Uh oh! Computer parts cost a million dollars now and Crucial is just straight up not making products for consumers anymore! Of course we all know the world is pivoting away from live humans/having a society and toward a centralized class of immortal Wealth-Lords, but now it's actually hitting us where it hurts. Plus, Tom goes nuts about how he set up a household media server (and you can, too!)
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