselves for dotcom bubble?
Apples-to-oranges comparison fallacy.
nope!
The just in time economy is running a little bit late.
Feels like 2007