Allah@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoThe AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else The $700 billion AI spending spree has few precedents. Good luck finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone.archive.isexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1359
arrow-up1359external-linkThe AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else The $700 billion AI spending spree has few precedents. Good luck finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone.archive.isAllah@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squarelath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·10 days agoAnyone remember which country had an inflation so bad, it issued trillion dollar bills useful only as toilet paper?
minus-squareFunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 days agoOne sec, let me ask an AI about that
minus-squarejellyfishhunter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 days agoHyperinflation in Germany after WW1? But I think there must be more examples.
minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 days agoWheelbarrows of cash will be needed to buy groceries if that happens
minus-squaree8CArkcAuLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoi wouldn’t mind wiping my ass with cheeto-face
minus-squareSeeMarkFly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoThere is a toilet paper that has his face on it, I bought some. Prayers weren’t working, I’ll try anything.
Anyone remember which country had an inflation so bad, it issued trillion dollar bills useful only as toilet paper?
One sec, let me ask an AI about that
Hyperinflation in Germany after WW1? But I think there must be more examples.
Wheelbarrows of cash will be needed to buy groceries if that happens
IIRC it was Zimbabwe?
i wouldn’t mind wiping my ass with cheeto-face
There is a toilet paper that has his face on it, I bought some.
Prayers weren’t working, I’ll try anything.