Wait what? That's over 300%.

Between this revelation and that post recently on HN about the scanned receipts and egg prices, I find myself wondering if we're worrying about the wrong things.

We're seeing massive inflation in computing, but because the dollar is holding its value we call it increased prices. But the buying by the big buyers is the thing driving the inflation, its mechanism is scarcity.

But it's also localized. Only we experience this as a problem because compared to the hyperscalers we're poor.

The same idea applies to the price of groceries. As the prices increase, base increase being inflation, but logistic efficiency also plays a big role.

The effect is the same. The ones with more spendable income don't experience an issue yet in the projects nobody is eating fresh veggies.

The part that scares me is the creep, as I call it. Throughout the years I've always been able to carry price shocks and such but this time I'm out of the game. No more DRAM for me.

I then wonder if one day, without losing my job, I won't be able to pay for veggies.

At least with veggies you can stick seeds in the ground in the backyard.

My hard drive tree will take years to develop before it bears fruit!

DRAM and flash both seem to be up about 10x. HDDs are just impossible to buy.