A certain amount of this seems to be happening anyway just because the culture at AAA studios is so inimical to gaming in general. Looking at a game like Peak, I don't see any indication that the devs went out of their way to reduce hardware requirements, but it's less intensive than major releases anyway. Companies not having the resources to spend years working on super detailed massive environments may end up working in their favor.

Honestly, I think something like Peak ends up feeling more intentional and well executed than something like Cyberpunk 2077. Peak's jank feels like it's just part of how the game is supposed to be, whereas Cyberpunk they put so much effort into some aspects that it's weird and jarring when you run into those things that break verisimilitude. But if Cyberpunk looked like it was designed by an indie dev with good enough but not state of the art graphics? I probably wouldn't notice some of the issues as much. Also I feel like there wouldn't be as much corporate involvement leading to the kind of hand-holding that shows up in Phantom Liberty.

This is headed toward devolving into me complaining about feeling like I'm not in half the scenes that revolve around Idris Elba rather than V, but you get the point!

11 runs great on 13 year old hardware, once you debloat it.

The problem is that the current production is for stuff that can't really be used as consumer equipment.

If enough of the world's component production capacity is dedicated to AI specific components, then when the bubble pops there won't be anything to sell to consumers for months which could cause the manufacturers to go under.

Except by the time they do that there are already new Chinese competitors selling those components to their old customers.

Chinese RAM is already out and being tested. How long before they have viable products in the marketplace? Especially considering that they aren't really competing with anyone at the moment. Do you think people are going to suddenly switch back to spending 4x as much for American RAM once they are already happy with using this new shit?

How long before its processors and video cards?

You don't get customers back after you exit an industry unless you are offering a competitive price or something that no one else is offering.

Most of its going to AI chips, it wont be useful for anything but AI.

I will be glad it's just the US taxpayers that will pay for this mess this time if that is the case. You make this mess, you pay for it. Maybe you could have voted for someone that would regulate the markets a bit better.

"Too big to fail" translates to "we can't have this fail" so we will bail them out when it starts to.

Normal people can somewhat cushion themselves from any severe crash.

Debt itself is not the problem. Lots of debt is actually fine - inflationary effects can and will whittle that debt away, assuming you are still servicing it.

No, the real issue comes down to single-family homes on arable land. If your home is debt-free and completely paid off, there is no legal way to take that away from you, and the land it sits on can allow you to grow food for yourself and even sell a little on the side. While a severe economic crash will be painful for most anyone not of the Parasite Class, those who have debt-free arable land have a chance to ride out that crash better than most.

Granted, the devil is in the details, but in broad strokes this is a truism. The difference is between virtual or physical assets that depend on appreciation, and those who can work for you.

Is there a Lemmy client for TempleOS??

I have tried TempleOS, its a wild interface that's for sure. One guy building a brand new OS is amazing. Imagine if he'd had good medicine or treatment that kept him sane, probably could have done a ton of amazing things