Big agree. Bigly. Very yes.

Same here, a mini PC that would have cost me €600 a couple of years ago now goes for €1,400. Inflation + AI

Progress and natural price decline should beat inflation in this sector. I solely blame AI lol

Cluster several units together?

New unit is twice the cost of old unit.

When it comes to #Bitcoin, U can also thank the spammers for lobbying for large op_returns & data inscriptions thanks to the "unplanned" exploit of taproot. Sync'ing and running a #node is getting real expensive. Not long before we're completely priced out. I am not ok with it. It was supposed to be an inexpensive endeavor so it could remain as decentralized as possible. A true censorless quality is achieved by decentralization, not by ramming loads of data which ain't even money thru #noderunners who are having to figure out how to keep their nodes alive & data storage available for a chain that's being co-opted by three letter GVT agencies posing as #wizards or pretend #FreeMarket proponents. Fees don't curtail bloat when those paying the fees are direct beneficiaries of the Cantillion effect & are in bed with the money printers. That's just reality. There is no free market when the market is rigged. Therefore the sense of immediate urgency to co-opt & pervert Bitcoin into just a cool techy version of #Fiat. Support #BIP-110

BIP-110

BIP-110: Reduced Data Temporary Softfork

Temporarily limit the size of data fields at the consensus level to protect Bitcoin

Narratives mean nothing. Just look at how things are working out FOR WHO... If you're going to hate me over this I will feel sad for you while I continue to grasp what I can with the preface of what matters when it comes to the meaning of freedom MONEY. -"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

When it comes to #Bitcoin, U can also thank the spammers for lobbying for large op_returns & data inscriptions thanks to the "unplanned" exploit of taproot. Sync'ing and running a #node is getting real expensive. Not long before we're completely priced out. I am not ok with it. It was supposed to be an inexpensive endeavor so it could remain as decentralized as possible. A true censorless quality is achieved by decentralization, not by ramming loads of data which ain't even money thru #noderunners who are having to figure out how to keep their nodes alive & data storage available for a chain that's being co-opted by three letter GVT agencies posing as #wizards or pretend #FreeMarket proponents. Fees don't curtail bloat when those paying the fees are direct beneficiaries of the Cantillion effect & are in bed with the money printers. That's just reality. There is no free market when the market is rigged. Therefore the sense of immediate urgency to co-opt & pervert Bitcoin into just a cool techy version of #Fiat. Support #BIP-110

BIP-110

BIP-110: Reduced Data Temporary Softfork

Temporarily limit the size of data fields at the consensus level to protect Bitcoin

Narratives mean nothing. Just look at how things are working out FOR WHO... If you're going to hate me over this I will feel sad for you while I continue to grasp what I can with the preface of what matters when it comes to the meaning of freedom MONEY. -"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." View quoted note →

Does it have to be new? Buy secondhand?

It was a secondhand refurbished unit all times 😅

Same unit, same seller. Just RAM and storage prices going bonkers

What I mean is, can other less spec units be clustered together to be more powerful and more flexible than a single bigger unit?

Oh my !

Yes, heard ram going through the roof and manufactures now producing DDR4 and not DDR5!

it will eventually go down again. there's a supply shortage just like couple years ago with CPUs (and other microchips)

can u just replace the SSD?

On point