I saw this last week on hackernews and assumed it was a one-off joke, a la /r/DIWhy shitposting. I'm surprised in this article to learn people are buying these things. For $1024. Only a few dozen?...
I saw this last week on hackernews and assumed it was a one-off joke, a la /r/DIWhy shitposting. I'm surprised in this article to learn people are buying these things. For $1024.
She’s only made a few dozen in the last year, as each bag takes a few days to complete
Only a few dozen? A few days? Seriously, she's taking the piss here, right?
I'm not going to judge the aesthetic, but the build quality looks atrocious. It's a $50 GPU from ten years ago that's literally glued to the outside of an acrylic box. All those pokey-outey bits are going to catch on things, scratch things, etc. The fan on the other side protrudes a lot, isn't plugged into anything, and the wire is just flapping around in the breeze. Upon closer inspection the GPU isn't even glued on straight! It's crooked!
I guess what I'm saying is I'm mad I didn't think of it first.
Maybe FT needs to hire one of these bags as an editor. I mean, it seems cute and mostly harmless but also seems utterly daft. No one should be paying that much for landfill GPU in a box... But if...
And only Nvidia will chips will work,
Maybe FT needs to hire one of these bags as an editor.
I mean, it seems cute and mostly harmless but also seems utterly daft. No one should be paying that much for landfill GPU in a box... But if people are buying them you can't hate on her for having a niche and turning the screws on people silly enough to pay that much for $50 down at the crafts shop.
I saw this last week on hackernews and assumed it was a one-off joke, a la /r/DIWhy shitposting. I'm surprised in this article to learn people are buying these things. For $1024.
Only a few dozen? A few days? Seriously, she's taking the piss here, right?
I'm not going to judge the aesthetic, but the build quality looks atrocious. It's a $50 GPU from ten years ago that's literally glued to the outside of an acrylic box. All those pokey-outey bits are going to catch on things, scratch things, etc. The fan on the other side protrudes a lot, isn't plugged into anything, and the wire is just flapping around in the breeze. Upon closer inspection the GPU isn't even glued on straight! It's crooked!
I guess what I'm saying is I'm mad I didn't think of it first.
Sounds like marketing fluff to me.
Mirror: https://archive.is/9Xkbj
Maybe FT needs to hire one of these bags as an editor.
I mean, it seems cute and mostly harmless but also seems utterly daft. No one should be paying that much for landfill GPU in a box... But if people are buying them you can't hate on her for having a niche and turning the screws on people silly enough to pay that much for $50 down at the crafts shop.
AlphaVille is basically the r/latestagecapitalism of the FT (but more subtle and more sophisticated).