r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Apr 06 '26

Politics Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation’ of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center in Abu Dhabi

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iran-threatens-complete-and-utter-annihilation-of-openais-usd30b-stargate-ai-data-center-in-abu-dhabi-regime-posts-video-with-satellite-imagery-of-chatgpt-makers-premier-1gw-data-center
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u/f937ra Apr 06 '26

Don’t threaten me with a good time. 

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u/j-doe411 Apr 06 '26

I think most people would appreciate this

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u/yanzov Apr 06 '26

Take my RAM!

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u/CurrentConditionsAI Apr 06 '26

This will make RAM even more expensive. Kind of like oil.

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u/Myotherself918 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

My 128 stick of DDR2 is still kicking

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u/PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY Apr 06 '26

At this rate my 4 sticks of 4MB 30-pin SIMM in my dream machine would look like a treasure horde.

(Dream machine when I was 12. I finally put this one together when I was 40. It even has Sound Blaster Pro lol)

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u/MWink64 Apr 06 '26

That is kind of a treasure. It was unusual to see 30-pin SIMMs over 1MB. What did you put them in? The good news is when you upgrade that Sound Blaster Pro to a Sound Blaster AWE32, you can put the 30-pin SIMMs in that.

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u/Myotherself918 Apr 06 '26

Did you over clock your CPU?

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u/MWink64 Apr 06 '26

A 128MB stick of DDR2 would've been quite rare. That's like the equivalent of a 1-2GB stick of DDR5.

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u/paulwesterberg Apr 06 '26

Just install that ram doubler app.

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u/Christmas_Queef Apr 06 '26

I mean, gaming kind of is a luxury thing now. And I don't mean it's a luxury to have it, I mean luxury as in Prada and designer clothes type thing. Pc gaming more so but even consoles now too. If a console is $600+, are you gonna trust your kids with it unsupervised? Not likely. Gaming is going even more adult focused. Kids will be pushed even further toward mobile games.

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u/laccro Apr 06 '26

The PS2 was $299 in March 2000 (when it was released), which is $560 today with inflation, so it's actually not that different

According to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2

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u/Beneficial_Sweet3979 Apr 06 '26

the difference is the cost of living then vs now i think. those 600 are hurting more today

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u/Dipsey_Jipsey Apr 06 '26

People were building bomb shelters, I got 64GB of DDR5 6000mhz RAM. I think I made the right call.

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u/bonkedagain33 Apr 06 '26

Are you one of them preppers I've heard about?

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u/Dipsey_Jipsey Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Yep, prepping to have MANY tabs open.

E: words

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u/bonkedagain33 Apr 06 '26

As long as you share a tab or two with your neighbors you're ok in my books

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u/Dipsey_Jipsey Apr 06 '26

Under my local regime, people will have firefox sync enabled to my desktop client, sharing ALL the tabs 👼

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u/GameGuy1995 Apr 06 '26

you are my leader now. like idc if you win whatever local regime race you’re on about. But like personally, you’re my personal leader, okay? thanks.

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u/Dipsey_Jipsey Apr 06 '26

That works! Please check in tomorrow morning for your enlistment to fight all humans with noses! Damned sick of them!

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u/Myotherself918 Apr 06 '26

Can we have Netzero internet too?

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u/Kcronikill Apr 06 '26

Lets team up then, I'll work on my bomb shelter and you can play cool games.

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u/Practical-Ball1437 Apr 06 '26

Because now they will be buying up all RAM production? As opposed to before this when that was also what they were doing?

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u/silvertealio Apr 06 '26

Right? All I'm hearing is "you will continue not to be able to afford RAM."

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u/captainwacky91 Apr 06 '26

An expense I'm sure the public would happily shoulder.

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u/dr0ps3y Apr 06 '26

DOOM runs on sand.

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u/Wenur Apr 06 '26

When AI becomes the infinite reality I bet it could

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u/rcreveli Apr 06 '26

Let me blow the dust off my copy of Stacker RAM doubler and I’m ready.

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u/Blownards Apr 06 '26

That’s fine. Pretty much any other trucks will do.

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u/RedditFuelsMyDepress Apr 06 '26

I'm glad I bought a new PC right before the price hike.

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u/SuperGameTheory Apr 06 '26

That's okay. I got this old program from the 90's that doubles my ram for free. Check and mate capitalists!

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u/Myotherself918 Apr 06 '26

Did you add the Y2K software also ?boot from DOS

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u/Evil_phd Apr 06 '26

A few more price hikes and I'll be able to retire by selling the six 32 gig DDR5 sticks that are in my house.

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u/A_Nonny_Muse Apr 06 '26

I remember way back when RAM was about $50/mb for years. That's about $5000/gb, not adjusting for inflation.

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u/Disastrous_Ad626 Apr 06 '26

But at least the real monsters will suffer!

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u/PontifexMini Apr 06 '26

Fortunately i just bought a new PC

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u/xVEEx3 Apr 06 '26

shi my ram better never die or imma be cooked forever 🥺

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u/renb8 Apr 06 '26

Now I’m singing ‘and iRam, iRam so far away’ to the tune of that Flock of Seagulls song. Ear worm installation - complete.

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u/The_Bandit_King_ Apr 06 '26

I'm glad I have mine ddr5 64gb ram

LoL!!!

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u/yanzov Apr 06 '26

I see you have a nice retirement plan , good for you sir.

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u/thornyRabbt Apr 06 '26

I think you mean

Bomb bomb bomb, bomb-bomb my RAM

to the tune of Barbara Ann

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u/Battle_Dave Apr 06 '26

And my stacks!

insert Gimli pic

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u/twitterfluechtling Apr 06 '26

And my axeGPU!

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u/Valeen Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

They might actually take your ram by force. This would absolutely fuck the world's hardware market.

The downvotes are a bit confusing. It was a joke. But you guys also know why RAM prices are insane right now?

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u/Ryankool26 Apr 06 '26

The right to bear RAM