yeah this is kind of the pattern with ram price fluctuations.

Ram demand goes up.

Ram prices go up.

Ram makers say they'll increase capacity.

Nothing happens, they may open new factories but close older lines, or they may start to open another fab but then for whatever reason it doesn't work.

Ram prices go up.

so gabe fucked it up by buying a yacht years ago, when ram was cheap, somehow boosting up 'profit' on this margin machine?

my god you're fucking silly

No Gabe, you fucked up with these price hikes

....in the universe you live in, is there cheap ram?

can I send you money for some please?

coupled with the fact that the cartels refuse to expand production; this tells me they're realistic about the moment - it's not going to be a decade of future humongous peak RAM consumption, because otherwise they'd be blisteringly stupid (to lose out on those potential increased sales)... https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/memory-makers-have-no-plans-to-increase-production-despite-crushing-ram-shortages-modest-2026-increase-predicted-as-dram-makers-hedge-their-ai-bets

it literally gave clinton a cudgel to use against the right just months later - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy%2C_stupid

Similarly Tropic Thunder

imho Tropic Thunder works because Downey is so obviously a foil, including actual black people bemoaning his bullshit in realtime. He's deranged and truly believes he's exceptional, and he's not, and to me, that's a big part of the joke.

I really don't like Tom Cruise, but his part in that is priceless too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valonia_ventricosa

one of the largest known unicellular organisms!

stop letting them out to eat the wildlife.

it'll be healthier for the animal and ecosystem.

(parents) are overworked, underpaid, living in tiny apartments they can barely afford, have to pay more in childcare than rent just to maintain their living situation…

seems like we're already there

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

this is one of the stranger ironies I've observed - couples I thought would make it crumbling, and, toxic / terrible matches staying married to hate-fuck the other as long as possible.

people genuinely need to split sometimes. and people should stay together if they can make it work, sometimes, but it often doesn't seem to be the right crowd for each use case. Oof.

-Father Goose

Father Goose is just so damned fucking tight - every question it begs is satisfied, even glancing relationships / interactions pay out, it's got a cast of children that aren't fuckin annoying, it's got a drunk you feel sympathy for.... that film hits on all cylinders.

it's so good. Candy's character in PT&A and Home Alone are some of my favorites (he recorded all his stuff for home alone in a single fucking DAY of filming! with tons of adlibs that never made it into the final! as a favor to Reitmann and took only scale pay, so like, a few hundred bucks!)

The Jerk

Momma I can dance!

Christmas Vacation

knowing what an enormous asshole Chase was to work with has tempered my enjoyment of these but they are classic

Can't speak for zerocool but I enjoyed it.... not nearly as much as the original, but it was cool to see how everyone had aged in our world of podcasts and rejection and legendary cameos....

I haven't seen the '69 version - worth watching?

The original is classic and very well executed.

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if it’s separate SKU + monthly subscription?

it's honestly what I expect from R* at this point. maximize the take from the rubes dumb enough to pay it.

I wonder if they're going to charge a separate SKU for multiplayer....

Every AI bro think their AI is different.

and here we are