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I'm not posting this to join the lamentation about the shut down of "Myrient," because I'd never even heard of "Myrient" prior to reading this article, and its shutdown does not affect me personally.
I'm also not necessarily posting this to say that while I disagree with roughly 99.9999% of the holier-than-thou whinging of that "GodlessPreservation" assclown down in the comments about how "objectively theft" and "morally wrong" roms sites are, I do agree that calling a rom site a "preservation service" is, at best, highly disingenuous.
I'm not even posting this to say that, yeah, the AI bubble is indeed a big reason why computer parts cost an arm and a leg now (when they only cost maybe an arm or a leg before), i.e. one of many reasons why the AI bubble needs to burst ASAP.
No, I am primarily posting this because it contains a proper, legitimate, and correct usage of the phrase "out of pocket." Increasingly rare, that.
I'm also not necessarily posting this to say that while I disagree with roughly 99.9999% of the holier-than-thou whinging of that "GodlessPreservation" assclown down in the comments about how "objectively theft" and "morally wrong" roms sites are, I do agree that calling a rom site a "preservation service" is, at best, highly disingenuous.
I'm not even posting this to say that, yeah, the AI bubble is indeed a big reason why computer parts cost an arm and a leg now (when they only cost maybe an arm or a leg before), i.e. one of many reasons why the AI bubble needs to burst ASAP.
No, I am primarily posting this because it contains a proper, legitimate, and correct usage of the phrase "out of pocket." Increasingly rare, that.
