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Technology Stocks : WDC, NAND, NVM, enterprise storage systems, etc.

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To: Unwelcomeguest who wrote (3454)	1/21/2018 12:42:10 PM
From: Sam	of 4828

Apparently, that "tight inventory" of GPUs is due to cryptocurrency mining (I don't think we can call it "bitcoin mining" anymore, there are too many copycats out there) -- Here’s why you can’t buy a high-end graphics card at Best Buy “Cryptocurrency can’t crash soon enough,” one gamer fumes. Timothy B. Lee - 1/18/2018, 3:35 PM arstechnica.com NVIDIA Asks Retailers To Stop Selling To Miners & Sell To Gamers Instead wccftech.com Everyone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and You’re Not By NELLIE BOWLES New York Times JAN. 13, 2018 nytimes.com I can't claim to actually understand this stuff. It seems like an incredible scam to me, with most people getting burned when the music stops, as with the dotcom bubble and the financial crisis of 2008. But it seems that a new group of people lines up to get rich or get scammed every few years. It isn't just a US phenomenon at all, it is a worldwide craze.

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