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WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by f311a »

bilekas wrote: post #33
nubg wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bot comment? Why is this allowed on HN?

> Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bit comment? How do you know that ? Genuine question.

> isn't just "high demand", but "contractual lock-out."

The "isn't just .., but .." construction is so overused by LLMs.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by hakanderyal »

bilekas wrote: post #33
nubg wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bot comment? Why is this allowed on HN?

> Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bit comment? How do you know that ? Genuine question.

It has Claude all over it. When you spend enough time with them it becomes obvious.

In this case “it’s not x, it’s y” pattern and its placement is a dead giveaway.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by Maxion »

bilekas wrote: post #33
nubg wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bot comment? Why is this allowed on HN?

> Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bit comment? How do you know that ? Genuine question.

To be fair, it is blindingly obvious from the tells. OP also confirms it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045459#47045699

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by foxrider »

FMecha wrote: post #20
icf80 wrote: post #11

they’re pushing for AI, but nobody will have a device to use it?

I feel traditional "rust" hard disks would be inefficient for AI use. Unless they include SSDs (which I feel these data centers are more likely to be using) in the definition as well...

They need it hoard datasets.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by StopDisinfo910 »

fastily wrote: post #18

If component prices keep going up and the respective monopoly/duopoly/triopoly for each component colludes to keep prices high/supply constrained, then eventually devices will become too expensive for the average consumer. So what’s the game plan here? Are companies planning to let users lease a device from them? Worth noting that Sony already lets you do this with a ps5. Sounds like we’re headed towards a “you will…

We could also vote the policians protecting these uncompetitive markets out of power and let regulators do their job. There has been too many mergers in the component market.

You also have to look at the current status of the market. The level of investment in data centers spurred by AI are unlikely to last unless massive gains materialize. It's pretty clear some manufacturers are betting things will cool down and don't want to overcommit.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by ckbkr10 »

lccerina wrote: post #8

Everyone: things suck, better move my stuff on a small home server. The hyper-scaler mafia: NOT ON MY WATCH! The only silver lining is that newer devices will have to scale down memory, so developers will have to ditch memory-sucking frameworks and start to optimize things again.

> The only silver lining is that newer devices will have to scale down memory, so developers will have to ditch memory-sucking frameworks and start to optimize things again.

No. Prices will just go up, less innovation in general.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by lpcvoid »

olavgg wrote: post #39
nubg wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bot comment? Why is this allowed on HN?

It is my text, enchanced by AI. Without AI, I would never have used the word "Monopsony". So I learned something new writing this comment.

This behavior is part of the problem that got us here, using LLMs for everything.

Re: WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026

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Post by smcl »

olavgg wrote: post #39
nubg wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, do people not immediately see that this is an AI bot comment? Why is this allowed on HN?

It is my text, enchanced by AI. Without AI, I would never have used the word "Monopsony". So I learned something new writing this comment.

Come on man, you're a "founder" and you can't even write your own comments on a forum?
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