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Fair, but on a call with Dell on Thursday and the guy told me that price increases were absolutely on the way across the board.
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"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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SATA coming off the board is not a nothing. It eliminates 1 of 3 types of SSD, and means motherboard manufacturers are now forced to make the change, which won't be free and could cause some short term shortages on that end. Sure, demand was down, but it wasn't nothing. In a vacuum, yes, this is a smaller thing, but with AI and global warming also driving up prices, it matters.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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It's only Samsung not doing SATA. m2 was 43% of the market in 2024, must be more in 2025. Enterprise is abandoning SATA. Those are the best #s I could find. So SATA was already shrinking. Neither of the drives in my main laptop are SATA.Leisher wrote: ↑Sun Dec 14, 2025 5:00 pm SATA coming off the board is not a nothing. It eliminates 1 of 3 types of SSD, and means motherboard manufacturers are now forced to make the change, which won't be free and could cause some short term shortages on that end. Sure, demand was down, but it wasn't nothing. In a vacuum, yes, this is a smaller thing, but with AI and global warming also driving up prices, it matters.
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To be clear, Boone went to college (Missouri-Columbia) for 1 year, and then left. He didn't graduate.Take Mitchell Boone, a 27-year-old Trump supporter. Five years after leaving a computer science program at the University of Missouri, and what he says are over 1,000 job applications later, Mr. Boone claims he has landed just a single job interview.
I think Emma is misconstruing this question. In my experience, it's a NEGATIVE, whereas she seems to think companies are looking for people who need sponsorship?“There are virtually no job openings,” said Emma MacCutcheon, 24, a recent graduate from the University of North Florida who studied psychology. “And when I do find jobs, every single one asks if I need a visa sponsorship.”
https://archive.is/vmBrr - The Young People Fixated on Who Gets to Work in America. For some Gen Z conservatives, H-1B visas are a hot new topic.
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Ditto.
They should be.
Want to see blatantly racist hiring practices? Look at any company with an Indian CEO...
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Correct, but her and some of her colleagues encouraged the FTC to kill the deal.
It was dumb to kill the deal as it never would have affected competition. As pointed out, nobody else was making the damn things except the Chinese.
Speaking of, does anyone actually have one? Are they worth it?
It was dumb to kill the deal as it never would have affected competition. As pointed out, nobody else was making the damn things except the Chinese.
Speaking of, does anyone actually have one? Are they worth it?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I have one, and it's... fine. Kinda loud, does an OK job at best. But if you can run it with no one else home, it's kinda nice.
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These numbers are bad.Job growth totaled a seasonally adjusted 64,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones estimate for 45,000 and up from a sharp decline in October.
The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, more than expected and its highest level since September 2021. A more encompassing measure that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons swelled to 8.7%, its peak going back to August 2021.
In addition to the November report, the BLS released an abbreviated October count that showed payrolls down 105,000. While there was no official estimate, Wall Street economists were largely expecting a decline following a surprise increase of 108,000 in September.
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Get used to it. I don't know that we'll ever see job numbers go up again unless they're artificially inflated or we've started hiring for our colony on Mars.
I was curious about something today. Who gets counted in the overall unemployment level? (Not the jobs report.)
I saw unemployment is at 4.6%, but does that include all the illegals that aren't working? For example: 81% of Somalis here are unemployed. If we're counting them for House seats, they should count everywhere, right?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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So yes.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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More bad news for Oracle:
Meanwhile, I've seen a few accounts saying the sky is about to fall because of this:
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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This is a favorite metric of mine, going back 25 years or so.
There are other signals that are less dire. But it's still cause for concern, especially if you're planning to retire early.
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https://carolinaforward.org/blog/virginia-wage-hike/
This site is too progressive for my likings, but the lack of impact from a small minimum wage hike tracks. Though in VA, lots of jobs clustered in NoVA, where $7 aint doing shit.
This site is too progressive for my likings, but the lack of impact from a small minimum wage hike tracks. Though in VA, lots of jobs clustered in NoVA, where $7 aint doing shit.
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You ain't lying:
I would like to see more data though. I've said before I'm not opposed to a wage hike, but I would like to see what it's done to COL, which I didn't see on that site(?). Comparing just salaries isn't the whole picture, and honestly, isn't the full counter argument.The tremendous improvement in the U.S. labor market under the Biden administration since the pandemic-era crash
The actual counter argument is:
-Will increase the cost of business (Duh)
-Will reduce the number of jobs (This data seems to refute that, so cool.)
-Will increase COL
-Will decrease the power of other worker's paychecks
Am I missing anything?
I want to see the spending power of the dollar in those areas and how that's been affected. If it's been completely unaffected, well, I'll believe the data was intentionally skewed. It has to change somewhat. However, if it's a minimal increase, that's something that can be promoted as a success.
Again, I'm not against raising the minimum wage. What I've been against is people thinking it's a magic cure for affordability. It's not.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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It's not, but I'd rather people who have jobs not be also on the government dole. So I prefer a higher minimum wage overall.
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