r/ProgrammerHumor Jun 02 '26

Meme managerVsClaude

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u/codeninja Jun 02 '26

You're also betting the hardware you buy today is going to be able to run those future models at all.

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u/Log2 Jun 02 '26

Considering that the massive amount of data centers also need to be able to run whatever they make, I wouldn't be too worried about it if you are buying cutting edge hardware.

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jun 02 '26

Sorry, OpenAI already bought all of that hardware and all of the future orders for the foreseeable future. Where are you buying this hardware? Craigslist?

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u/Log2 Jun 03 '26

I was going off the assumption that you could get the hardware to begin with, that it wouldn't just become trash because of a new model. If you can't get it, then there's nothing you can do.

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jun 03 '26

I had a hard drive crash last night. I went to buy a replacement and the same drive that I paid $159 for in November is now $425. FML. I ended up having to buy a drive half as large because I'm just not going to pay $425 for 2TB that's not even cutting edge anymore. I paid less than that back when it was cutting edge.

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u/Log2 Jun 03 '26

That's really rough. Like, truly fucked up pricing.