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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by fc417fc802 on Sunday April 19, 2026 @08:03PM (#47828874)
That is quite the amusing read but it seems like a poorly constructed law. It wasn't futures themselves that were the problem there. The duo engaged in blatant market manipulation and severely disrupted part of the food supply in the process.
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by wmf on Sunday April 19, 2026 @11:49PM (#47830223)
And now OpenAI is engaged in blatant market manipulation and severely disrupted the entire world's DRAM supply.
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by im3w1l on Monday April 20, 2026 @01:29AM (#47830682)
Cornering the market with the intent to flip the goods is not quite the same as cornering the market because you actually want the goods and intend to use them yourself.
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by occamofsandwich on Monday April 20, 2026 @01:36AM (#47830726)
Right, the second was a conspiracy to form a monopoly.
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by xigoi on Monday April 20, 2026 @06:22AM (#47832340)
And it just so happens that many people will now have to use OpenAI’s products because they can’t get enough RAM to run a local LLM. What a coincidence.
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