Generative “AI” data centers are gobbling up trillions of dollars in capital, not to mention heating up the planet like a microwave. As a result there’s a capacity crunch on memory production, shooting the prices for RAM sky high, over 100 percent in the last few months alone. Multiple stores are tired of adjusting the prices day to day, and won’t even display them. You find out how much it costs at checkout.

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    2 days ago

    Is it difficult to buy stuff trom Europe in Egypt?

    Checking leboncoin (french place where people sell & buy stuff) there are lots of em for 20€ +p&p

    But there are also these kinds, for 10€, I almost want to make a RAID6 with a bunch just to see

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      24 hours ago

      He said that receiving is the issue. So even if you buy it cheaply here, he might have to pay a huge sum in taxes

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        12 hours ago

        Ah yeah gotcha. Like stuff from england, 7€ tax + 16€ “tax handling fee”…