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>that the limited supply goes to the buyer who need it the most Everything else you said is accurate, but this is not. Supply will go to those most able to pay
by WheatMillington 2mo ago
>that the limited supply goes to the buyer who need it the most
Everything else you said is accurate, but this is not. Supply will go to those most able to pay, not those who need it the most. It is not a moral allocation, which your language implies.
- arcfour 2mo agoNobody really "needs" RAM immediately though, like a heart or a lung or something.
- vlovich123 2mo agoThat’s a bold statement to make in the 21st century when nearly everything is run on computers, including cars, planes, hospital networks, etc etc.
- arcfour 1mo agoNot really. They can get RAM just fine, and delay upgrade/refresh cycles to stretch existing component lifecycle, which was already very long if they needed to.
- vlovich123 1mo agoThey can get RAM at drastically more expensive rates. And not all critical applications have unlimited budgets to absorb the increase. It’s the reverse Jevon’s paradox.
- stingraycharles 2mo agoWhat if it’s for the machines that support this surgery?
- timacles 2mo agoSomeone please put RAM into Maslow's hierarchy of needs